yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] IJoxer:
It'll likely vary from dev to dev and how actively they update their games/apps. The more popular ones will likely be fixed by the time the official ota rolls out or very shortly after.

As for why I initially came here to post, I can't wait to get my hands on a system img from the full official firmware, I'm gonna attempt to use the [MENTION=8360749]partcyborg[/MENTION] rom v2 rooted bootloader and have myself a hybrid rooted O rom. I do have two questions though, for anyone willing to chime in, first of all, is it possible they'll roll out the official ota with an updated bootloader (v3) making this idea completely irrelevant? Also, I noticed the update.zips we've used throughout the beta are structured very similar to a system.img, is it possible to modify it to be identical to a system.img file from a stock firmware?

Thanks for any and all thoughts on the topic!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] RiggyRiggs:
Cra9 is running awesome on my Verizon s8+. Can't wait til official drops. I am enjoying flashing tho.. Feels like my note 2 days.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Hell-Razor:
Does this beta have a root? Do you know?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
I have no clue.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] djcrystals:
Nope. Wait for the official Oreo to drop. Nobody wants to tinker with builds that are in beta and constantly being updated by Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
Not at this time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jdelano:
Well, progress. I have an old Dell XPS 18 i7-3537U 8gb ram (2013) Win 10 64-bit that my wife uses. I copied everything I needed on to that and Odin started to write to the phone. Then Odin crashed :eek: I was left with a little white line on the downloading display (not enough RAM maybe?). I pressed vol down and power and held my breath. :o thankfully I was still able to boot into CRA1. That at least confirms the cable and files are fine, I redownloaded the G955U BQL1 zip as well just to double check that.

So it is something with my ASUS GL552VW laptop i7-6700HQ 16gb RAM Win 10 64-bit :rolleyes: :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
Just what are you trying to do on your phone?? You trying to install something other than the CRA1 Oreo you say you have now??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jdelano:
To go to CRA9, so Odin BQL1 first but I can't get odin 3.12.7 to work thus far. Sorry I should have included my first post. Odin doesn't get to the initializing stage.

my first post:

Hello,

I'm attempting to Odin (3.12.7) back to G955U BQL1 (I downloaded the BQL1 firmware zip from this post) from CRA1 on my TMB 8+

It failed:

<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1207)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I understand I need to factory reset, however using which method? From within recovery or from the settings menu or does it matter?

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
Did you load just the BL, AP and CP of the BQL1 files into Odin and Odin showed phone was connect?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jdelano:
Yep :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ajs1122:
Has anyone gotten the native hotspot working on the Oreo betas? I'm on the latest CRA9 release candidate on a Sprint unlimited plan and currently get the "you are not subscribed to this service" error when I attempt to hotspot. The Shortcut Master Lite approach doesn't seem to work as all the entries are greyed out so you can't modify them. Without root, I'm not sure what other options are out there.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] koobie777:
Yeah no more gta vice city here either ? and drastic emu
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
I am not sure if the BQL1 on this site works with your T-Mobile S8+ since this is an AT&T Forum. Maybe someone other than me can answer your problem with trying to get back to 2BQL1 on your T-Mobile S8+ I have not had any trouble at all with the 2BQL1 on this site but I have an AT&T S8+ Someone help this guy PLEASE!!! Post #1678 Page 168
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
Not sure if you're trying to find a workaround for not having hotspot as part of your plan but I can confirm that native hotspot does in fact work, with all the oreo betas I've flashed. I'm on CRA9 now and it's working fine on T-Mobile.

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They are open csc so it doesn't matter what carrier the device is with, they can still be flashed with Odin.

As for helping the guy out with his situation, seems like he's already tried a number of things so I'll just give this advice; USB 3.0 doesn't play nice so keep trying with the older laptop. I've noticed that if I move the cord or phone for any little reason while Odin is doing its thing, device will be removed and will fail. Try uninstalling Odin, or using a different build of Odin and make sure you run as administrator. Reinstall Samsung drivers. Last but not least, if the PC you're using has Samsung kies or Samsung switch, Odin won't work properly. You need to remove those programs.

Has this person tried modified Odin?

Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ajs1122:
Yes, the tethering function itself works fine in Oreo. I was referring to not being able to make any changes to allow it for a Sprint grandfathered unlimited data plan (and any other carrier that likewise has restrictions on tethering with unlimited plans). Previously and on other phones, the workarounds are fairly straightforward (although some require root) I was asking if anyone has a working solution on the CRA9 build.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
Oh, okay then, sorry but I wouldn't know. Last time I had to do that it was a simple edit to the apn type, I'm sure now it requires some build.prop editing which would require root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] faslane:
Likewise on my TMobile S8+! everything went perfectly t, sideloaded CRA1 and no factory reset required because I was already in the latest Nougat TMobile build so sideloaded update to CRA1 and a reboot is all it took. Battery life sweet, hotspot tether working etc etc. couldn't be happier :) not rooted, no Knox trip since cra1 is an official build etc :)

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you can get it right from sammobile....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
CRA9 is out go from BQL1.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] real77055:
One more dirty ? ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jdelano:
It worked (3rd system was the charm)

Thanks again for all the assistance. In the end, it is simply that my ASUS laptop, even using the USB 2 port, won't work with Odin.

Before becoming disabled I was a windows and web developer, I went and turned on my old dev machine, i7-970 24gb ram yadda yadda yadda.

Everything worked perfectly, I should have known, back when I compiled ROMs (Octopus, CM, and Resurrection ReMix for Note 3, 4 and 5, S5, and a few Galaxy tablets I only used my dev machine. I suppose that being built it in 2010 it utilizes the USB 2 ports better than the newer systems?

Again thank you for your assistance :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 94tbird:
Does anyone here use Poweramp? On CRA5 and now CRA9, Poweramp doesn't launch. I get a black screen and nothing. Anyone else?

I did a factory rest to the phone with no change. also did clean flashes, no dirty flashes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] eddiemc12:
this happened to me on the beta version 3, opt out of the beta version and use the normal version and it will work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 94tbird:
Beta version of poweramp? I dont think I am on it, I even reinstalled directly from the play store.

Edit: guess I was, I had no idea haha. Ill giver it a few and reinstall and see where I am. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
Try going back to CRA1.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] hmltnjrmy7:
I had this happen to me and I was able to get around it. I was unable to get into recovery after Odin rebooted and it said corrupt data partition, blah , blah, need to factory reset. I should have UN-checked auto reboot in Odin. I tired the recovery button sequence immediately after rebooting from Odin but, I did not make it in time. So, when I got the corrupt data partition must reset, I held to button sequence to get into download mode. Once it started to reboot, I quickly went into recovery by holding down recovery button sequence and it opened up into recovery mode, and then I was able to side load BQL1- CRA9 without factory reset and everything stayed the same. That is if this all pertains to what you are talking about.

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I had this happen to me and I was able to get around it. I was unable to get into recovery after Odin rebooted and it said corrupt data partition, blah , blah, need to factory reset. I should have UN-checked auto reboot in Odin. I tired the recovery button sequence immediately after rebooting from Odin but, I did not make it in time. So, when I got the corrupt data partition must reset, I held to button sequence to get into download mode. Once it started to reboot, I quickly went into recovery by holding down recovery button sequence and it opened up into recovery mode, and then I was able to side load BQL1- CRA9 without factory reset and everything stayed the same. That is if this all pertains to what you are talking about.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sfld:
Looks like the ring app live view comes up as a black screen on cra9, anyone have a fix? Also is there a black nav bar apk for cra9?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Hell-Razor:
I must be blind but where is the update.zip from BQK5 to Oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
You just over looking it. Its there for S8 & S8+ just looked Samsung.firmware.science
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gdecker:
You have to upgrade/ota to bql1 first. Then choose bql1 as your current firmware to see updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
I know Ring live view isn't related to wallpapers, but the live wallpapers from the Pixel 2 app also load up as a black screen. Curious if there is a linked underlying cause.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
Apps that are crashing and or just appear to have a black screen have to be updated by their respected devs. It's not that the build is faulty or a bug.

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Lol, that's hilarious as I did the same exact thing. Well, not exactly the same, I didn't miss that first window to go to recovery. But yeah.

Anyhow, all that just because I wanted to try live messenger from note 8 .. smh
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Interesting. It worked perfectly with CRA1 and every previous build of Oreo. Sure SEEMS related to CRA9. I'm guessing you're an app developer?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
No, I'm not. CRA9 has updated GPU drivers. So yes it it related to CRA9, but it's not a bug. This was discussed 3 pages back.

Sidenote, you could go back to CRA1 but I wouldn't recommend it. CRA9 has so many bugs ironed out and this is also why CRA9 has great battery life. I posted a changelog from official beta ZRA8 a few pages back. It's almost the same, difference being C is candidate release test and Z is beta test.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sfld:
Well hopefully these devs update their apps soon, and not once samsung decides to realease oreo lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
A lot of the times devs actually wait for official release. It becomes tedious to have to update their associated app with every change that comes with each test release. The usual case is to update sdk and API with the latest and go from there.

I thought testing ended the 15th but I saw someone post a notice from official beta saying the 17th. We shall see.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
Yes Beta Testing ends Jan. 17 they are saying Now.

https://www.sammobile.com/news/gala...rs-should-get-final-update-by-end-of-january/
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Hell-Razor:
Good work fellas
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Lodingi:
Sounds right.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 0vermind:
I take it there is no CRA5 to CRA9? I wonder what the deal is. Several days ago, I did the Samsung Cloud backup, wiped, went back to Nougat, then took the update to CRA5. That was really ****ty. Was unaware that the Samsung Cloud backup does not backup app data. So I lost tons of crap. The worst was I have 2FA enabled on all my accounts. I had to request a device reset through Authy, so for 48 hours I was locked out of everything.

If only Titanium backup worked. Sometimes I really miss root. :eek: Has anyone done the downgrade then upgrade and kept app data? It stresses me out too much these days, but I use to wipe and rom 2-3 times a month back on the Nexus 6.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yes its been made clear there is no OTA between the leaked builds. They all start from Nougat, such as BQL1. As far as having to reset snd ser everything back up, that is just part of installing and running leaked builds. Sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Marekkatowice:
how is look situation with android pay ?

on my phone don't work :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
What is it doing? Sorry I use Samsung Pay so I didnt even know there was an issue with Android Pay.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Marekkatowice:
the app does not want to work I get a notification

the system have root or official version is installed
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
Factory reset.

Fragments of root stayed.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sfld:
I wonder if i sent ring support feedback and told them the new samsung gpu drivers show a black screen on your app, maybe theyd push out a fix lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nelmaster_vc:
Someone can upload the update.zip from beta4 g950u to mega please ? because ever can try to download from the web giving me error :( and not support resume

thank !!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
Why would you want beta4 we already have official oreo. CRA9
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nelmaster_vc:
Where can download buddy ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
G950U Odin BQL1

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uaaShucxftXYos_p7dfse-L5RKFYkh7Z

G955U Odin BQL1

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-ikUEBd_uZevIGA3jgaVFu04p5PLk6ze

samsung.firmware.science choose your phone model and select BQL1 to CRA9
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nelmaster_vc:
Thank buddy , i goint to download the firmwares, later and comment !!!

thank one more time :D :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dudash:
Apparently CRAD should be coming soon..

http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/TMB/SM-G950U/version.test.xml
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Marekkatowice:
nothing was change i just lose my data .....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] meek2100:
[MENTION=2460732]Dudash[/MENTION] Looks like CRAD is coming for 955U as well. Where did you find this URL and what is it checking?

S8+ on VZW shows CRAD as the latest as well: http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/VZW/SM-G955U/version.test.xml
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] matthewd769:
would be sweet if there was root for oreo
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mike_augie:
Wonder why VZW is showing one when they aren't even playing in the beta program? And suley they wouldn't be that fast in rolling it out?just wondering...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rizzo269:
Was thinking the same thing
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rawdikrik:
Probably testing the official release already
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nelmaster_vc:
All work OK !!!!!

thanks , now using android 8 :D :good: :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
It shows the latest firmware for every carrier except for Straight talk and the old sprint carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
Beta testing ends at Midnight today.

https://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-to-end-android-80-oreo-beta-program-on-january-17
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Lodingi:
Is this firmware non carrier specific?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
ZQKO doesn't this have an older date than CRA9 of Jan. 12???
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Lodingi:
Oh sorry. I was referring to BQK5. I want to Odin back to Nougat.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Jhoopes517:
You mean CRA9, for that build date.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
BQL1 is the latest Nougat you should Odin back to it.

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CRA9 has Build date of Jan. 12
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Jhoopes517:
Yes, CRA9 does. Your post says CRA2.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sfld:
What is the latest CRA that doesnt have any blackout issues with apps? CRA5 or CRA1?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
CRA5 and under probably.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
So much for the latest CRA9 being the best that is out for us.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sfld:
I mean it runs smooth, and I dont play games on my phone, but not being able to view people on the ring app sucks lol defeats the purpose of a video doorbell
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
It's up to devs to fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] hmltnjrmy7:
Works just fine with Arlo!! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Crsdr37:
You try today's ring app update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sfld:
Yup live view is still broken. The recording works though.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Crsdr37:
Eh recording is fine for me the app is to slow to open when UPS drop off the drop and run
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sfld:
I agree, i love live view tho but the delay from ring to notification is no good.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonebeatz1234:
Do I have to be on bql1 or what I have right now is the same thing aql1 I have the unlocked version u1 the sasung.firmware website don't have the u1 s8 plus version
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jcaf77:
I have searched here on XDA forums and google about downgrading from CQLJ but I can't find anything relevant to my situation so I appreciate the help in advance.

I am trying to go to the CRA1 or whatever the latest beta is but I have to downgrade to BQL1 correct? I have tried to Odin to BQL1 and it fails every time...

I am on s8+ sprint on CQLJ.

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mike_augie:
I am just ready for someone to pull CRAD and share it already .....lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Stuart R:
I've reported this to the Ring team on two occasions now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
They're probably waiting till a official oreo comes out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
One look at the changelog and you will see why it's the best out now, especially battery wise.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
I heard rhe official release will be CRAP.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonebeatz1234:
Be helpful all i ask damn .I did not see anything about the software version that I'm am running and the last time I tried this my s8 plus stopped working completely. So yes I'm gonna ask nicely is this is compatible because I don't have another 800 dollars to throw away. My phone was able to flash what the op had but when it came to flashing Oreo it flashed that and never came back on. That's cool don't help me I'll just wait. Next time message me if your not gonna help we can chat there.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] diet.tampon:
you asked if AQL1 would work, but the OP CLEARLY states that it doesn't matter what fw you're on, YOU HAVE TO BE ON BQL1 to sideload Oreo. so to answer your question by ready literally the first 5 sentences of this OP, NO AQL1 won't work bc it's not BQL1. wow. that wasn't very hard, was it. id be happy to dm if you'd rather not look foolish on a public forum.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonebeatz1234:
You could of just said that in a dm instead of clog this forum buddy. Have a good day not really interested in arguing with kids.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Lodingi:
S h i t man. You have a total of 24 posts and half are you complaining about others. If you can't be bothered then don't reply. Real douchy.

For the record, I don't agree.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
I thought I was harsh on people that asked obvious ****.. lol, damn
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dudash:
And now they're up to another beta build.. ZRAE

http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/ATT/SM-G955U/version.test.xml

Maybe they wont be adding anymore update files to the ATT servers. I've been checking for new updates and there hasn't been anything new since CRA9.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] amieldl143:
I think USA might be getting another beta build.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Dudash:
I thought the beta ended last night at midnight. Although that announcement was only given to international testers so maybe you're right.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mike_augie:
So I take it these are internal alpha builds and if it fixes certain issues it might go out to the beta testers?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rmarinella:
I got this build OTA a few hours ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wagedroid:
Yeah that's been out, it's Jan 12th build. Came out with CRA9
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
This ZRA8 has an Earlier time on Jan. 12 the does CRA9 of 20:59:40 KST

I do not think we will see anymore beta on here until Final by Carrier, hope I am Wrong. Have read of a CRAD. See you are on G955U1 where I have G955U
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] d33dvb:
Everyone else agrees. The entire internet. entire.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] clownin72:
I have an AT&T unlocked s8 plus with cricket service now. Currently on the U1 ZRA8 software. Was thinking about Odin back to U BQL1 and getting on the CRA9, Any advantages or disadvantages to doing so, or just wait on the official?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xdanilva:
Probably wait. There's no major differences between ZRA8 and CRA9
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] amieldl143:
I would wait bro. I almost did that. To go back to ZRA8 you would need that OTA to flash back which isn't available.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] clownin72:
Ok cool. Thanks guys for the input. I believe I will sit still for awhile.