yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
Flashing T-Mobile CRC2 via Odin - what worked for me.

Here is what i did (there might be other ways of doing it too)

Most of the steps mentioned above were failing for me

What worked for Peekesh here : Didn't work for me. As per my info he was using Prince's patched Odin and it worked so if this works for you stop here. If this doesn't

then here is what i did.

I was already on CRC2 so flashed BRA9 using Prince's Patched Odin and then flashed CRC1 update.zip

Then i downloaded Latest Odin from here

I also followed the instructions to the tee from this page: which includes downloading the TMob Odin from the SamMobile page

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950U/TMB/download/N950USQU3CRC2/213447/

This flashed CRC2 Successfully.

The files i used were: BL, AP, CP and CSC.

Ignore Home_CSC and Userdata file.

The flashing will stop at 32% dont be worried, the device will then go to recovery on its own just reboot the device and DONE.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] litogeorge:
Thank you very much. Is there a guide that would hold my hand essentially through this process? I have no idea what Odin is, never mind flashing whatever it may be.

I understand the frustration when a noob comes in asking for utterly basic help, matters long mastered by others.

I also would not even know where to download TMobile's update, or Odin or etc. I'm a SAfrican, living in Canada, working on an American phone (thats my pithy excuse anyway)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] lildoggs:
Download the firmware and follow the instructions on this page.

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950U/TMB/download/N950USQU3CRC2/213447/

Dont forget to back up your data before flashing. This will erase everything on your phone. Also remove your sdcard before flashing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
Its always a good idea to back up but i have read multiple conflicting things and my experience has been different too

1. I didnt lose any data. I flashed, BL, AP, CP and CSC file through Odin 3.13 and firmware from SamMobile i have posted the links and instructions on page 43 Post 430

2. I have read multiple times that if you dont want to lose your data and dont want your phone to be formatted you should use Home_CSC -CAN ANYONE CONFRIM
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
So, what i've read so far...means that I need to be on Bra9 to upgrade to OTA CRC2? I can't just do the ole...back to Bra8...then CRC2 OTA? How about, if I want to start fresh? Can I just use ODIN to reset the phone and flash the whole CRC2 OTA? I'm on CRC5 right now...and the only reason I wan't to try OTA CRC2 is because my battery went to **** house. It may have started when I intentionally for the first time let it 'die' to 0. Now Android System is eating up the battery like cake.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] dirtybudha:
Yes, a really good idea would be to drop back to bra9, and then do the update to Oreo.

Inside Odin you can tell it to format the internal drive, which would be starting from scratch. Just make sure you backup anything you want to save.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] nikmel420:
link down.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] rekamyenom:
I'm reading mixed answers on whether the SAMMOBILE N950USQU3CRC2 - Galaxy Note8 SM-N950U TMB USA (T-Mobile) update wipes your phone or is it just an update?

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Just to be sure, you lost no data, this just updated your device to 8.0.0 and everything stayed intact correct?

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From what I know....

CSC -> there's a PIT inside and will wipe your device

HOME_CSC -> the data should stay on your device

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On the SAMMOBILE site it does NOT mention adding the BL, CP, or CSC files, only the following, "Add the firmware file to AP / PDA". Do we need to add the BL, CP, or CSC?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] morjam401:
I need some help. I am following this guide and when I try to load the ap, ect files to odin nothing happens. I did not unzip the files.

http://www.android.gs/install-android-8-0-oreo-update-manually-for-usa-t-mobile-galaxy-note-8/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] rekamyenom:
You need to UNZIP the N950USQU3CRC2_N950UOYN3CRC2_TMB.zip file to get to the .tar files, AP, BL, CP, etc

Make sure you are downloading the correct file for the NOTE 8, the link you referenced was for the S8, you want this one here https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950U/TMB/download/N950USQU3CRC2/213447/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
why did you use bra9 instead of bra8? (Ive got about 2 hours left on my Bra9 download). Just being impatient. Wondering if going to Bra8 from CRC5...and then to CRC1...then the OTA update would work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
You can go from BRA9 to CRC1 you don't have to get CRC5..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] morjam401:
I'm pretty sure the guide one and the link you provided is the same? I unzipped like you said and got a little further. Now it's giving me a FAIL SHA MESSAGE?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] rekamyenom:
No they are not the same, you referenced this site http://www.android.gs/install-android-8-0-oreo-update-manually-for-usa-t-mobile-galaxy-note-8/ and when you click on the link in this section===> How to install Android 8.0.0 Oreo Update manually for T-Mobile Galaxy Note 8 USA: Download the Android 8.0.0 G950U1UEU2CRB9 archive file from here<=== - It takes you to the Galaxy S8 Firmware Download NOT the Note 8. They screwed up....

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Let me know that you got it o work okay. :fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
i'm on crc5 right now...still got 2 hours left on the download.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
I see there are some wrong links posted for the TMOB CRC2 firmware use the links from my previous posts they are accurate and I have added some steps to do it too..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
It's taking you way too long.. Is it your internet speed or your source site is slow?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
Nah, it's the website. I'm using sammobile. Is there another place to get Bra9?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] rekamyenom:
Yeah SamMobile took me 4hrs to DL from the free DL link and I have 500/500 Fiber for internet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
Okay. Finally finished downloading...but it failed. Using Prince ODIN...trying to flash BRA9 (currently on CRC5). I got a Model dismatch fail. Are there multiple versions of Prince's Odin? I got it from an ATT thread. https://xdaforums.com/att-s7-edge/help/princes-odin-t3545104
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] rekamyenom:
Use the Odin from SamMobile here https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950U/TMB/download/N950USQU3CRC2/213447/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
AWesome. Working. now. :highfive:

It failed at updating to CRC1...so just kept going and flashed CRC2...worked. Only issue I have now is Samsung Experience Home keeps FCing. Clearing its cache/data/ did'nt fix...neither did clearing cache through recovery. Factory Reset time??? Or is there another solution?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] louser:
I've been trying to download the firmware on the sammobile site. I'm logged in and click the link and it shows me logged out. I log back in and it brings me to the home page. I cannot downloaded it after trying for an hour. Anyone else having this issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] thatruth132:
same here any links
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] bsharp8:
I uploaded the CRC2 firmware to my google drive. Here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1aFQbbcNvoBDBwZiAWZI5fMBJUK4ryE99

Good luck guys.:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
Any reason to downgrade from crc5 to crc2?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] fdogic:
No.. crc5 is perfect on
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] RaymondPJR:
I did. I got mad and gave up. Somebody posted a link to another source and I got it from there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
For me. CRC5 had heat issues. Warmed up the phone a lot more than crc2 and nougat.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chadbordes:
My issues is that I was working great aside from wifi calling. I replaced my sim this morning with metro and when I went to go put the new one in i accidentally grabbed my old sprint sim and threw it in and now carrier is all fokkered. It won't display proper 4gLTE symbol for tmobile and it wont do wifi calling, it is trying to do a sprint carrier update on my metro pcs sim and I am wondering if I should just go grab a tmobile sim and slap it in and then reinstall all firmware files?

PS> when i choose Home_CSC, when it restarts, it gets to 32% and dies. I get the android screen of death.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] SiNJiN76:
Then it reboots into recovery? If so, that's when you flash the update zip from SDCARD. BTW, what are you flashing? CRC5?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chadbordes:
I figured it out. I just put a tmobile sim in and it fixed it. Also when I had updated zip from SD card, it failed on three lines and then aborted. I was flashing crc2.

Chad

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It failed on three lines and then aborted when i tried that. I finally plugged a tmobile sim in and that fixed it.

Chad
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] aznmode:
Anyone know anything about crd5?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] douglas12107:
I went from crc5 to crc2 to crd7 phone seems a bit faster other then that I'm not noticing much difference
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] jimscard:
OTA, which is CRD7, started rolling out last night at 10pm PDT. There is a maximum per day on the Servers, so if check for updates comes back empty-handed, try again after 10pm pacific when the counters reset. We updated our 3 phones at about 10:15 last night - the update was surprisingly fast both to download and to install, as in I was done in about 20 minutes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chakra:
4CRE1 has may security patch
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] aznmode:
I still haven't gotten the update. I wonder if it's because I flashed to crc5.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chakra:
Yes you will have to use Odin or go back to a stock tmo version. And update from there. If you had gotten the ota crc5 it should work through the settings
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] litogeorge:
I wanted to say thank you for responding and helping me out. A month or so later, TMobile pushed the update through though the phone is in Canada (to my delight).

I do have an issue, however, with constantly dropped WIFI since Oreo.

Have cleared the cache, used safe mode, reset network settings to no avail.

If anyone has any ideas outside of doing a factory reset, I'm all ears.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] treezy26:
Anyone have a link for the CRC2?

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Disregard please. Found it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] jimscard:
Keep in mind that CRC2 is the version that T-Mobile recalled due to application update issues, as well as causing reboots if the USB connector has moisture detected...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] treezy26:
So what do you recommend? I'm currently on CRC5 and am looking to get the latest CRC7, I believe that's the one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] jimscard:
Current is CRD7, not CRC.

Best path, IMHO, is to revert back to a stock Nougat, then OTA to CRD7.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] treezy26:
Well I took the lazy route and went from CRC5 - CRC2 and then to CRD7. So far so good but still too early to tell...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] aznmode:
I was also on CRC5. Bu since I've been doing the update using the samsung.firmware site, I couldn't get any of the latest OTA since. So I flash via Odin BRA8 then flashed CRC2 update.zip using the method that's been discussed here. After it rebooted I went to check for software update in the setting and it downloaded CRD7. Hope that helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
CRE1 is Released

CRE1 is out, the size is 186.98 MB. Its just a security patch i dont see any bug fixes or any new feature updates.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
Can I update cre1 from crc5?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
Yes you can.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
I cant find the file for CRE 1. Can you share a link to CRE1 please ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] paulsg63:
Go to the SAMMOBILE site.. Its the a latest one.. there and available to download.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Michael in ATL:
Alternative to Sammobile

Try this as an alternative: https://samsung.firmware.science . Much faster downloads.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
Thanks for responding guys, apologies skyedream i was missing in action for sometime.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] JonathanRAZ:
BL4 still
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
Thank you all and what is the current official tmo build that I can OTA update ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
How do you go back to crc2 from crc5??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] warriorvibhu:
Its CRF3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
Thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] treezy26:
If I remember correctly, I believe I just used Odin. Flashed the appropriate files and that's it.

On another note, does anyone know what's new in the CRF6 update? And has anyone on TMobile flashed it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
do i have to factory wipe first before i do this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] skyedream:
I just did cache wipe and dirty flash Odin. It was showing lot of error but once updated OTA all good. Now I'm on latest.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] treezy26:
Anyone here on TMobile flash any of the latest files? I'm having an issue where my phone says it's charging and it's not even plugged in. Or does anyone have any help for me on this issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] RawCarnage:
i dont have that problem, and im on cria i think is the latest. but maybe you just have dust in your charging port.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] treezy26:
No I haven't flashed anything yet. I was just asking if maybe it would help. I've tried cleaning it out with no luck. Idk may just need to get it replaced.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] JAMRZ69:
Manual zoom and 2x both work fine no force closes or issues of any kind.:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] VirusZer0:
Hmmmm, I might need to revert, then dirty flash.

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] HACK3DANDR0ID:
I believe the benchmark test is slightly higher on Oreo then on Nougat. I think I'll test in a few days and see if there's much difference with a few people talking about lag....

*Edit*

Benchmark done after a fresh update...fyi
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Gogo Yubari:
I'm on the oreo beta now the only problem I'm running into is: "Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info" then some pop up for a *#9900# comes up can't get unknown sources activated from other markets to work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] TecknoFreak:
I have the very same problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Got tired of that popping up every minute and 4k video recording freezing when zooming in. Reverted back to stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] TecknoFreak:
Anyone knows how to roll back to last update BQJA by tmobile from recovery? Or is it only done with ODIN? I dont have a PC. Sorry I am lost for the first time as I'm almost new with Samsung devices.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
You need pc to flash back to stock firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] hondasforlife:
I'm happy this actually took off but thanks guys for talking about it hopefully official oreo will be better when they push it through it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] TecknoFreak:
Thanks bro I guess I'm stucked with this one. Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] galaxy4mylife:
Quick Question

Will this trip Knox at all either installing O or Odin back to N. If I didn't have to give the phone back for JOD I would not care. But I've read conflicting things that you can still trip Knox with official software.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Are you sure? In 4k recording zooming in, then back out mine would freeze. Had done two factory resets on Oreo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] nobleynobe:
Can anyone tell me if I can go sideload back to Nougant from Oreo? My backup didn't work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] galaxy4mylife:
Anyone??? BUMP
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] TecknoFreak:
I tried it and it doesn't freeze on mine either
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Ok, gonna try it one more time! Hope you right!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] galaxy4mylife:
Anyone who has done this. When you flash back to N is Knox still at 0x0?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] MicroMod777:
Well couldn't resist, and tried Oreo again and camera still is very glitchy on zooming in and out. Did factory reset, and also cleared data in the app.

Whats your secret? Please share!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] VirusZer0:
Micro, I had the same exact issue at first. After a day or two, it just started working fine for me. Weird, I know. But give it a couple days and see what happens lol. Also, if you zoom, press the screen stretch button at the top and then press it again, it will adjust the zoom. You have to do that each time you zoom, but it's a workaround while you wait the couple days. Hopefully it will start working fine like mine!

My only qualm now is I cannot get my Gear Fit2 to work =(

Regards!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] daviddem:
Yes I did this. as log as you are flashing stock using ODIN, there wont be any issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Drewski_1987:
Oreo update #2 is out
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] TecknoFreak:
The one from 7 days ago? CQL7?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Drewski_1987:
Just found out about it last night

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Yes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Mr. Orange 645:
Which interestingly enough has a Nov 5 security patch. Yet, the baseband you have to upgrade from (BQL5) has a Dec 1 security patch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] maczpiku:
Hi, guys. I'm trying to flash back to AP_N950USQU2BQJA_CL12461033_QB15448703_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.tar.md5 with PrinceComsyOdin, but it's giving me an error "FAIL! Model dismatch fail". What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] VirusZer0:
I had to use the original Odin, not the Prince one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] maczpiku:
Nope

Normal Odin just times out with Write Failed error :(

Thanks anyway
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] tanked89:
I'm on 2BQLA what do I need to do to get Oreo
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] HACK3DANDR0ID:
I read somewhere that Beta 5 and final just came out. It didnt give a build # but if i were to guess i would say the new build is Johnny #5...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Coolpher:
i installed the 1st beta for Note 8 on december 9th and then downgraded to lastest 7.1.1 for tmobile and now i cant install the beta again get a error message HELP PLEASE
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] tanked89:
Are you using odin and flashing the bk2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Coolpher:
I will try that and let you know
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] ray_longo:
Went on the Reddit site and can't find the CQL7 ota update. Am I missing something?...Last update I can see to download is CQLB. Can someone post the link please?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chakra:
ClQB is newer
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] manuelperro:
here's the link https://samsung.firmware.science/ but dont flash the CQLB

just flash BQK2 to BQL5 to CQL7
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] ray_longo:
NOT discrediting you, but why do I keep seeing CQL7?

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Is CRA2 an new firmware? Or should I stick with CQL7?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chakra:
CQLB has December security patch and CQL7 has November.

Be careful the new one CRA2 is bootloader 3 so there is no going back
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] manuelperro:
yes CRA2 is new you can flash BQL5 to CRA2

https://www.reddit.com/user/mweinbach
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] Darriousx:
So I have seen many updates on here, BQL5, CRQL7, etc.... However, I'm running BQLA, lol. Does this mean something? I'm not actually sure what to do to update to Oreo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] manuelperro:
I'm feeling the CQLB more buggy than CQL7

I'm running the latest Cra2 is very fast and stable :good: I can't go back to Nougat but the Cra2 is awesome :victory:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] chakra:
BQL5 is the only one that lets you update to Oreo, so you must start there.

The first oreo build was BQLA (October security patch and different build)

Then came CQL7 ( A new build and had a november security patch)

Then came CQLB (same build as CQL7 but with December security patch)

All build above are on bootloader 2, and you can just reflash BQL5 and then flash the Oreo build you want from there, ....

The new Build CRA2 is bootloader 3, so once updated you can not go to another Oreo beta because you must be on BQL5 to OTA to oreo, and once on bootloader 3 you can not go back to the bootloader 2 BQL5

So long story short to go to another build you must ODIn flash BQL5 and then OTA to the Oreo build you want

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Did you wipe? Mine was buggy till I factory reset.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Dis] manuelperro:
Yes I did a factory reset after booting on Cra2