[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Andysmith71:
Hey guys / Luca,

Thanks for yet again, another great ROM. I've used the last three iterations from S7 Edge, S8+ and now Note8, so was excited to see Iron come out for Note8. I was fairly active in the 'Binaries' discussion since the second week of the Note8's being released. So I just wanted to confirm about installation issues (or lack of) from being in jail at the beginning.

I've got a SM-N950F Australia (Telstra) which on stock is TEL/TEL/TEL. Was in jail like everyone else, been there and done that , like Krabman and others. Had success with using Renovate and have not been in jail since. I just wanted to report that it's SAFE to migrate over from Renovate to IronMan without any issues, I also change my CSC back to TEL/TEL/TEL without any issues using Luca's CSC utility for the S8+ (script modified so it would work on Note8). This is how I did it for anyone interested who is switching from another ROM and has been in jail. I cannot guarantee your success using the CSC utility however but can advise Australian Telstra users that it works perfectly.

- Copy ROM onto SD card

- Do a backup in TWRP before starting

- Go To Wipe / Advanced Wipe and tick Dalvik, System, Data, Internal Storage, Cache - then confirm wipe

- Go back to main menu and install Ironman ROM, choose the relevant wipe method and installation options that you prefer, I made sure NOT to install KNOX

- For my installation I chose all custom options for all the goodness, magisk so my banking would all work.

- Immediately after the ROM was installed I ran the CSC Utility CSCSelection_S7_S8_V1.2.5.zip (modified for Note8) and chose TEL.

- After the CSC utility installed then restarted and set up ROM as usual.

So pretty much followed the same method I always have from switching ROM's. Please do not take my words as replacements for Luca's instructions, I'm only sharing my experience in installing from a person who has been through the whole 'jail' fiasco and wanted to share my method of migrating over to this once again awesome ROM. My Wifi calling and Volte are working perfectly, have not found any issues and everything is working. What other ROM gives you a pet Cockatoo I ask?? Have not lost root once (thanks magisk) and have also installed Arise for Viper after setup which works without issues and has not broken dual speakers for those of you who are Viper fans like myself. Arise also lets you customise the installation which is a bonus. Some Arise components I've had issues with for the Note8 so I've only installed the following -

- ViPER4Arise

- ViPER4Arise XHiFi

- AM3d4Arise

- Esira

- Atmos4Arise

- Dolby

The others I've had errors with so I excluded them from the installation script, the above I can confirm all work with the Note8. Again, this is only my experience, others may have had more success with the other couple components that are available.

Hope this helps and I don't mean to tread on Tkkg1994 (Luca's) toes with my installation steps I followed. Again, this is just from a person who has been in jail and migrated over from Renovate to my favorite daily driver I've had for my previous phones :)

Thanks again Luca! I will pass some beer funds shortly (I'm on monthly pay which sucks lol)