yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ConfluxReality:
stuck on "half-root"?

so I recently just tried V1 of samfail, as it had previously worked before, and I was just looking for re-root. somehow my sm-g955u has gotten stuck partway between root and non. I have working safestrap, however no root enabled apps seem to be able to connect. ive tried reflashing back to stock, and it doesn't allow me to flash anything. any help would be great, thanks! ( this has been the past 4 days, me trying to flash stock recovery, as well as re-flash both versions of samfail, to no avail.)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheMadScientist:
No v3 no bl unlock and no magisk. There is a su root method for rev 5.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Roman_RO:
I have no OS installed on my vzw s8+ also can't boot into Safestrap. I don't care about Safestrap or being rooted,all I want is to have a stock ROM. Can I flash this ROM via Odin without rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Slim2none4u:
You can flash this rom provided you have the correct bootloader version.

This rom is system rooted.

If you don't want root, then just flash the most recent firmware for your device.

The latest firmware can be found in several locations with a simple Google search.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Jaisun:
Slightly Off topic

Hi Everyone.

I'm currently using a refubrished Galaxy S8 plus, the model is SM-G955U.

As you can guess this is a phone destined for the USA market but currently I'm using it in Bangladesh which is in another continent.

As a result i didn't receive any updates after purchasing the phone and whenever i try to download update manually it says, "Registration Failed"

Can anyone help me to update my phone? Can i manually download stock firmware from somewhere and update my phone? If yes, then will i have to download the latest one or will i have to download every single one that came out? I have attached screenshots in which you can see the current software version of the device.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Jaisun:
Screenshots of my software info
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] erikgust72:
Please I need help, I love your rom you made but lately I've been having major issues with google I can't sign in I've tried everything like reinstallingmany times thru Odin and still every time I open something by Odin it freezes. Also I must mention for some reason it dosent say pass when I flash the AP but it did load all the way and when I flashed the second BL bootloop edition it only loads a quarter of the way then says fail. But it does work thru Samsung browser witch is how I'm writing this. Please if anyone could help it would greatly be appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] shakan09:
does anybody have a fix for when you phone crashes into upload mode cause of the modem. it says system crash : modem or something. I live in an area that only has 3g and when I travel somewhere with 4g my phone will crash into upload mode. I usually can just reboot and it's fine but today it just crashes over and over.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheMadScientist:
I always had to reflash the modem for mine to quit crashing
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
If you follow the directions and factory reset in recovery immediately after flashing the rom before your first full boot this issue is eliminated usually. There were some isolated reports of modem crashes a long time ago on the s8+ but they were incredibly isolated and my working theory was it's actually a firmware bug and possibly not rom related or perhaps coincidentally tickled by the combo parts used to make root possible
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] shakan09:
reflash the modem from this rom?

I believe I did. could be wrong tho. this only happens when I'm transitioning from one 3g area to a 4g area. and before today it was fixed with a reboot. I may reinstall.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheMadScientist:
The cp and csc from the blq1 stock firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] erikgust72:
Hey guys when I run this Rom giant get Google, messages and some games thru Google won't run just force close after it freezes for 30 seconds. Why is this, somebody plz help ive tried other Roms also and now i have same problem everywhere except when i unroot or use pie. Im wondering if i just take the csc file on pie and flash it with the AP and BL of partCyborgRom. I'm tryin everything cause i dont want to give up my root cause i need root to run playstation 3 controller on my S8+ SM-G955U TFN USA V2 bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] shakan09:
can someone upload just the boot animation for this rom for me?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] linksmechanix:
Hey there. I have bl version 5 and I know this is for 3 and below but I heard if you have safestrap you can use this. Is there a workaround? Really want to try this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Js7bla:
Updating

How to update
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] JaxsonLucifer:
worth a shot hoping for an answer .... i went through my old laptop and saw if im correct this was the ROM i was running with viper4android and it sounded amazing .... im on BL v5 ... i can not run this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Aukeba:
Any idea if i can use this on bootloader v6 on Pie?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jrkruse:
Yes you can I have files that make it work on my edl root thread. You just need the system image from this rom

Sent from some device I modified
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Aukeba:
So what files exactly do I need? I have both pages (your edl thread and this page) open. This system image from this thread which is? and what files from this thread. Sorry I'm kinda slow at this apparently

Edit: so I looked at it and if I'm following what you're saying then I need to install safestrap using your edl method post, go into safestrap and install the system image or rom from this post?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Shiroyuki82:
Working fine for me, no problems has been noticed since day 1 of use. well done, good job
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
How do I just reflash the ROM? I am already Samfail rooted....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bradical711:
If you have safestrap, you can just extract the system.img from the AP you originally downloaded using WinRAR and reflash your system image using safestrap. Make sure to wipe cache/dalvik before flashing the system.img and after to go back to safestrap and reboot to your actual recovery and wipe data again to make sure you don't bootloop cause of a dirty flash.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Js7bla:
How to update

How do I update the software especially my service without losing all of my data I attached a screenshot of my current software if you could please let me know how I could update all my software please. Thank you ahead of time and sorry for any inconvenience.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Sarim951:
Help needed

Can someone guide me to return back to stock rom after installing this rom. Was using at&t variant v2 bootloader:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Slim2none4u:
There are many guides on here to return to stock.

Simply download the latest firmware and flash with Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
Sorry. I really cant find that .img

help, please
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ArloKing:
Is this compatible with G955U1?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheMadScientist:
Yes depending on the firmware version. 5th digit from far end in build info
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] WasifMeraj:
Sir please help me can i root and install custom rom to my galaxy s8 plus sm-g955u snapdragon version?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheMadScientist:
This is depreciated. Look in the development sections. There is a way only to root. Their is no custom rom for to locked bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Pariah24:
If anyone isn't aware, this app will deliver you from the horror of white notifications...works pretty well for me on this ROM.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.treydev.ons
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
The AP I downloaded has only one file, the md5. Where is the system.img??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bradical711:
It's inside of the .md5 file lol. So use WinRAR to open the .md5 file and extract the system.img from inside of it. And you can get WinRAR on Android or on your computer.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
finally figured that out Put the file on the phone, but can't get it to show up in the install image area...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jrkruse:
It needs to be renamed from system.img.ext4 too system.img

Sent from some device I modified
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bradical711:
What he said. I knew I forgot to add something.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
I willl try that

Thanks

EDIT: Tried, looked like it was flashing, indicated success but did not flash system,. just wiped out my safestrap
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jrkruse:
You would need to flash safestrap zip as well. I sure this rom did not have it built in

Sent from some device I modified
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bradical711:
That's interesting... I am on BL v2 on Partcyborg's rom, but that made me think. I've reflashed his system.img with safestrap and wiped my data numerous times with the built in recovery as well. His rom doesn't have safestrap built in but I always keep safestrap after flashing etc. Why is that?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
Thanks. I have a Safestrap on my phone to apk when i wipe it out. Getting close to a complete samfail reinstall....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jrkruse:
Depends what version of safestrap you have installed. Earlier version didn’t survive a system image flash. Later versions do

Sent from some device I modified
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
Still not sure what I flashed. How long does a good flash take? Is partcyborg identified somewhere in the ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bradical711:
For me personally, not that long. Usually 5 mins 10 mins..? Shouldn't be that long I don't think. You also need to wipe data in the phones regular recovery if you didn't. That can sometimes cause bootloops. But you can go to recovery easily by using safestrap to boot to the recovery menu for you. I also do not understand your second question. Partcyborg is owner of the thread and the guy who created the rom which you downloaded here and flashed. That's who I have referenced a couple times.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
My flash only took 30 sec, so I guesss it didn't work.

Q2. Where in the ROM can I look to see what ROM it is? Is something unique to Partcyborg?

Thanks a lot for putting up with me.....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tennessee_titan:
Bit the bullet and did the whole Samfail process again. Came up perfectly, BUT

NOT

rooted!

Spoke too quickly. Rebooted and it rooted

That rhymes!

Stupid me, looks **** I was on partcyborg all the time. No indication apparently....

Most ROM developers put their name in the build or version info. Not so here...

It should also be noted (to add to the confusion) that Safestrap/TWRP backups are labelled "Stock..."
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Pariah24:
I tried that as a shortcut and got a bootloop the same day, for the first time in all the years I've had this phone
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jfoley420:
Have been reading threw all these pages and cant find the answer Im looking for...can I flash this onto my s8+ that has the v8 bootloader? g955usqu8dud3 ? Or is there a more up to date rom for this version of my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Boyd LaRue III:
Does it matter what version of S8+ SM-G55U I have?

I have Verizon. Baseband# is G955USQU8DUJ1
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jrkruse:
Follow the guide too root on my thread and then you can flash this system image with safestrap. You will have too rename system.img.ext4 to system.img before safestrap can flash it
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jhofseth:
Samsung has definitely stepped up security on QK5. I had fun disabling Knox, because it was briefly interfering with SuperSU. What I would recommend is temporarily switching SuperSU to default access grant, then disable Knox. I used Knox Security Freezer in Play store. The app is in French by default, apparently. I will be working on solutions to bootloader 2 crap ASAP.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Alright, so I've been on this rom for a few days now and just got prompted to update? I know not to, just curious if anybody else had this happen? I did just check Phone Info, and it's stating that my bootloader is QK1, Baseband and and PDA is QK3, but my csc is blank, could this be the cause? It also tells me the latest firmware as N/A, so if Phone Info is not seeing an update, why is my system?

I may need to go back and reflash, as I flashed before the csc bug was found. I still don't think that would be relevant to the update though.

Edit

Baseband and PDA are QK3, not QK1.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheBigEasy88:
Absolutely no issues. I'm only using Gravity Box, Flat Style Bar Indicators & NeoPowerMenu as things would get a tad wonky if I had too many mods running on the previous root method. I fired up RAMEXPANDER and now it's really smooth. Battery is much better.

Thanks for the heads up man! Just to clarify, the app is 'Knox & Security Freezer'. French is such a weird language!!! :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Exactly what modules I'm running as well, flawless so far!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] fomotomo:
Hey question is anyone having voicemail issues? It tells me my password is incorrect and after multiple attempts it says that the operator is unavailable. I got the att visual voicemail app to work but I'd like to know if anyone got it to work. Att is my service provider
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
speaking of being an idiot I had my S8+ running like a wet dream .... I keep my eye on a few threads im in and I came back to this one just to re read it and follow a few things ... well I went into the preconfig crap and yes I already flashed the csc file ... I now saw all the VZW and ATT stuff ... picked my VZW and clicked install like an idiot ... well it rebooted and wiped my entire phone .. lost all my adult crap I copied back over ... and tv shows and blah blah ... now I do the setup again and it freezes on restore ... just sits there!!!!! AHHHHHHH FUDGE ME !!!!! I don't even have my laptop to redo this via odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
Goddly didn't someone say a few pages back you CAN flash this via original odin? or I might be wrong
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
Not if your on the U2 bootloader which I've spent too much time the last few days helping a few people who thought they bricked... Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
You rock dude.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
No. I was helped starting out , the thread was more like a family. No one was cold. Rarely was any question ignored. (Unless it's in the OP, or been answered repeatedly in thread) but... Anytime someone says, help! I can't flash anything! It's a feeling of being alone. Especially, when the people that can fix your issue, either don't care, or don't try..... not me. Not if I'm around, and I would hope if I'm in the same boat someday (never know lol) that someone takes the time to help.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] lista94:
Any idea if there are roots in the works for those of us who took the update ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
Actually, I've heard the note 8 has the new bootloader. With a working root. I believe it was a few posts back.

But. It's a very good sign. It's always just a matter of time. [emoji6][emoji41]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
Note 8 has root?? Or possible root .... NICE!! I want to get the Pixel II XL ... SO I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH Verizon and their locked BL crap. Weird how or why China can have an unlocked BL and not us.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jhofseth:
But the screen is not good on Pixel 2 XL and there is no headphone jack. I agree about OEM unlocked bootloader being nice, but be careful and do NOT buy directly from Verizon. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] billa:
All US S8/S8+ variants have locked bootloaders, so it doesn't matter if you buy it from Verizon or any of the other carriers, same shyte.

The last Samsung model which had an unlocked bootloader was the S6 on Sprint and Tmo (but locked on on ATT and Verizon).

Anyway, Rev2 combo is available...

Samsung_G950U_SQU2AQK2_v7.0.0_COMBO.TAR 2,033,190K.... 2017-11-09 12:00:00 am

Samsung_G955U_SQU2AQK2_v7.0.0_COMBO.TAR 2,032,530K.... 2017-11-09 12:00:00 am

But I haven't checked yet if the kernel is permissive or enforcing (shell root -eng or non-eng).

So, if someone wants to try to root it somehow then "dd" dump the entire system (/dev/block/sda19) which should be SamFail method flashable?!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
just redid my phone and followed the new directions in the OP ... and ill update the findings if i can send messages and data and calls .... i now get a message something about the system doesnt something with the date and time ... i dont have the actual message as im writing this ... anyone else get this or know a fix?

have 2 messages going on the stock messaging app and it shows sending for well over a minute so far will see if it fails or takes x amount of time

nope failed after about 2 min ... ill try messages +
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
I can't +1 or thank this hard enough. I had an unusually busy week at my day job (well more like morning day and evening job), and wasn't able to be here nearly as much as I had planned on. He's right that it was a team effort but Goddly's being modest. He had been the linchpin of the coordinated support in this thread, which has been the best I've seen on xda since I started regularly lurking long ago. A round of thanks all around.

This is correct. The same general method used both with their v1 roms and ours worked like a charm on their v2. I have no reason to doubt it will work for ours too. It's a priority for myself this weekend to get a POC image out to some testers that already have v2 on their various devices. More when I have it.

Be careful, the pixel 2 xl sold by vzw also has a locked bootloader. The previous comment about buying direct from Google is good advice.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
**EDIT** delorted
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
Hey dude ... i tried everything in the OP's newer directions. I let my phone sit overnight and some messages take a while to send and most fail. Not sure what to do now other then flash the csc file??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] live2playloud:
Does this rom also root the phone when you install it or do you already have to be rooted? I think I am ready to make the jump. I am on a Verizon s8+ stock Nougat November security patch? Thanks

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I am on bootloader revision 2 so does that mean I can't get back to 1?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
You cannot go back. You'll have to wait for a image to drop, then a build to be made, beta release.

But if you WERE on U1 , yes it will root.

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Yea, I couldn't get it to work either, I have to flash the old csc file. *shrugs*
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Raz12:
I finally got to get xposed to install without it bootlooping me. What modules do you recommend ? or which ones are you using now ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
Gravity box is a must for me. But it's all what you want. A couple people a few posts back (10 15?) Give theirs....

Mine are a secret.... [emoji6][emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] live2playloud:
Ok thanks I shouldn't have waited so long ??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
Shouldn't take the ota... lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
I still haven't seen anyone (including op [MENTION=8360749]partcyborg[/MENTION]) mention anything about being prompted to update? I'm aware we shouldn't take it, but most developers remove the ability for this to happen. I'm curious which update it is, off to check updato after this. Then I'll likely be doing a fresh install using the updated instructions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jhofseth:
Taimen not dream2qlte. Google sells OEM unlockable, but Verizon sells bootloader locked Taimen.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] 10.west:
I also received a notification about the OTA

Also did not take it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Sorry, do not take the update. It would fail anyway but in case they are doing something shady.

I'm working on figuring out why it's still happening despite the ota app being removed and will publish an update when I have it fixed
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Alright, just nice knowing I'm not alone. I figured because I didn't factory reset and used FF for the initial flash, something was off. I still haven't figured out how to get text up and running, which is why I'm doing a fresh install.

If that doesn't work, I suppose I'll try flashing a csc.

---------- Post added at 10:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 PM ----------

Yea, I poked around and noticed it wasn't there, I'd be willing to bet its something activated through the EFS partition, which you can't manipulate without a post-boot hook, or the ability to change the kernel(uuuugh).

Anyhow, thanks for responding.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] netlagger:
Alrighty... So finally got the new phone from VZ. Made sure it was on U1 which it is. Did the flash for part 1 and part 2 as said in the OP. Then did wipe and factory reset after part 2. When phone went to boot. It came up to a screen that says [Upload Mode] Kernal Panic!

What in the blue hell happened now? How can I fix this lovely scenario that I got here?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
Hold the bixby,power and volume down button and reboot. Keep trying a few times. If not reflash the BL image again and see if that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] netlagger:
Finally got it to work. My old phone although on U2 had taken the flash. This one looks exactly the same as what I was able to get my old phone to boot to. Now I'm having the problem where I can't send a text. I can call and receive texts but can't send. You have an easy link to that csc file?