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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] le0.br4zuc4:
Verizon has always blocked the free storage on Samsung Cloud in favor of their own cloud services... Verizon oficial build, also blocked Samsung's Span protection in favor of Verizon's called ID service... Things like this are the reason I left Verizon and got Xfinity Mobile instead.

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I haven't gotten any reboots yet, been on CRA2 for just 24 hours too... Hopefully continues this way
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dcox28:
Same here. This is my 4th day with it and my phone hasn't frozen or rebooted one time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
No random reboots here at all, If anything this built (CRA2)has been running flawlessly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidman0225:
Is anything broken in this build. Live focus?

Etc ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Works fine here , haven't seen anything broken.

Running On My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950U Wicked Venom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Id wait. Benefits of updating compared to the risk of possible reboots ain't worth it.

I've had about 4 reboots since Friday. The only reason I did go to the last oreo build is because I cant.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Majin101:
I did a full wipe before installing CRA2, no reboots for me yet. Live focus is a little wonky, i noticed that there's a little lag with it. Although it only lags with dual capture on. If you turn it off it's smooth. Other than that, I haven't noticed any real issues yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ekerbuddyeker:
Is Netflix working on CRA2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Yes 100%
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Was that ever an issue? I haven't had any problems with Netflix on any of the Oreo builds for either my Note 8 or S8+.

What issues we're you having?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jellybear456:
Interesting to hear about this reboot issue...

I'll hang on to CQLB for a little while longer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] prican25:
I'm on CRA2 and so far its working very well with locking up on me one time after wireless charge but no problem since then.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] wulfeman:
For anyone interested i was able to go all the way to CRA2 on US Cellular service. i dirty installed all the way through and everything is working. camera (zoom and live focus working) and sideloaded gear s3 frontier-working, netflix working. I have had one reboot this morning since i installed last saturday.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
St first it was I had to wipe data caches of different cameras apps to get them to work I I suggest factory resetting five or six times right bb before you ota craz
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
Yeah tbh , not only is CRA2 fine, I can say that my Note 8 has not frozen or rebooted once in the months that I've owned, regardless of firmware.

And I use phone heavily
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Id wait. You ain't missing much, if CQLB is working stick with it. Seems to be a mixed bag of whether or not folks have issues but no one can guarantee how your device will act.

It's the devil you know over the one you don't..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
That was the issue I was also having with the Oreo builds. That's is why I went back to Nougut until official is released.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ad44891:
I've never had reboots on note 8 regardless of firmware. 99% of reboots or issues are user error.. Just my opinion
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
So you have never had reboots. Thats good but that doesn't change people that have had them. My setup on the latest is the exact same setup I used on the other android builds.

The logic there is that the only variable for me is the different build.

You have people that have done a full wipe and are getting reboots. I'm going to trust that if those same people were having reboots on android 7 they would say something.

This isn't a competition and no one is keeping count.

My whole point is what isn't working between the last build and this one that would push someones hand to update? If it isn't much then weigh that against the possibility of freezes and reboots and the fact that if it does happen you are stuck on this build for now.

So let's not point fingers at users that have been doing this a long time without a shred of proof and fake statistics.

I rather users be informed of the POSSIBILITY of a short fall, ultimately it's up to them to upgrade..

No one is out to "get" cra2, let's not be tribal folks..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
="[url]https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=48993/1488/SS-N950USQS2BQL5-to-U3CRA4-UP"[/URL]

Another Update. Need to be on BQL5 TO Update TO CRA4

Running On My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950U Wicked Venom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Cant update from cra2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rootuser3.0:
:crying:

Suckers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Right i will thought update since i have 5 Note 8 and 2 S8 Plus and one S8 Active lol, so I'm good?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themisterwilson:
I'm the same. I've never had reboots that weren't initiated by me. Not to say anyone is doing anything, because I don't know what anyone is doing. Just my experience..

But anyone know anything about the new build? And what build do need to to be on to update?

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
I edit my post on top go see!

Running On My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950U Wicked Venom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] riveralc:
I thought you can't revert from CRA2 once you update to that bc of the updated bootloader...?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Majin101:
Wowwwwwww, of course this would happen! Ugh, so I guess those who are on cra2 can't go back :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
That's why it say's from BQL5 to CRA4, if your already on CRA2 Then you can't update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chakra:
Where is this update you speak of? I found it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote...ant_update_from_cra2/?st=jc81lbf4&sh=0c00582f
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jellybear456:
Goodness now I'm really happy I'm still on CQLB.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidman0225:
Yeah I reset it 3 times then went to oreo that was this morning and its been Great so far. Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
Where did you find the camera apk to be able to sideload jt
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rootuser3.0:
Lol suckers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
Well I'm sure someone will have away today or tomorrow to go from craz to craz4 for us If you feeling brave see if you can actually odin backwards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Are we naming our favorite candies?

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Odin will either work or not work. So it's simple enough to try but unless someone is good enough to work some bootloader magic I doubt someone will just figure it out. Just wait for the official and if you cant get to that.. well then you panic
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rootuser3.0:
Delete
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Not possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rootuser3.0:
You like blowpops?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rquinn19:
Nevermind link works now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I wouldn't sweat it if you are on CRA2. CRA4 is also a bootloader rev 3 and is still beta so those on CRA2 will be able to update the next round. My bet is the final build is rev 3. I took CRA2 three days ago and mine has been fine and my battery is doing excellent so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ad44891:
Damn... Glad I didn't go to CRA2... Cause I was just about to downgrade.. Than.. Do the Otas.. ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jellybear456:
Does anyone know how to change the opacity of the lock screen notifications? I only had the option to choose when I set up the phone after wiping and I can't seem to find an option in settings..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Settings - Lock screen and security - Click on the notification title for the Notifications toggle.. Option is greyed out if you have it set to only show icons
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themisterwilson:
Not for me, I get a server error
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
I.m goog to try ton8ght and why panic no onow tripped under warranty get another one
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] beeree7:
This might be a stupid question but can we pull the boot.img from the new build and create an update zip since it's an official Samsung kernel. I'm sure the reboots and freezes are due to some sort of kernel panic. Or even alter the update zip to flash without the whole process everytime.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shag_on_e:
They make these update.zips with specific signatures that have a hash for every single file so and little thing that gets changed makes the update fail. It's a major bummer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bone_Enterprise:
Did you just have a stroke?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dazemc:
You can pull any of the images and pack them into a tarball and flash over Odin. But, if you get a no boot then you are stuck until an official firmware on rev. 3 of the bootloader is released.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rquinn19:
cra4 working fine for me. Figured I'd try as most people who would couldn't. Can't compare to cra2 though. Still missing health and all the gear s and icon stuff. So id assume no gearvr either. Rom is running great though. Only difference I see is game launcher app.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
discord.gg/4uxusu8 is the discord server that we have more updates as they come out. Also OP was updated with CRA4. Still cant update get back from BLv3. Also your stuck on that and if you flashed CRA2, you cant get to CRA4.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
I jumped up to CRA2 this afternoon just before the new version.

My camera roll is missing! Over 1,000 photos, many of my 6 month old daughter (our first). I'm doing my best to keep calm.

I used Smart Switch to back up before I updated... The pics didn't come back.

Any ideas/help/guidance would really be appreciated!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wacky2bakky:
Were the pics on a external SD card or the phone itself?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
I was just about to edit/update my post. Many (not all) of the pics were on my SD card, as well as backed up in Google Photos and AT&T photo storage.

It turns out that I just had my first 'CRA2 random reboot'. When my phone rebooted, my camera roll AND my SD card were 'gone'. I was trippin'! A restart brought everything back. ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wacky2bakky:
Good to hear. Yeah sometimes when I flash a new fw and I go into gallery, I have to select to show more albums becuz their hidden.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tanked89:
No juat got home

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I use smart swotvh anyone notice swype on the samsung keyboard sruggles to recognizr longer words or words that have double letters or words that require the entire length of keyboard arr choppy
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LordGeek:
I have a rather puzzling but interesting question:

If the newer updates that are coming out are 3CRA# .. how are the approved beta testers getting there phones back to 2BQL5 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rootuser3.0:
I suggest get Gcloud unlimited it backs everything up automatically and unlimited is nice. I've used 200gb so far
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nick281051:
I'm sure the people at Samsung have access to Odin, these are all leaked updates for us.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcrompton:
Is this really possible?

Has anyone ever tried this with other updates?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] _Dennis_:
The beta testers aren't using commercial hardware and or they have equipment that let's them downgrade bootloader versions.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LordGeek:
True .. especially when Samsung reaches out to the general public to beta test .. any joe blow wouldn't have the equipment to downgrade bootloaders. So this is telling me that other than the ones that are being leaked on here .. there must be other flavors available of the OTA's that are not being shared/leaked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jdmsohc22:
lmao
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] _Dennis_:
The OTAs we get are leaked, not for use outside of test devices. They are not for the general public to beta test.

Of course there is other ones, we are getting ones AT&T has to test, not the internal Samsung ones nor any other carrier's test software.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Doubt it!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] smiley45:
Make u wish we didn't up date ... I update and it runs good but something is off about this build.... My recommendation don't update to the latest oreo ver. You should wait until they officially released Oreo update
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
It's a lesson in patience and not trying to fix what ain't broken.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
The talk of reboots reminded me of a strange issue the other day.

I've been on CQLB since it was made available here. Haven't had any MAJOR issues, just a few quirks here and there. It was a completely clean install. Full wipe before downgrading, then full wipe between each OTA, then a final wipe before setting it up.

Well, this weekend, I was making a call to Sam's Club customer service. I made it through all five menus to get to the proper department (SMH), and was on hold. It went silent, and I thought someone picked up, but no one was there.

I pulled my phone from my ear, and the screen was off snd completely unresponsive, like it was shut off. Then it suddenly booted up to the Upload Unknown Error screen. I had a brief moment of panic, thinking my Note 8 had just bricked, but I was able to restart and havent had any issues since.

Not sure if it was a CQLB problem, an Oreo problem, a Note 8 problem, my own device's problem, or a random hiccup.

Not saying it's an issue or asking for solutions. Just wanted to add tons the discussion, especially if anyone else had the same issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
I hadn't had any reboots or anything on QLB but I may not have been on it long enough. I average about 2 reboots a day on cra2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yeah, I'm sticking with CQLB for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
I could be doing anything and it will happen, it seems like a warmboot where the device doesn't shut completely down because it happens so quick but its annoying because each time I go to unlock with my finger, get prompted to use pattern/pin because of my reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themisterwilson:
Same, I've had zero issues or reboots on CQLB
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shagy38:
I'm on cqlb and have had no issues
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drew272011:
Guess its different for each note 8 i havent had any

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Im addicted to updating i need rehab lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] le0.br4zuc4:
I'm on CRA2, no random reboots or any other issue. Phone is great...

... I still wish I could update to CRA4

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Yeah, I feel your pain, I need a rehab too. First step is to admit you need help lol... Next one is flash rehab
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] drew272011:
Seriously lol cra4 is just sitting on my sd card
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wacky2bakky:
Lol I feel your pain. Just flashed CRA2 the other day and I was going to download CRA4 but unfortunately no way to update :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Same but CRA2 is the same security patch as A4 and it's been running great for four days now. It still sucks to be stuck for now. I may not be able to flash anything for a while now.... oh the agony. Lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Will someone else check to see if they have this issue:

I've noticed this on the last few Oreo builds, and honestly cant remember if it was present on Nougat.

Whenever I play anything on Netflix (in this case Godless and Black Mirror), the whole screen becomes very muted and desaturated. Not just the movie, but the control bar, too. If I pull down the shade, all the icons are a muted color. I noticed when I was watching a movie and had Google Maps navigation running in a pop up. Even the green of the navigation pop up was desaturated.

If I close out Netflix or switch to a different app, then the colors return to normal.

Display settings have no effect. I've had it on Adaptive, Cinema, and Basic. Video Enhancer on or off. It's only when Netflix is active window. And only when a movie is playing. The Netflix window with all the cards looks normal.

My S8+ running Oreo CRA1 and the exact same display settings doesn't do this. When I watch Netflix on it, the colors are still vibrant and bright. I was actually just watching the same show at the same time on both of them side-by-side to compare.

No other movie/video app has this issue, just Netflix, and just on my Note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Sorry, Netflix won't allow screenshots, so I had to take a pic of my screens. Wasn't sure if the color difference would show in a screenshot anyway. First is my S8+ screen and second is my Note 8 screen. Same movie, same settings, same scene.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Did this start with Oreo?

Edit: Sorry saw your previous post.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yeah I'm not sure. And I'm not willing to flash back to Nougat just to test it, LOL.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
I'm right there with you!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] koma77:
On cqlb I keep having android system keep popping up telling me mobile installer and voicemail are using battery and a separate voicemail icon telling me voicemail is running. Has this happened top you? I can't get rid of it....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wacky2bakky:
Just click it and hold then turn off the notifications. I had to do the same thing when I first booted up after flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] koma77:
Will I experience not getting vm if I turn it off?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themisterwilson:
You won't get the notification. It will still be there if you want to listen to it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wacky2bakky:
You will still get notified of visual voicemail yes
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Can someone please check this? I know I'm not the only one with Netflix.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wacky2bakky:
I don't have Netflix sorry...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] koma77:
Hulu works good, don't have Netflix sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
No issues here was using Netflix yesterday and didn't see those issues you mentioned.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themisterwilson:
Netflix is all good on CQLB...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
I know it WORKS. I'm talking about the color. It appears to be desaturated. Like the colors are muted. Please read my post.

And I AM on CQLB. But I've had this issue for ALL the Oreo builds.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
I know you didn't quote me but like i mentioned on CRA4 And CRA2 On both my Note 8's colors looks great, Also on my S8 Plus running CRA5 All colors look great.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themisterwilson:
Sorry, by all good I meant everything is good. Color included. Hope that clears up my use of "all good" [emoji854]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
I figured it out...sorta. it's only HDR content that is washed out. But just on my Note 8, not on my S8 Plus.

Fire up Black Mirror S4E1. It should be bright vibrant colors, but they appear slightly washed out. If you touch the screen, you'll see the slide control is no longet bright red, but a very dull red.

Give it a try and let me know.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cani10101997:
Worked 9500 bqk4 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
AQIA, BQJB, BQK1, BQK3...yes...carriers release their own builds
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mweinbach:
wont work. your phone uses a different signature for the firmwares.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlueFox721:
Oops..AQI9...the carrier builds are to update improvements on their network and give specific carrier apps that aren't in the other "multi-CSC" builds...so true...if one wants complete compatibility...flashing the correct carrier build gives the most...but each build can work on each device because of multi-CSC....some builds, better than others as some carriers STRIP their builds for SAVING space...smart...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chowdarygm:
I just got it yesterday, so started fresh. Used that small update package to flash from recovery to go to 2bqk2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cani10101997:
I wonder if this phone would be something of a turkey stock rom i just upload 9500 a
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] flameinthefire:
Guys can someone please help. I've been trying to get this to work for like the past 5 hours. I tried loading it from the SD card but it wont work. Then in odin i keep on getting the error below. I have the unlocked note 8 version.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Your camera is fine?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rick1221:
Note 8 Tmobile, got it to work yesterday but the only issue is the disabler apps are not working. Anyone with the same experience?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] cani10101997:
sm n9500 china rum phone turkey stock rom downloadem something?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
How the hell do I downgrade back to Nougat? I have the original T-Mobile firmware, but trying to flash in ODIN 13.2.7 gives me SHA256 failure message, even after wiping the phone first.