yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jhofseth:
I think the fix is something like renaming liboemcrypto.so to liboemcrypto.soold or something like that. I don't use Netflix, so I am not sure of the exact file name (it's very close to that). Also, no worries, people should be able to help you because you aren't on a test version, it's still PCB ROM. PCB ROM is like ~99% the system image and the OP mentions possibly only flashing the system image in certain instances (i.e., already on some combo firmware version, etc.), I believe. Glad to hear the version 2 bootloader is working! Thanks for the feedback. :)

UPDATE: the above referenced file is located in /system/vendor/lib
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] stillriza:
Yes, I read and followed your instructions to the letter, several times. At the end of the flash it shows Auth Failed, and will not leave download mode unless i force it. Double checked the odin settings, usb 2.0, etc.

Thank you. I went back to stock and started over using sampwnd. This time however, it flashes successfully via flashfire and bootloader flashes successfully in odin. After the factory reset it goes through the splash screen and then the welcome screen...but will then reboot about 15 seconds into the initial setup processes (selecting wifi network, accepting terms, etc). Regardless of how far you get into the setup or even if you just leave it at the wifi selection screen it will still reboot, over and over. It isn't a hard reboot though as its very quick...kinda like a soft reboot and back to the main welcome screen. I notice though that when it reboots a very quick line of red text appears before the samsung screen ...but it's so quick I can't manage to read what it says..almost like an error msg.

Edit: tried flashing several times, using odin method and this time looks like everything worked and got into the welcome screen. unfortunately, it does the same as above when flashed through flashfire..it keeps rebooting shortly after entering the welcome screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Again, it's *supposed* to fail with auth error after flashing part 1. It's very clear in the instructions in the op, in red text that is almost the largest you can set in a post. It wasn't clear to me what actually is happening as you don't answer that question but your repeated that it is failing with auth error which makes me wonder

Flashing part 2 is not supposed to fail however, and if it is, it can only be one of a few things causing it:

- bad cable

- driver issues, sometimes related to USB 3.0 ports which either Odin it the s8 in general does not seem to cooperate with on large files like the system image

- model mismatch. Flashing s8+ or n8 files on a s8, it any combination of the 3. The certs don't match

- corrupt files. If the files get corrupted in download or being copied around then they won't match the signature and will auth fail.

- something is broken/corrupted in your device. I find this highly unlikely however.

All of the files in part 2 are official Firmware directly issued from Samsung. There are no modifications to any of these, so if you are getting a failure from flashing part 2 alone then something is wrong with either the download or the device/hardware and the only things possible are the things listed above.

However you say later you tried doing the flashfire method, and you were able to flash part 2 successfully? What was different about this time flashing part 2 compared to the others? These two steps are 100% identical as written in the op so they should either have identical outcomes or something else is wrong, either in execution of the directions or in the files themselves, or the computer or Odin or something else.

Without more specific information I'm not sure how much more I can help. If you could go through the steps again from the very beginning, taking screenshots of Odin before flashing each step, and copy pasting the log output from Odin at each step, and put all that up until the point where you have concluded the process has failed, I (or we) can see what is wrong and help you fix it.

Also, please let us know what carrier you are using. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Afeliz:
By far best rooted room ive used in my s8+ super smooth...did the mistake of flashing it on my B2....got it to work how ever on B2 still buttery smooth thanks alot Partcyborg!! Btw im on a s8+ sprint on the att network no issues as far.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
I can confirm that the root method for bootloader V2 works that was posted earlier. I was running the latest beta 4 oreo. Ive only just installed titanium backup and was given root no problem. Thanks to all who contributed.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
I'm rooted now on the 2BQK5 system image and im impressed. It's smooth so far. 80% battery is still present. Latest Xposed is installed as well. Off to bed. Thanks to all who helped make this happen.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Umm I did not make a 2BQK5 G955U image... Where did you get one?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
I extracted it from the Odin files that are in the Oreo thread and flashed it in flashfire. I extracted the boot image from the new combo firmware posted here. I also flashed the CP and csc from the Odin image as well in flashfire. May not have been the smartest thing to do but it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] stillriza:
Thank you for your help so far. I will try to explain more clearly. I understand it is suppose to fail at the end of step 1 odin and then 1 of 2 things, as per OP, is supposed to happen...but in my case after it failed as it was supposed to it was stuck in download mode. When i forced the reboot and continued the device boot looped. This happened a few times.

Even if i continued to step 2, flashed bootloader, factory wiped, etc as per the instructions it still boot looped. I was previously on jkruze Rom for Canadian device.

I then tried going back to stock, then rooted using sampwnd and flashed using flashfire method and everything flashed successfully, however the device reboots shortly after the welcome screen.

I wiped again and tried installing using odin method and it flashed as expected and as you described in OP the device rebooted after and I continued with part 2.

This is where it stands now. After trying several more times Everything flashes correctly regardless of which method I use. I dont have an explanation. The outcome is still the same though. After getting to the welcome screen and starting to config the device, it soft reboots and goes back to welcome screen. The WiFi info is saved and you can continue where you left off but it will reboot again and so on..over and over.

I'm using a Canadian device on Telus network. Only thing I can think of is there is a fellow a few pages back with the same result as me who is also using the Canadian variant of the device.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
A Canadian g955u? Sorry I don't yet support the Canadian s8+ only the s8. You can try flashing the Canadian CSC which is definitely missing. Outside of that there are probably other things missing too which may break setup. Sorry if love to help but I just don't have the time to troubleshoot great now. Will let you know if/when that changes
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheBigEasy88:
So after you performed Step 2, did you do a factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Saintbon:
Awesome boot animation!!!

Simply an awesome ROM!!! Thank you!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
ok im lost ... been off the pc and phone the past day ... I saw an oreo thread that stated root and then I saw this """'Quote:

•[1.] Odin to BQK5. This will wipe your data. You must do this no matter what software you're currently on.

Select CSC_OYN, not HOME_CSC.

Important: This update contains bootloader 2, which means that you can no longer install any updates based on bootloader 1 (i.e., AQJC).

All new updates are based on B2, so you'll need to eventually do this anyway.

Link for S8+: https://drive.google.com/open?id=18C...I5RIhTBi2Uy4xn (Thanks [MENTION=7820902]xdanilva[/MENTION])

•[2.] Sideload or update-from-sd to Oreo using an update.zip:

S8+ current latest: ZQKS, considered a Beta 4 (Thanks samsung.firmware.science)"""""

whats going on? does oreo have root and for the bl2 version??
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] stillriza:
Yep.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xdanilva:
This is only for getting oreo beta.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] stillriza:
Understood. NO worries and no pressure either. I like your work and you are one of the devs that takes the time to answer nearly all questions in your threads so I wanted to give this a try. I've gone back to sampwnd with the updated bootloader from one of your other threads. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
So the rom SHOULD work if you flash a Canadian CSC on top (like the zips jrkruse made for the 955w a ways back). I welcome you to try it if you feel so inclined, I just won't be able to be of much help if it doesn't work. I will try incorporating the canadia CSC into the next rom so that I don't have to fully configure two different flavors of the same rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ktimque:
Can we get a separate thread going for the latest Oreo with apparent root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
how did we go from the OP ROM to oreo Beta in the first place?? im trying to read this and catch up whil eworkling.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
There is no Oreo with root ROM..............

---------- Post added at 05:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:49 PM ----------

This is why anyone wanting to flash.... Needs to request the file they want.

Then answer a small quiz. . If they don't pass they don't get the link ... PERIOD... Lol

To make sure you know what you have... What your flashing.... And how to flash it. CORRECTLY..

READ. THE. THREAD.

At least the last few pages. So you know what's going on. This is getting out of hand.

We've gone from a bootloader 2 ROM test, to people asking for a magical and mystical Oreo root ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
Hey man whatever you [MENTION=5052218]Goddly[/MENTION] and [MENTION=8360749]partcyborg[/MENTION] want ... im down. A test or quiz .... lets do it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Don't make me get the memes out....
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
Lmao im sticking with you [MENTION=8360749]partcyborg[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5052218]Goddly[/MENTION] with this ROM and any further developments. This is a sweet A$$ running ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
This...this is just absurd.

What the **** happened to this community?!

I'm thinking we're gonna need to petition the mods for this idea, it wouldn't be a big deal to answer 3-4 questions to get a file downloaded. Hell, it might even save those of us who are so comfortable with this process we get headed down our path and download a slightly incorrect file by mistake. I've done it, caught it before the flash, but my point is, it would definitely be a good failsafe for everyone involved and a very minor annoyance to download something.

In addition, the amateurs vastly outnumber the veterans these days, it's very clear. Now that the devices we flash are nearing the 4-digit price tags, as opposed to the $100-200 phones we used to flash, we need a system in place that prevents so many people from bricking their device. I'd imagine these failed devices being exchanged and returned all the time also drives up the price.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
I cant access my sd card anymore. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
I'd love to help, but I'm definitely going to need more details than that. As in, what's your status on the Phone Info app for all categories. Also, what was the process you followed that resulted in your SD card becoming inaccessible? In that process, did you flash files in FF that were stored on your SD card, which is a recent issue I've heard of more and more frequently (I'm thinking it's more of a Nougat issue than a FF issue)? Also, have you attempted to access the SD card on a PC? That would tell you if it's actually corrupt or somethings buggy, it also gives you a chance to reseat the SD card in case it was just slightly off.

This is a perfect example of why you need to include information when you have a problem, so those who help don't have to waste so much time asking for information that should be included to begin with. I don't mean that as a dig either, just with the recent discussions of nonsense and useless posts, I wanted to add more advice here. Hopefully, we can slowly sway others to post more productively.

Thanks, and hopefully we can get this resolved for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Etterna:
Seeing as how the U2 loader seems to be rootable now, guess it's time to do it and not take anymore updates right away till they get a root :p

Also, as this is my first time doing a root (I come from a long line of iPhones), is there any way to fully backup my phone and recover to it in case the root doesn't go well? Did some searching but all I found for full device backups was for devices already rooted, of which mine isnt. Or will recovery mode work for this? Thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Saintbon:
Thanks!

Agreed, all other versions cause a boot loop. Version 88.2 SDK 24 ARM 64 works... I'm on Verizon S8+.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] agroff1993:
I'm on this rom g955u and have xposed version 89 running with no issues
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Where did you read the U2 bootloader is rootable? As far as I'm aware, it'll allow you to run this rom, but without root. We have hopes to have it rootable in the future, but as of right now, it isn't sticking.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
I'm running this rom rooted on the V2 bootloader. Absolutely excellent experience so far. Before that I was running the beta 4 Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] gerryl432:
I had root as well after flashing it over the combo v2 file
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Did you or could you test to see if it sticks after a factory reset? It'd obviously be a risk, but this is pretty big news if so.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
I'll try right now. Just made a flashfire backup this morning.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
From me. Where did you hear it wasn't sticking? Everyone whose done it been successful.

Including myself
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] gerryl432:
Im back on oreo and have a huge Odin hangover from the other day. I'll save the fun for sabresfan. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Of course it sticks through factory reset, if its installed in /system!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Well, you realize if for some reason you can't reroot, that backup will be worthless? That's why I said it'd be a risk, hopefully you see this beforehand, I don't wish for anyone to risk losing root until it's confirmed we can reroot, but if you're comfortable with it, give it a shot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
Restored my backup no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Saintbon:
Thanks!

Good to know.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
Even if it didn't stick (which it did) it only takes a few flashes and at most a half hour out of my time to do it again and be right back where I was.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ktimque:
do we have an updated guide for this new BL?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
I was aware there was a U2 eng boot floating around that was being used to try and obtain root. You could root it, but it wouldn't survive reboots/factory resets. I didn't realize you had a modified version already posted, my mistake.

As mentioned above, there IS a bootloader for v2 that seems root able but doesn't survive reboot, I haven't investigated beyond that personally, only that I could obtain root but it wouldn't stick. It seems you were a few steps ahead of the information I was getting, so my apologies.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
Wait for op if your not entirely sure what to do. This is getting away from talk of this fantastic rom. In time I'm sure an updated guide will come.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
No worries. Where did you find this? It's news to me and must be something completely different because it's not possible for the current bootloader to change the system partition (what you would need for sampwnd/samfail to become non permanent)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
ok I apologize for the short reply as I was at work and going insane .... my phone is working fine on this ROM, just out of the blue its not being recongnized ... I haven't done any of the steps you suggested as its what I am planning on doing when I have the time .... maybe tomorrow ... I work 12 hours and a round trip of driving of over 3 hours so im limited on awake time ... thanks for the reply

im glad I could be an example to help others ... and yes this is still my fav ROM and thread you guys ROCK in here and are helpful
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Here's the thread, am I mistaken here? I flashed it and everything went fine, rebooted and supersu informed me I wasn't rooted. I may be off my game though, pulled an all nighter between my job and helping a friend with some graphic design work, I probably shouldn't have even tried it, but what can I say, I love to live dangerously lol.

Anyhow, now that I've stepped back, my instinct tells me this shouldn't work, but it did. Check it out:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/g955u-factory-binary-engboot-bootloader-t3722251
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
what did you do? flashed this dirty over Cyborg rom? after a reboot it retained root? im confused lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
I was on CyborgRom, decided to go stock because of the little issues I haven't felt like dealing with, as well as wanting to test this out and see if I could help getting it to stick. I used this method to obtain a half ass root, seemed buggy like the S7 eng boot root method, so I tried a reboot and it was gone.

Yes, I was fully aware this would put me on the U2 bootloader, but I figured it could be my excuse to move on to trying the Oreo beta, I've held off due to the bootloader on the recent versions. I'm about to head home and give PartCyborgs method a try though, see how well it turns out.

Now a question, couldn't this root method be used to gain root on the O beta? They use the same boot sequence, which I thought was the only thing preventing us from root? I'm up for some hack and slash rom dev if anybody has an idea of if and how this could work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xdanilva:
I don't think anybody knows about root for samsung oreo. They might be waiting for official oreo to come out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
What I'm saying is, Oreo is on the second iterated bootloader, and seeing as we've exploited the first bootloader to accomplish root on Nougat, and have seemingly done so now for the U2 bootloader for PartCyborgs rom, wouldn't it be plausible to use this exploit to root an Oreo rom? Again, I'm not thinking all that clearly right now, maybe I should take my ass to bed, but it seems to make sense to me that it should be possible to integrate PartCyborgs methods to obtain root on Oreo, being as they have the same bootloader as of right now. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
There needs to be an Oreo Odin system imagine available to look into this. Only V2 Odin available is nougat.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Ahhhhh, there it is, the derp moment. I forgot we didn't actually have the full system image yet. I'm sorry guys, and with that, I think I'll go to bed now. :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
This is also about the 4th time it's been covered in these threads (this one and the s8 one)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Yea yea, relax, did you skip the part about how I've been up for 48+ hours? No need to get on your high horse.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
We've had to answer this question repeatedly over the last few days.

No need to get snippy. No one is being paid here..... ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] pr1m317:
On Xfinity mobile, Tried 4 times following instructions, including the wipes, using Comsey Odin. Texting didn't work but everything else was great. Following the fixes for this I flashed via flashfire the csc file from Jkruse that was posted in this thread. Now when phone boots it takes me to the setup wizard that force closes and needs to be restarted and just loops the setup wizard needing to be restarted.

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] partcyborg:
Yea I have a fix for that. Omw home now and will get it uploaded when I get there
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Goddly:
Exactly what I did! Lmao. Epic...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] pr1m317:
Damn, I just swapped back to the playstore rom from Jkruse...

If a fix is coming though, I'll def be making this the daily driver!

Nice Work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Afeliz:
here is something interesting happening to me. i am on bootloader 2 btw while running this room. i cant get face, iris or finger print recognition to work at all. i went back to the stock BQK5 and all the sensor seem to be working just fine even went up to Oreo and no issue now i am back on this Rom and the issues are back.. any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
This is a bootloader 1 rom. Most likely their not compatible. I've had similar issues on previous phones if I flashed mismatched firmwares. I don't use any of those so I haven't noticed. Great find.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] anubis2048:
So wait, does this crack the bootloader? How do you get away with so many changes to the ROM including root without modifying the bootloader? Flashed the ROM and it works great!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] sabresfan:
It doesn't crack or unlock the bootloader. It's a stock based rom. The changes are made in the system image not boot image. Samsung devices with a locked bootloader will not boot a modified boot image. The boot image used for root on the S8 & S8+ use an engineering bootloader that our amazing devs have found a way to root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] matthewd769:
ok so i was running this rom ... somehow the phone (s8+) couldnt see my sd card .... i added it to my pc and it was asking to reformat ... so i used an app and recovered my sd files ... re did the sd card and started from scratch AGAIN ... same process same everything .... cant see half my files on the sd card in the phone .... and now even with flashing the CSC file ..... i cant send texts .... very weird
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] IJoxer:
Fair enough.

I'm rested and refreshed now, sorry if I ruffled any feathers lol.