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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] VacMech7:
Nope i only restore from smart switch.when you open the smart switch app go to external storage and then choose restore
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Haha beat you lol ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shag_on_e:
Nice thanks fellers!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nandroidint:
I Odin already, was just mentioning because they asked why Odin instead of OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] punini12:
Max res and brightness?

Edit

Also usage bro. Usage. Lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] VacMech7:
I had this same problem and the solution that I worked was Odin BRA9 and then received the OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
I've had the same problem on my AT&T Note 8 every single time I have to ODIN back to BRA8 before updating to a new file...

Glad to know a factory reset will take care of it!

How do you get to where you can do a factory reset? I'm assuming you boot into recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] speakeasy1:
This is a nuub questions. Is there a who to get Sprint volte on my unlocked note 8? Thank you for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dardares:
To have done it whit an other carrier whit my unlocked unbranded note 8, i will say yes. Sprint need to support volte on note 8.

You need to flash your carrier firmware (can get on sammobile website), odin it. After that, go to your phone, dial *#243203855#, select sprint country code, do a full install (THIS WILL FACTORY RESET PHONE), and after that you will have the sprint volte and vowifi (if supported by sprint). This worked for me.

Envoyé de mon SM-N950W en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jamesro1208:
Use shortcut master and search for lte. Then there's an enhanced lte option in there. Turn it on and it will work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] speakeasy1:
Is there a way to do so while maintaining the unlocked oero update?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dardares:
Your carrier need to have the oreo update. You could try to flash another carrier oreo and swotch csc after whit the dial code. But you need the carrier firmware, without that, unlocked, will not work. Been past many hours to try, but definitively need the carrier update.

Envoyé de mon SM-N950W en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] eapo15:
Delete
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Axellent33:
Yes, it does
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaizero:
Auto brightness and max resolution. And yes bro usage lol. This is normal usage for me. I think a day and a half and 5+ hours of SOT with 30% remaining speaks for itself.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Neozx25:
Did you factory reset after fully installing bra9? It may take a few.

Not sure if it helps but when I Odined back to bra9, I included the home_csc and tmo user data. That's all 5 Odin files.

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754458383

I used this tmo file and the Odin3_v3.12+(PrinceComsy).zip.

I hope this helps and that you get to Oreo. Don't follow any of that att advice. You want to have all the the tmobile services and features. You won't have them if you go the AT&T route. Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] JonathanRAZ:
I am on oreo i odined but will try your steps later on i get more bloat when i odin oreo than going from bra9 but from bra9 there is no OTA so will try this steps and download your files
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
Doesn't it depend on what carrier you're with?

Example: don't you have to load BRA8 onto at AT&T Note8 to get their OTA?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] JonathanRAZ:
Yeah it depends i am on TMO thats why i flash BRA9
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] punini12:
pop try 5 hours sot and 4 hours YouTube constantly. In a day and a half I'd have like 15 hours sot. Basically I is it 3x more than you do.

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also your usage basically only shows sot. Meaning you don't do anything that's battery intensive. So no it doesn't speak for itself, the fact that we have the same sot but I reach in it under a third of the time you have your on speaks for itself. Smh
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thedrizzle:
Has anyone gotten Verizon wifi calling to work on the unlocked firmware crc1? Looks like volte works (lets you enable the setting anyway), as does vvm.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shag_on_e:
So I used Smart Switch for the first time to restore data after flashing back to official firmware and was disappointed to see that it seems to be close to the way Google restore works. Wifi access points and some settings and applications themselves get restored but application data does not for 75% of apps. And these manufacturers wonder why we devote so much time attempting to gain root so we can do things as simple as restore data to original form after a data wipe.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] glserr:
The U1 firmware is working great on my Sprint Note 8:D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bachatu:
Could you share the link you are using?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] glserr:
You have to odin back to BRA5 and then take the OTA to CRC1. https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note8/SM-N950U1/SPR/download/N950U1UEU3BRA5/205753/ I used the patched Odin from this link https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-sm-n950u-u1-t3685884
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] avengethis1:
or you could go to sammobile and download the full CRC1 firmware. will take a while....but no need to flash then take an OTA. Also battery life is pretty weak. Really debating going back to CRC5.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] glserr:
My battery has been great.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] stevedrz:
Are we sure CRC2 builds across carriers are like for like? From reading, some folks are saying April Security update on official VZW OTA versus the CRC2 leak is March. Also in recovery on the ATT CRC2 leak I see errors deleting att Carrier specific stuff, not sure if that was from ODINing to BRA8 in the past. Can anyone confirm if you can flash update.zip's to move up from Verizon's Oreo CRC2 OTA?

If I want to take VZW OTA, ODIN to BRA8 or BRB1?

VZW Folks on U1 Oreo, are you able to keep VZW WiFi and Advanced calling? That was frustrating on U1 having lower quality phone calls with other users that were HD voice
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckbeez:
Do you have root and can you get to IMS settings at all? I updated and lost IMS launch capability.

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Are you able to get the IMS settings with that CSC? Or simply enable video calling and/or wifi calling?

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For the time being, I do not have advanced calling menus.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] taz1458:
I cannot do anything with the advanced calling. Permission denied on IMS settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckbeez:
I have two n8s, one on vzw rc2 and the other on unlocked rc1, honestly the is such little boat on the vzw, from what I can see, that I'm going to flash vzw's firmware on my unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
Not to mention most of the "bloat" can be uninstalled.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] taz1458:
I'm 0lanning on flashing the U1 vzw version tomorrow. Need the wifi calling at the house with spotty service.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Y0sHii:
The Quest For Better Reception

Alright in my mission to get better reception for Unlocked XAA on Sprint i have unfortunately failed. Here's what i tried

-BRA8 XAA to OTA Oreo Unlocked. = No bloat good battery life, terrible reception most of the time, no VoLTE (Or calling plus for Sprint) The anti spam and call blocker was great tho.

Odin'd XAA Oreo with Sprint branded XAA CSC file.= Same issue as above and the ##72786## thing actually failed a few times on start up even after a factory restore. No splash screen. (something i wanted to find out)

Odin'd Complete Sprint Branded Unlocked Firnware. = no bloat besides a few carrier files also no Splash screen. Ultimately not able to get Volte working even tho it was activated through the quick shortcuts thingy (Enhanced LTE or something) . I've also created a Sprint APN with all the correct inputs for Service and this didn't yield better reception results.

Ultimate going back to regular Oreo for Sprint because of reception issues. I got 1-2 Bars Max all the time EXCEPT on the BRA8 to unlocked Oreo. Actually got full reception randomly but not frequently . Might try one of the newer builds maybe CRC5? anything newer with substantial changes?

EDIT: Also to add, i was getting full reception on regular Sprint Oreo in these places before i flashed any unlocked firmware. So its not like the reception was bad in general just bad on the Unlocked Firmware.

SN: There is a way to get to TONS of hidden settings on the phone besides using Quick Shortcut. Download Nova launcher place a widget and go to activities. Kinda like using the quick shortcut app but i found alot of other settings I've never seen or heard of so i recommend checking it out to see if you can find some settings that can add to your experience.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] illusivenick:
FWIW - I'm on at&t and flashed carrier specific U1 Oreo CRC1 to have no bloat. But then my VoLTE and hotspot wasn't working so I used regular odin to flash att stock Oreo CSC and modem (CRC2). My phone has never ran so buttery smooth. I'm getting 5 bars of service at my house which I never got on nougat. Speed test is knocking my socks off at 100Mbs+ on the download. VoLTE and hotspot are working great. Unfortunately still no wifi calling, but I continue to test. Flashing carrier csc got the wifi calling setting to show up, but when I try to enable it, it pauses a bit then says app not responding. I also can't launch useful IMS settings using shortcuts on oreo. I'm still testing but I really like this combo so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Y0sHii:
Sounds amazing minus the wifi calling thing. Unfortunately i will be ODIN, ODIN'n?, ODINing? back to back to AT&Ts BRA8 then taking the OTA to oreo with my Sprint SIM card in to get to Sprint's Oreo (Unless someone has the CRC2 For sprint that i can flash over the U1). Just thinking about the splash screen and "Sprint Hub" makes me cringe a little *hangs head in shame*
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LordGeek:
Hey fellas .. little observation here.

Is Samsung looking to change the bootloader version again for our Note 8's ?

With Nougat, was 2 then 3 in the end .. with Oreo, on 3 .. but now, I'm seeing 4 !

N950USQU4CRD3.DM/N950UOYN4CRD3/N950USQU4CRD3 <- fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net (latest) .. also listing of 4CRD1 and 4CRD2.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] borijess:
The Chase app was finally updated. Now it works fine and doesn't take forever to load.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Axellent33:
The only way to get better reception with Sprint is by dumping Sprint and getting a real carrier like Verizon
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Yes there is a BLv4
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
Is it worth upgrading at this point since we can get back to bl v3. Any benefits or real changes?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
I have not upgraded but the cons outweigh the pros if nothing has changed. There is the potential that if you root that is patched. Also there is no odin so if you screw something up and can't flash the update file you will have a brick until odin drops for BLv4. I'd wait
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
You can't download them yet. They aren't an option in the menus.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Y0sHii:
Actually just got rid of Verizon and went to sprint after the Note 7 Hotline issue with it not letting phone on the network and ive actually been with Verizon since they bought out Alltel in 08. Verizon's service was great but they had a rather lackluster note 8 promo deal (compared to Sprint). may go back to them when the note 9 comes out but idk just yet. I still have a device on their service just in case.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
SS-N950USQU3CRC2-to-U4CRD2 Read before you DO ANYTHING WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE ONCE YOU DECIDE TO JUMP TO BOOTLOADER V4 INSTALL AT YOUR OWN RISK, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DOWNGRADE BACK TO 3CRC2 OR ANY FIRMWARE ON BOOTLOADER V3.

https://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-note-8/how-to/att-oreo-ota-updates-t3756025/post76177555
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PrinceVincey:
So I took the Plunge and installed 4CRD2. The update does include the April 1 security patch. I was also able to install the latest build of samsung messages [5.0.11.8]from apkmirror. I will report back in 12hrs on battery life and any issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
Any noticeable changes?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] enkrypt3d:
Oh well I just got 8.0 OTA! Woot...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
Substratum still working with the april update???
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fireguy0306:
You can get the April updates with 3CRC5
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
Thanks, but I am asking if substratum works with the latest oreo beta.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] smiley45:
So far no but I will try agai. To night
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fireguy0306:
Sorry. I had issues with CRC5 but it worked with CRC2. So I can only assume it could be the April updates causing issues like the March ones did, so I'm told.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] smiley45:
Nope . It is not working for me to
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chaz187:
It worked just fine for me!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Should work i am sure but haven't flashed the new Oreo, my Note 8 still on 3CRC2 and i haven't used since I've been on S9 Plus lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Y0sHii:
Hey quick question fellas, how would i go from U1 Oreo back to CRC2 for sprint? I thought i had it right with using the BRB8 stock ODIN files then OTA but i keep getting failures while flashing?

Edit: nvm i was using the wrong ODIN
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nazariyhuhalo:
Is it possible to go from RC5 to RD1

IF anyone downloaded the RD1 please give me a link
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jay5583:
You can't go directly to 4CRD1 from 3CRC5. You'll have to Odin 3CRC2 and update to 4CRD1 from there. Just remember... You can't go back once you flash to 4CRD1 since it updates the bootloader to version 4 so if you don't like it or have any issues at all... You're SOL.

Do a search for the correct odin 3CRC2 files and then the update from 3CRC2 to 4CRD1 .. links have been posted several times so it shouldn't be hard to find.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bogdi1988:
CRC5 passes safetynet
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaiser10:
I have notice poor signal quality on the new 3CRC1, has anyone else seen this as well?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickitt:
4CRD1?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Actually it's 4CRD2 Is Latest and i posted it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jay5583:
For those of you who have updated to the newer 4CRDx builds... Is it still Oreo 8.0? Or have they started testing 8.1?

Also, i know it's early but have you been running it enough to put in your initial thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
Previous screenshots posted show 8.0.0

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Other than bootloader and April security patch (that you can get with crc5) are there any real changes?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
Crc5 will be the official ota release. The s8 already has it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
The answer is no and the Note 8 will not get Oreo 8.1 , The Note 9 is what's gonna have Oreo 8.1 when it's released.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jr_718:
Possibly, even if it does it's probably next year..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Last year S8 and S8 Plus was suppose to get Nougat 7.1.1 , but it didn't it was on Nougat 7.0 then Samsung jumped S8 and S8 Plus to Oreo, Note 8 came outta the box with Nougat 7.1.1 and is now on Oreo as well , So knowing Samsung they won't give the S9 and S9 Plus Oreo 8.1 they will skip it to Android P and the Note 9 outta the box will have Oreo 8.1 , So basically Samsung will do same process this year that is why Note 8 won't get Oreo 8.1, Make sense doesn't it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jr_718:
Oh well. Sounds reasonable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Correct unless Samsung decides to do it differently this year, but knowing Samsung they will do it again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nazariyhuhalo:
Is link available for ?

N950USQU4CRD5

http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/ATT/SM-N950U/version.test.xml
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChadH42:
No.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] DubSolo:
Is CRC5 draining anyone else battery besides mine? Clean flash and wiped cache afterwards. No visible apps to kill that would cause it. I feel like battery was better on CRC2/3..:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
It started out the first couple of days really good but after that it has been draining fast. Crc3 seems like a dead end because it doesn't upgrade to anything and I don't think it's certified or pass safetynet. I may go back to crc2. Certainly not ready to make the jump to the d builds yet because idk if they are official and you can't go back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ekerbuddyeker:
I feel crc5 drains fast. Itching to try crd4 or 5...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
I have been tempted for sure but I haven't heard anything about them so far. Kind of weird. We usually have all kinds of post about new builds.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
Probably because people are afraid of getting stuck on bootloader v4
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] raneym305:
I've been on 4CRD2 since Monday (came from 3CRC5) and, after 48 hours on the new build, I haven't noticed anything different. Which isn't necessarily good or bad- I felt that 3CRC5 was extremely quick and smooth, and updating to 4CRD2 hasn't done anything to diminish that.. but it also hasn't provided any noticeable improvements.

It does, however, pass Safetynet and is Google Play certified- if that's a concern of yours.

My take away- stick to 3CRC5 (or similar) if it's working for you. There's really nothing to gain by updating, and updating to the V4 Bootloader may end up biting me in the ass.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
Thanks for the input sir. I will stay where I am.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
I made the ODIN journey back to BRA8 so that I could ultimately end up with AT&T's OTA CRC2. I can't believe how fast my battery is draining. Anyone else having issues?

Now that I'm on CRC2 again, am I able to 'update via sd card' from the OTA official?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
Yes you are. I had to warranty my note and it had 2 updates then I went to crc4 to crc5 with the update files.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
Can I go CRC2 up to CRC4?

How is CRC4? I peaked at CRC3 before I decided to do OTA official...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ad44891:
Yes.. Battery def was better on crc2.. Ill probably Odin back when I get home lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dizidi:
Isn't crd2 on the new bootloader and not able to roll back to any crc firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ad44891:
No... It's on bootloader 3..not 4
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
Its been posted multiple times that it's a new bootloader..is that not correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickitt:
I'm pretty sure since;

(4)CRD2 starts with 4, it is bootloader V4.

(3)CRC5 starts with 3, it is bootloader V3.

I went to CRD2 last night.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
That's absolutely correct.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] lildoggs:
Look at this screenshot of a phone with crd2. The 4 in the firmware version is the bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
Notice any difference from the other builds?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickitt:
Everytime a new build comes out, we flash it and say it's better than the last.

I honestly like the CRD build. I feel as though it is more fluent. I haven't had any hiccups YET.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chuckbeez:
My unlocked n8, on official oreo unlocked, will not Odin to the vzw oreo firmware. Any thoughts anyone?

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I'm on 3CRC1.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thedrizzle:
I went from unlocked CRC1 to VZW CRC2 with ODIN...you need to use the right ODIN though. I used 3.13.1.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jr_718:
Why did you go with vzw? Just curious
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rippedwarrior69:
What's the purpose of the updates. I mean I understand it went from 7.1.1 to 8.0 but the ui looks the same. I see nothing different at all except they keep changing the bootloader. And the about phone menu is different. Why update to the new version of Android if samsung not going to update there ui/apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gregcapps:
To an extent I agree, but the 8.0 update, battery life went way up. Some apps did get updated. Home experience got bumped to 9.0. Overall, I think this was a very good update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gho5t82:
I just odined back to bra8 now when it rebooted its stuck on a verifying screen and keeps asking for my password. What did i eff up?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaizero:
My wife's S8 on Verizon just got an OTA to CRC5.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Do a factory reset that should fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
Are CRC3 or 4 certified through the play store and pass safetynet? Battery life is kinda crappy and I want to try another build.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shag_on_e:
That has happened to me a couple times. I forced a reboot by just holding power, then it came back to the setup screen. I think it's a glitch in the factory reset protection crap.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bachatu:
If you are going upgrade to Oreo again you can apply the ota update through recovery. If you are trying to go back to Nougat you are now forced to do a factory reset to move forward.