yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] eurosport360:
Hey guys,

I need some help troubleshooting, and I'm willing to pay both $10 for the bounty to OP, as well as to anyone who can help me personally. I am desperate to get this to work now.

It is post #190.

Thank you

Edit: had to drain the battery, and it worked! No idea why.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ShizNick:
That's what I thought, for some reason tho my BL stays at 1, any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Actually for the 892a the v1 and v2 bl are the same age. Both were the on the latest version out when I make these roms.

While with the regular s8 and s8+ I normally say host go for it, in the case ofthe 892a/892u I suggest you stay on v1. Unlike the other *8* devices over half the ones are still on v1, and therefore your options on v2 are a lot smaller. Given that they are making new v1 firmwares there really is no reason to go to v2
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dizzle91:
Anyway to make Snapchat work with this Rom? If not it's no deal breaker. Lol just curious. Rom is wonderful by the way. Excellent work OP
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] foc110:
So I flashed this rom. Everything worked except the bixsby button. At all. Any press. Other than that, I felt it was a solid alternative. Any help with it would have me sold and ready to donate. Either way, thank you greatly for your time and effort
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Take a look at the 950u and 955u partcyborgrom threads. I seem to recall someone figuring something out. I don't use snapchat so i have no idea ?️
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Its been covered in the other threads but maybe not in this one, but i remapped the bixby button to ENVELOPE specifically to make it far easier to remap as many button remapping apps don't understand the default bixby key code of WINK.

I recommend Xposed edge for remapping you hardware keys. It supports remapping all of them, with single double and long press, and can map them to complex actions I haven't seen almost anywhere else. Also it uses Xposed instead of accessibility mode to do the remapping, which slows your phone down noticably and eats more battery.

If for some reason you want to change it back to the default unparseable key, there are instructions on how to do that too somewhere in the 955u or 950u threads. Just do a search and I'm sure it will be easy to find
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] foc110:
Fantastic. Thank you so much for that clarity. Having root is essential for me. So I'm stoked at this milestone. For clarity.. Xposed edge uses more battery being ran thru xposed, or was the battery used more because of remapping thru Accessibility? Are there going to be any further versions/releases? I found this to be a great compile, so I want sure
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Using accessibility in that way slows down your and eats more battery because it's more expensive and taxing on the system
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Purest:
Use titanium and backup your login data from another device, must use a version that is compatible & xposed to bypass root.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] nsjake:
G892A Bootloop

I believe I am having the same problem as Eurosport had. Draining my battery all the way and doing a factory reset worked for me! Thank you for this ROM!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Braindeadz:
hello,

If i install this rom, can i continue to use "secure folder"... ? thanks you
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] BiteApple:
Hello I'm stuck in boot loop.

I have access to the Download mode

I have tried to follow the guide for BOOT LOOP in the thread but it does not work . Anyone know what to do?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
No. No samsung pay, no secure folder. You will be able to use them again when you go back to regular stock
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Pjs187:
Is there a workaround or any type of fix or even an app that can save bluetooth pairings? I lose my pairs whenever I reset the phone, only solution I can find so far is to never shut the phone off. Wouldn't be an issue for me anyway but it's a pain to pair with my car.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Uninstall Xposed. The issue is with Xposed at bt 5.0 and not directly a result of this rom
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 8aa8aa8aa8aa8aa8aa@gmail.:
thank you for your excellent work.

can i flash this rom with no root?

will you make a no root version like " Slick ROM - Performance and Battery "？

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] foc110:
I was wanting to build a Kali nethunter for this rom . Is there a way to flashfile the zip
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Those are oreo specific and only because there is not as of yet root for oreo. A non rooted nougat rom wouldn't be nearly as compelling due to the fact that you would still be limited to 80%. Rather than spend my time on that, ive been seeing what i can do about root. You can always unroot your pcr install if you so desire, and you might also pass safetynet im not sure
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Intelli69:
I'm already rooted with Cyborg BQL1 for my SM-950U, but I see the title says SM-950A/U and in the other post it says ARA is going to be the next update.. does that mean this updated version is compatible with the Sm-950U as well as the active or only the active? Sorry for the noob question
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
This thread is for the 892a/u only. It's the same thing as you are already running just for that phone as it's a different device and takes different firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] hitmn:
Can I ask you. Is there a call recorder added in this ROM ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Excellent Question!

The stock one is still there but i did not purposefully enable it for any of the cscs so depending on your carrier it may not show up by default. You should be able to follow any recent guide for enabling it and it should work fine. Please let me know if you have trouble and if you link me to the guide once you have it working I'll happily add it to the next version.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] hitmn:
ok. give me some time. I'm waiting the phone at 2nd week of may.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] foc110:
Will the mod for stereo sound work using this, has anyone tried it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Christina929:
Error rooting sm-g892a

I have tried everything to root my S8 Active and no matter what I do when it reboots I get error "The process com.android.phone has stopped." It continues to pop up enough that I cant even make it through setup.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] cd109876:
Hi, I am currently on android 8.0, my baseband version is 2BRC5, will "downgrading" to this rom work for me? Sorry, noob here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] esiegel91:
man i cannot get this thing to work. i keep getting PIT fail after flashing AP
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] eurosport360:
Will there be updates to this ROM, like android Oreo or bug fixes?

In addition, I know the bootloader needs to be unlocked for Magisk, but is there any work being done on the this?

Or if anything, is there a way to bypass safety Net without Magisk
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] esiegel91:
So I got it up and running finally. I downloaded flashfire but it crashes every time. Anyone got a fix for this?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradical711:
Change the date manually to anytime before April and flashfire will no longer crash. But do not enable pro because it'll just reload and crash consistently and you'll have to delete it and redownload the app from the play store. Reason being is chainfire made a small change in the code I believe to crash the app for everyone after a certain date. I'm assuming to make people stop using his app and encourage other developers to make their own version of flashfire? Not a 100% on that reasoning but that's what I like to think. Anyways just change the date manually to anytime before April and it will work. If it doesn't open the first time and ask for root, put it in airplane mode and try again and it'll work. And if it still doesn't work, usually a reboot will fix it too and make it ask for root etc. And you always have to change the date back to make flashfire work to flash anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Rah718:
:( Somone Help meh!

Okay, so I want to preface this by stating that I am somewhat noobish when it comes to things such as this, but I can follow directions, no problem, which I did to the T, but I can't seem to get this to work. I am using 2.0 ports and even an old cable from my S3 with an adapter to fit my Active, but my phone refuses to crash into the "upload mode" as stated in the directions. It just hangs on the "Downloading" screen with a tiny red error in the upper right corner reading: "SECURE CHECK FAIL: system" following all the standard text. Also, when I tried to reset the phone it booted straight into the Emergency Recovery screen of death with the giant exclamation mark. I was able to correct this somehow by running Odin again and erasing everything, but the download mode problem persists. I've tried many times with both the v1 and v2 files but nothing seems to work. Can anyone help me out and tell me what the heck am I doing wrong? :( Thanks in advance.

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Hey, can you detail how you fixed it? I have the same issue. It happened after I tried continuing with the process even though my phone was hanging on the download screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
Flash BL by itself first, then when it reboots normally reboot to download again and flash AP. You should get upload mode crash then.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Rah718:
Thank you for your reply! I actually was able to get to the upload mode screen with the "unknown error" message and everything, but the problem now is that my phone is stuck in the kernel panic/invalid argument loop -_- and I have tried multiple times to boot into recovery to no avail. I was going to give up and flash a stock ROM, but I can't even do that because I keep getting a "wrong model" (or something to that nature) error message. I just want to get this thing to work already.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
What happens when you try? If you are getting the key combo and timing right it will enter recovery, but if things are messed up enough it will restart recovery in a loop.

What version of PCR are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] eurosport360:
When that happened to me, I left the phone to battery drain. After charging and turning it on, the ROM worked without looping.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Rah718:
When I try the button combination it just hangs on the boot screen until I let go of the buttons. I have no idea what a PCR is :(.

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Man, I hope that works for me! Thanks.

Update: Draining the battery didn't work for me unfortunately...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NumberXero:
Edit: Nevermind, I worked it out. It only took 6 hours and 100 attempts at flashing before it finally didn't error. Unfortunately, no root, just stock. But I'm going to stay away from this until it's more fleshed out. I can't afford a bricked phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] omgbathtub:
Is there any way that the eng boot kernel could be replaced with the stock kernel for this? Interested in running it since it's stripped down to the bare essentials with the battery improvements, but I don't care to root these days and would much rather have the full 100% battery capacity
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] haxwithaxe:
3 questions:

1) This works for sm-g892u, correct?

2) My bootloader appears to be "G892USQS1BRD5" obtained from "adb bugreport | grep bootloader". Is this supported?

3) Where is the bootloader version to v<number> version mapping coming from?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
1) yes

2) yes

3) I'm not sure I understand the question. I'm going to guess and answer someone at samsung? I don't know whoever comes up with naming rules at Samsung...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mrtim1973.tr:
in some need of serious help

I attempted to root my G982A and I'm guessing I missed a step or 2 . now the phone is just flashing the recovery screen for a moment. all it does now is intp upload user screen and download mode.. I tried flashing different stock roms but no such luck
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Christina929:
I am having the same problem. First problem was phone.android.com has stopped and I couldn't even set up the phone it popped up so much. When I tried to fix it I ended up where you are now. I don't know what to do. I rooted my S8 with no problems. S8 Active is a different story.....

Does anyone have an idea on how to help us??? Please. And thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mrtim1973.tr:
I I finally figured it out I loaded the V1 and solved the issue
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Purest:
I noticed if you pair all devices before installing xposed the pairings will stick through reboot..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradical711:
Have you tested this multiple times for confirmation?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Bloodytears90:
Rooting My Galaxy S8 Active

I'm have the most difficult time trying to root my phone. It has firmware number R16NW-G892AUCS2BRD4.

Please help me out. I have Android Studio on my labtop etc. I have all the things to do this but have had no luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Septaric:
Well everything went great or so I thought. I have a G892U with Sprint my version was 1ARA2. I installed V1 Revision . It starts up to the set up page and It reboots over and over. So any ideas what's wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lowlevel:
Hi guys,

I saw on AT&T site, the new one G892AUCS2BRD4, which require previous FW "BRC5". But my current FW is G892AUCU2BRC4.

Need help to upgrade to the current version. Or i need another FW for complete upgrade from BRC4?

Best regards
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
I'm not sure how this is related to this rom or root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lowlevel:
My apologies! Was by mistake. Can i delete it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] partcyborg:
No worries! You can ask a mod or just leave it. You can change it to say "EDIT: nevermind" also
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pwoolston:
Does this work on the Galaxy S8 Active?

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Where is the download links to this rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pwoolston:
SM-G892U

The firmware file shows SM-G892A will this brick my phone if I flash it on T-Mobile SM-G892U????
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pwoolston:
I updated to Oreo Cookie 8.0 on my SM-G892U can I flash over with it with this firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] doctorman:
Regarding the Battery 80% limit

1) Can we charge the phone to 100% if it is turned off and plugged in to charge?

2) is it actually not charging beyond 80% when it is on or it just does not show the charge?

3) is there any hope that this bug will be fixed, seems to be across all galaxy 8 , 8+ and 8Active devices. Are these devices too new for the bootloader to be unlocked or there is no hope that this is solved later on?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradical711:
Answer to your first question. No. Answer to your second question, it literally does not go past the 80% mark, ever, meaning it literally only charges to 80% of it's full capacity regardless of what you do to the device and regardless of what mode you put it in while charging. Answer to your third question, this isn't a bug, it will not be fixed and is impossible to fix unless you happen to unlock the BL. and you would know that if you read through the various threads for rooting our snapdragon s8 variant devices, it has to do with the kernel we have to use with our factory images to root. A simple search through ANY of the root threads for snapdragon would have answered that question for you.. And the BL being unlocked or not has nothing to do with how "new" the device is. And our devices have been out for more than a year and still no BL unlock so it isn't even new and if it is going to happen, then it'll happen by a miracle from God... But the chances are slim to none.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Septaric:
I tried it on my S8 Active (G892U Sprint 1ARA2) like four times now and it gets to the Welcome page and goes into a boot loop. I've done a factory reset several times with no luck. I had to reinstall the stock rom. I was hoping for an answer to this problem myself but no one has had anything to say yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] progro420:
Here is where I'm at. Has anybody else rooted on this particular firmware successfully?

Odviously I need to use revision 2..

Any tips or tricks? This isn't my first root but judging by the comments lately I'm hesitant to root.

Thank you in advance for those who take time to reply.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradical711:
Yes, many people have, as long as you aren't on BL revision 3 or higher, you'll be good. I don't know though if the s8 active has a BL 3 but if so, I wouldn't upgrade to it if you want to root using this method. And the tips I can give you is to just follow the directions exactly to the T and read through them thoroughly before attempting the procedure so you know exactly what to do and make sure you understand them. If you have any questions with any part of the steps or procedures, just look through the thread first to make sure it isn't already a question asked, and if it isn't, don't be afraid to ask. But like I said, the only tip is to read the instructions first really well, and then follow them as they are. Any other questions, just ask. Also, regarding other peoples comments, ignore them, their problems are almost always related to not reading the OP correctly and not following directions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Septaric:
My new Active has a 1 boot loader on it. I have had problems using this ROM and I did it EXATCLY as it said to do. I'm still looking for some help but it looks like this thread is about dead.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] cq842000:
Well I for one followed the instructions to the letter, three different attempts on my 892A. The last two attempts I tried suggestions from the community (let the battery drain, flash BL first, then AP, then BL again), and even though I got the Unknow error exactly as I should have followed by a successful flash, the kernel still freaks out, and recovery wont respond to key presses.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pwoolston:
I am apprehensive to do this again because I bricked my phone and I could not even go into recovery to do a factory default. Is this only for the SM-6892A? or is it for the SM-6892U as well? I have G892USQS1BRD5 is that Boot-loader 5 and with Oreo 8.0 installed. Can you provide better instructions for me?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradical711:
In the title of this thread it literally says for G892A/U and in parentheses to the left of it says for V1/V2 meaning both BL's 1 and 2. And you did not brick your phone previously or you wouldn't have been able to recover it all and by the sounds of it, you did recover your device which means it wasn't a birck. A brick would be you literally not even being able to flash anything to the device or even turn it on. Meaning it would be a literal brick, and that you did not do. And no you're BL version 1.. not 5, they don't even have a BL revision that high yet for your device. And there are no better instructions than the ones posted in the OP. Just go follow the directions as they are exactly, down to a T, and you will be fine. The instructions do not get any simpler than they are. The OP has done an amazing job explaining everything even including potential errors and how to fix them if you come across them. Literally just read the first post, every letter of it, and you will not "brick" your device, in fact it's nearly impossible to brick your device using this method. You would have to do something way out of the OP's instructions to even coming close to a brick. So like I said, just read the instructions thoroughly and you will be fine, they are way simpler than you think they are.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pwoolston:
I had to return the device back to the store luckily Knox was not tripped and it still was at 0x0 so they were able to do a warranty replacement and send me another device. I just had recently upgraded to Oreo 8.0 on the device SM-G892U G892USQS1BRD5. I could not boot into recovery I was in a boot look indicating "System Update" and then the system would reboot when I tried to go in to recovery mode and set it to factory defaults. I did notice that the recovery was for AT&T I am T-Mobile SM-G950U and would error out when I did the volume up to restore it to factory default which would not work and would send me back to the boot loop. When I went to download mode I noticed in pink writing that there was a message RPMD fuse is blown and RPMD Provisioned.

So what your saying is User Verion 1 because my bootloader is version 1 not version 5 because I am on G892USQS1BRD5? Also I was pretty sure that I was using USB2.0 because when I plug in my USB cable to the port on my PC I get the following message "This device can perform faster This SAMSUNG Mobile USB composite Device c an transfer information faster if you connect it to a Super-Speed USB3.0 port. Are you positive this rom is for T-Mobile and not AT&T? any help would be great or clarification on the instructions for my specific hardware would be great. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HabibiJr:
Sprint G982U

Will this work with the latest sprint Oreo firmware G892USQS1BRD2?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Septaric:
I'm still hoping for some help with my issue. It gets to the WELCOME screen and reboot repeatedly. I've done the factory reset several times but it doesn't help. I've had to go back to the stock rom. I've done this at lease four times now.

Bootloader 1

1ARA1
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradical711:
Yes.

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Upgrade to the BL v2. There's no point in staying on BL v1 and v2 is better. Try that version.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Septaric:
Is there a stock rom out for this? I can't seem to find one for Sprint. I'd like to have one in case the modded one doesn't work out for me. I've upgraded to the OTA with the bootloader 2 (G892USQU2BRE2) now and there's no going back TO No.1 from what I understand.