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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] joe535:
Got my S9+ today. I activated the developer options but I don't even see the OEM unlock. Does Exynos have this option or only Snapdragon? If it does not exist it means, that I simply can flash TWRP, root my phone and install Lineage, can't I ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Reading is a long lost procedure in these threads based again on the previous posts.

Anyway, you probably are in the 7 day waiting period, so read up on methods to speed it up or just wait for 7 days.

Again - search and read.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] joe535:
I DID read a lot !!!!! BUT: There is no way to speed it up !!!!! At least not with a new phone, because

it still does not have ANY modifications... This sound quite logical, does it ???

But just writing "hey, why dont you (idiot) read before asking (stupid questions)... Not really nice...

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Hi, I already found the same thread in S7 section.. But I assume they changed something for the S9.

I now have a serious problem..

What I always do when buying a new phone is, to test the hardware before flashing a different kernel and root the device.

On a new device, I had to open a google account. So, as I normally do is some fake email address which I never use later and I never remember anything about that. So I did...

Now, because of the annoying 7-days OEM unlock "feature" (thanks Samsung), I tried to factory-reset the phone.

Now I stuck in the "your phone has been factory reset" bull**** from Google. Off course I dont remember the account because I dont need it...

So what can I do now? If I flash the original Samsung firmware again, might help?

This should work even without OEM lock and root...

Or what else can I do?? Off course I do have the phone's invoice just besides me.. So do I have to send the phone to Samsung???

If so, it should be free of charge as these idiots added this super-great-new-safety-feature...

I now flashed an original Samsung firmware. Same result, still trapped in "your phone has been reset"...

Wow - this is really fantastic feature...

Will write to Samsung as THIS is kind of criminal.. If someone forgets the google-account because he simply does not WANT to USE it AND resets the phone, he cannot longer use the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald2oo2:
Is there nothing to do to get out of this mess?

Any smart Dutch guy (or gall) out there who would like to give it a try if I send it to hem (or her)?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] J4kubHD:
workin

Working great on my G965F on latest build number. Only issue i've found so far is when I set up the phone and it starts to download the forced google apps the phone lags hard. Doesn't react to anything. Left it for 20 min to finish downloading and managed to check if its done and a simple hard reset fixed everything. Thanks! :D
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Bad idea to use fake account. If you had really read, you would have seen almost all new phone had to wait 7 days after waiting, OEM unlock should appear. As you unlocked it, it would say it was going to factory reset it. Select it, but then immediately go into recovery mode. If you don't see prenormal on, just ODIN TWRP and you would be in business.

Now you have Google locking it, I would contact them and they should be able to get you setup with your real account (tell them you must have made a typo,).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] darartu:
Repiar
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] anandvaswani2@gmail.com:
Hi all i rooted my s9+ few months back, but since yesterday something has happend to my device. I am not able to open any app, whenever i open it says the error "(app name) has stopped working close app or send feedback" do i need to update any root certificates? Or do i need to unroot and reroot it? Or do i need to just do the factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] joe535:
Will send my phone to Samsung... Since I did not do anything illegal, I expect that they unlock for free and they hopefully think again if this "anti-tehft-protection" really is a good feature...

This was my very last smartphone...

I do not longer support google curiosity...

Samsung support told me that I would cost around 35 € to change the security chip inside the phone..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald2oo2:
[update] I can now manage to start TRWP with some tinkering of the buttons and some patience.

- I installed "G965F_Root_for_OEM_issue_devices_V5.zip" again with same result (dead/black phone).

- Next try I installed the older "N965F_Root_for_OEM_issue_devices_V3.zip" but also with same result.

- I deleted caches etc. in TRWP

Does anyone have suggestions how to restore the phone using TRWP? Some file I can install maybe?? Some actions I can do??
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Select one of the Roms here that include Magisk and disable locks and try flashing it with TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jackchanman:
can i flash G965F rom to my G965N? thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Some you can and others you can't. Read each Rom's OP carefully.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald2oo2:
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I got my S9+ working again :crying: :rolleyes:

- I ran the OEM_unlock V5 again from TRWP but now with MAGISK selections instead of SU

- Installed Magisk v17.1 zip

- tried to install a custom ROM which would not install

- Thought to give ODIN another try and this time the progress bar did not directly freeze up and the last stock ROM finished installing. I assume Magisk fixed this!?

After this it started up again and it is now restoring accounts and apps ... yeah

TRWP and the OEM unlock disappeared so I gues I have to wait another week to try to root again ;)

Cheers, Ronald
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] pauaxe:
Hello, a few questions regarding root and the process.

1 Does S9+ have warnings if the system is modified or have they been removed? For example the yellow triangle on boot or anything similar?

2 Though I understand what I have to do to avoid the 7 days wait I'm confused about the OEM fix, isn't the bootloader supposed to stay open after unlocking it? Does it lock again if

not flashed immediately or something? When does it have to be flashed again? After a firmware update? Or can other actions affect it such as flashing specific zip files from recovery?

3 I assume firmware updates can be flashed normally with home CSC unless it gets to Android 9? Or will TWRP and root be lost for every firm update and have to be flashed again?

4 Does removing system apps and intergrating updates to system cause problems with specific apps? Is magisk systemless for this reason or can I modify everything freely and

install/uninstall apps to system partition as much as I want and only the presence of root is concerned?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Ferdy~XDA:
after flash,

-Format data

-Rmm state bypass

-stock kernel

-SuperSU

My phone bootlop / Samsung logo does not appear

And i flash firmware official,I tried it again,

-Format data

-Rmm state bypass

-Dont cange

-Magisk

But OEM UNLOCK not visible on the developer,

Cant you help me.?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kusumuck:
I went through the whole process. Everything worked as expected. Magisk was installed. Root was obtained. OEM was checked in Developer options. I installed my apps, yada, yada, yada. TRWP said it wanted an update. Updated it. Magisk said it wanted an update. Updated it. It told me it needed to restart. Ok. Restart. "only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed” message. What happened?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
One you flash stock rom you need to wait 7 days to re appear oem if already not available

Some csc too can cause this

Try flashing stock recovery and kernel instead of full rom else You may lose oem optioj
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] messia74:
a Noob questio, on guide read allow modification after flashed recovery. for allow mean swipe right? Because a lot of other guide mean to press keep read only. what i must do? swipe to allow or keep read only?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kusumuck:
I needed my phone to work and I wasn't sure how long a reply/answer was going to take so I ended up flashing the original AP, BL, and CP. I tried flashing the first original version in an attempt to use the date hack and bypass the 7 day wait, but I got an error, so I used the latest version I had OTA updated to. In the future, about 7 days from now, if I have the same problem, what should I flash exactly? I'm in Saudi Arabia where I bought the phone if you were curious about my specific CSC. Also, thank you for your reply
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Extract csc file and upload to host and send me a link
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kusumuck:
Here is the CSC file. There is also a Home CSC file that is 20KB smaller. If you would rather have that one, let me know

https://www.dropbox.com/s/578f3fe52...9_QB18875529_REV01_user_low_ship.tar.md5?dl=0

Edit: Here is the Home version. Not really sure what the difference is

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dhq74zlq3...9_QB18875529_REV01_user_low_ship.tar.md5?dl=0
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Home CSC doesn't wipe the data, but often doesn't work if the system us messed up when you flash it. CSC will wipe everything but external I believe.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] A7mag3ddon:
Can anyone please help, Whenever i follow the instructions and get to the part where you reboot into system i just get a black screen, the home buttom vibrates so i know the device is on but nothing else happens

I go back into TWRP, wipe, reinstall V5 zip and same thing all over agian.

Whats going on?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] A7mag3ddon:
So bit of an update, it seems that in August/ Sept Samsung rolled out some kind of update which makes rooting that bit harder as in impossible.

Anyone else confirm this?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] vidit82:
same problem!!!

i am facing same problem!

let me know if there any solution!

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] A7mag3ddon:
I was not able to root my s9+ using this method, in fact i thought I was going to have to send it back to samsung for fixing because i couldnt even flash the stock firmware back due to some red error when trying to flash recovery.img.

In the end i realised because of the upgraded bootloader i had download the U2 firmware and got it back to stock.

My device is the BTU model as i bought it direct from samsung.

I think once you have upgraded to the U2 bootloader you can no longer root.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ronald2oo2:
I had a similar problem. After I repeated the V5 zip installation with Magisk settings it started again. Before that I made 2 attempts with the SU settings and had back screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Monaro427:
I have the same issue. After my 4th attempt (i.e over a month later), I finally got it done, but I too don't see a OEM unlock option even though I selected the option to OEM fix.

What happened with yours?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Kimkee:
You have to wait out the 7 day unlock period again. Make sure you do not shut off or restart your time during that period or the "only official binaries blah blah blah" message will lock you out of your phone, and you will have to reflash stock firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Read
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
Saturday would be my 3rd time flashing and rooting. I notice if the phone security patch is august/xu2 bootloader, the phone freezes after rooting and ends up only official binaries allowed after reboot. So your advise about wait 7days after rooting is impossible.

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Hi, I have s9+ with xu2 bootloader/august security patch. I've search anywhere but couldnt find any solution. I have successfully rooted my phone twice with magisk but everytime it freeze I have to force shutdown. "Only official binaries allowed" shows after reboot. It seems the rmm bypass is not updated or im missing something?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] LysolPionex:
Can anyone else confirm this?

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Does anyone know if this could work on a regular S9?

Edit: With the v2 bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] A7mag3ddon:
Its nothing to do with the security updates, its to do with the upgraded bootloader. You cant downgrade it either as samsung have somehow stopped it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Kimkee:
I only encountered a bit of lag when I rooted, but my phone never froze completely, so I was able to wait everything out. I rooted with the August security patch in place, so I don't think that's the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
I would like to clarify what do you mean wait? Did you mean after you root it with magisk, you wait for another 7 days before you restart/shutdown?

Did you follow this tutorial? On my side, i followed max lee tutorial, at 1st I thought it was the outdated rmm bypass, the 2nd time I tried another rmm bypass still completely frozen... Tomorrow my 7th day rmm jail, I will try this tutorial..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
After you install TWRP and root, you should be home free and no reason to wait. Just remember to not touch Locks anymore in any case.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BytesReverser:
Alright i have successfully rooted august security U2 update,

first you need to get latest twrp v3.2.3 from twrp.me and then make sure you use magisk 17.1 to root because it has defex patch,so what i did i modified dr.ketan's zip and added latest magiskv17.1 and then signed it and flashed that,else all is same it is rooted and oem is unlocked still after reboot ,though developer option got hidden i had to reenable it but oem was already clicked means enabled,which i did before reboot before flashing twrp
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] LysolPionex:
Awesome! I can't wait to try this on my S9.

BTW, does it freeze on the lock screen?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BytesReverser:
no because it includes samsung defex hex patch which make freezes, but it works on oem unlocked devices only i only tested on exynos but dont know its gonna work on snapdragon but i believe if the user have proper twrp latest for snapdragon as well as OEM unlock option in developer options then this will work
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
After selecting patch by dr ketan, you inserted the 17.1 magisk? in short, you flash to twrp, then format, then install oem fix and lastly install magisk 17.1?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BytesReverser:
I modified dr ketan's zip

you dont need to do anything,follow just these steps (It works fine on September security patch as well no freeze and boot fine)

1. Install latest twrp 3.2.3-0 (Latest or atleast) :- https://dl.twrp.me/star2lte/ (S9+ Exynos) or S9 (Exynos) https://dl.twrp.me/starlte/

2. Put this modified zip to sdcard or if you dont have sdcard keep it in ur PC :- https://dropapk.com/33k7gnwhgcew

3. Make sure OEM unlock is enabled in developer settings (this is important to flash without bootloader unlocked it wont work).

4. Boot to download mode and flash TWRP and then boot in twrp immediately manually (Auto reboot should be disabled in odin as usual).

5. Now Wipe > Format data > write yes.

6. Reboot to recovery again.

7. Install > select the ZIP you download in sdcard or move to internal memory from PC if you dont have sdcard once you again in recovery.

NOTE :- make sure everytime you click allow system modifications when you open twrp.

8. Select multi tools in the zip which opens aroma (DR KETAN'S Menu) > select OEM PATCH > dont select patch kernel > select magisk > proceed > WAIT FOR 20mins > it will ask you after 15-20mins to continue install click next and done > reboot device > DONE!

After reboot magisk manager will be immediately available (if by mistake it is not available install minimum v5.9.1).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
I thought modified means just skip steps. lol... Well I already rooted my phone just now. I only applied the one fix, skipped the kernel and skipped the magisk. Then I reboot to step and flashed the latest 17.2 magisk... Now no more freezing. Though I have to wait 7 days coz oem unlock did not appear in developer option. thanks btw
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] LysolPionex:
I've heard the 168 hours for oem to appear in the dev options must be consecutive without rebooting. Is that what you did?

I've been in prenormal for nearly 2 weeks now. I checked for updates a few days ago to "reset" things, 90 hrs uptime now. :-/
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
Bro just follow Dr Ketans root apply patch and skip kernel and magisk reboot to recovery.... then download and flash the latest 17.2 magisk.. So far everything works no problem with freezing, no camera issue etc. everything works like a charm.. im same with you s9+ with August 1 security..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] orbourne53:
so after flashing the dr.ketans patch thing the rmm state would be permanently gone ?

and also to update to magisk 17.2...can i do it through direct method using the magisk app or do i have to download it manually and flash it via twrp

if it is flashed through twrp... would i have to reapply any oem patch? or do i just flash n everything is all good? thx
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
My RMM still prenormal since I still dont see oem unlock in developer option. I will still wait 7 days after rooting before I restart. So I can't still confirm it yet. But the good news is no more freezing or broken camera. You have to manually download the 17.2 magisk. Just flash the oem fix only and skip everything, then reboot to twrp recovery then flash magisk 17.2.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Update 24Sept18

Fixed possible issue with RMM

Magisk updated to 17.2

Removed SuperSu support

Universal with Note9
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kusumuck:
Well I tried it again. This time I put Magisk 17.2 into the zip and resigned it (before you just released this last update, upon a suggestion from another user) two days ago. This time I didn't see the OEM Unlock option once I rooted, like I did the first time. I was planning on not restarting for 7 days and seeing after that I could restart, but I did something that the phone auto restarted itself. "Custom binary not allowed" message.... Dr.Ketan said something about some CSC files might cause this problem. So can I download a CSC (or home_CSC) file that isn't for my region, flash that, and it work? Or if not, what are my options? I've been at this for a month now (4 times) and I keep running into the same problem. I restart the phone (or it restarts itself) and have to reflash original back.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
Once you are rooted bro, do not install any app that requires root. That kind of apps usually requires to restart the phone. Only install basic apps and games.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
Installing apps that require root is NOT an issue. Unlocking, getting past prenormal, and installing TWRP apparently still is - in spite of all the info in this and other threads.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] orbourne53:
did u still have to flash the no-verity-opt-encrypt-samsung-1.0 file to ensure the encryption is gone or does the dr.k file handle this situation as well ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
No need to flash when you already flashing magisk which is included in tool
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jonathan_moreno91:
No need for that, his patch is like a 1 click tool. He also includes 17.2 magisk as of now so just follow his tutorial.

He's rooted for 2 days already and he said he might have did something that causes his phone to reboot so that's why I told him not to install any apps(that requires root) coz some requires reboot to install.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gaww:
I had trouble with roms rebooting - he should try a different one. Separate issue not relating to manually rebooting.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kusumuck:
I'm not using a custom rom other than using dr.k's tool. That's it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] LysolPionex:
But I still gotta get past prenormal. I'm at 170+ hours uptime and still no OEM in dev options. It is still gonna be OEM unlocked, since the last time, but I don't wanna preemptively boot to recovery to see the RMM status and have to wait all over again.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] joe535:
I did not find any words here about what is AFTER successfully having flashed a custom ROM, e.g. Lineage... Do we have to wait 7 ( or even 14) days each time before we can flash a different OS or TWRP ? Did anyone try this?

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looks like I will have to re-animate my Linux PC and install newest toolchains, download sources and find out how to bypass the OEM unlock waiting-time forever.. By the way, is this "feature" part of the kernel, boot-loader, android ???
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] codekaran:
Yes I did. Followed exactly the steps written
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
What exact error you are getting?

Have you flash anything extra?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] codekaran:
No didn't flash anything extra. Do I need to flash dm verity before rebooting to system because I think the problem lies there when we swipe to allow modification.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
No, you don't need to flash anything extra. If you don't have custom binary error and still able to make reboot to recovery then repeat procedure. Make sure you have full wiped device
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] codekaran:
what all options do I need to select for wipe? Or just format data is enough?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
From TWRP, Select WIPE menu - Then FORMAT DATA - You need to type 'yes' to perform wipe. WARNING : This will erase all data including Int SD storage from device

After this flash zip said in op and select

- root with supersu

- oem patch

Click next/finish and return to twrp, then select reboot to syatem
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] codekaran:
I was able to finally root it. I flashed twrp and boot into system by flashing dm-verity. After booting into system, I went back to twrp and flashed your zip file and rebooted to system. Worked that way.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kristova86:
OEM unlock not available

Dr.ketan

Nice to see you here since note 4 rom

I checked my developer options but I did not find OEM unlock as usual.

What to do ?

Can I use this method with mentioned patch or what?

Support is appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Login to Samsung and Google acc and Wait for 7 days.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kristova86:
Thanks Dr.

I already did it and waiting.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rxk:
I home someone can provide wormig steps to root sm-965f using magisk.

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iunlock:
Thank you [MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION] it's great to see you here. Great work.