yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] bryanu:
So I have sensitive hearing and catch this sort of stuff but wondering if it's normal or some odd defect, despite everything seems to work.

If I open the camera app I hear faint white noise and it seems to come from the ear piece if I put it up to my ear. Almost like if you're on a call but no one is talking and you hear the silent ambient noise.

My only guess is either they seem to share some common power and the speaker is powered with the camera or something is funky on mine.

I did get on a call and open the camera app (it does it at that point still too) just to make sure both worked at same time.

It's not super loud/obvious but in a dead silent room is where I caught it and now know it exist ha.

anyway just wanted to see if anyone else could test that.

Put phone to ear like on a call, not you hear nothing.

Open camera app and put to ear and see if any difference.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] raducanmihai:
Mine has the same hissing sound. But I had to put my ear close to the speaker to be able to hear it. I really don't care since I don't take pictures with my phone near my ear :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] bryanu:
Yea I think I can live with it just wanted to make sure I wasn't some unique snowflake with this odd issue that later would turn worse because it was a defect.

I guess it's possible to still be one but not being the only one with it eases concerns hah.

Thanks for checking!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] kind3r:
Yeah, I hear it too. Must be the OIS ? Probably the small electromagnets in there causing some inteference with the earpiece.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] phearom.neang:
I have that problem too. when i open camera app or switching mode(auto to pro), it make noise and I notice that its camera aperture change then make the noise.

anyone know that problem? it is hardware or software issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] osvanberg:
It´s not a fault - it´s by "design" (why I don´t know thou). It has been like this for many generations of Samsung phones now (atleast S6, S7, S8 & S9).
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] crunchor:
If fixed, affect performance?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] dnmrt:
I found this on another forum:

"Hello everybody,

my technical support colleagues have now confirmed to me that the unrolled security update for Meltdown / Specter in the Samsung Galaxy S9 | S9 + is already integrated. Smiley (fröhlich)

Best regards

FabianD

* Samsung Community - Moderator *"

It looks as though they released with the patches pre-installed :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] darkjedi:
I believe January's security patch fixed Spectre and I don't think Meltdown applied to ARM chips.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] aki zin:
Guys 2 days before I replaced my kenzo PCB because my kenzo was not charging. After the jio net work speed is reduced to 20kbps before my speed was 1mbps. My dout is any relation between replacement of PCB and network
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] c_/\/\_k:
problems come in PCB replacement is signal drops, not the speeds.. please rome around different areas to check the speed, for reference keep another jio phone, then compare both. But the bitter fact about JIO is that in the busiest part of the city most of the users dont even get speed of streaming a song on Saavn or Spotify.. i.e 15-20 kbps
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] aki zin:
yes sir i checked my sim in another mobile (lava a97 ips) its working good speed. before iam not faced this issue :(
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] c_/\/\_k:
PCBs have antena stuff there.. so speed should not be any issue... Anyways change you pcb again.. it costs 180-200 in local market only... Give it another try .
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Apcoolboy:
Dude you find any solution?

I face same problem with jio. I also replaced my PCB. can you give more details. Mine SD version redmi note 3 had "H3A_SUB_LLDB866b1_2 HMFS" serial number and new PCB has "H3A_SUB_AX160405_ CTFS". After research I found that CTFS board is for kate (special edition redmi note 3). So I suspect because of whole different board I am facing problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BoboBrazil:
Thank you for this. Download links show as empty folders right now. Also could you post the TMobile firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
There is no such thing as carrier-specific firmware anymore. Starting with the S8, it's all the same, regardless of carrier. USERDATA is where you get your bloatware from. USERDATA for TMB is already uploaded. Full RBG build is 75% uploaded as of right now
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BoboBrazil:
Thanks for responding. So if i use the userdata from T-Mobile I'll get the software updates from T-Mobile or will I get the software update for the unlocked s9+?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] markstachowski:
I can only see an empty folder with zero files for the 5U1 version.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
That depends on the firmware that you flash, not the USERDATA. USERDATA only applies to U models. The unlocked model is U1.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ryotgz:
Yeah it's empty right now. Is the verizon file available?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No, the folders are not empty.

VZW USERDATA will go up later today
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] umaro:
Removed
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BoboBrazil:
Folders still show as empty here too. Check your links. Maybe the files are private?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
There's nothing for U1 yet.

But clicking the link for U shows 2 different folders, with a total of 4 files
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jmwils3:
Can I flash the Verizon u firmware on my unlocked u phone to get wifi calling working, or are the u and u1 phones not cross compatible?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] HACK3DANDR0ID:
DELETE

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I read somewhere that ODIN v3.13.1 should be used for 8.0.0. Anyone hear such info?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ryotgz:
There weren't any files when I checked earlier. They show up now.

Thanks for the files.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] tran1981:
I'm having issue flashing G965U with odin 3.13.1 to TMB RBG . It stopped/failed. Do I need .tar.md5 files for odin? The zip only has .tar files.

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> Total Binary size: 6920 M

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BoboBrazil:
I found a link to TMobile firmware from Android soul http://downloadmirror.co/Woy/TMB-G965USQU1ARBG-20180313100323.zip

And to Verizon

http://downloadmirror.co/Wox/VZW-G965USQU1ARBG-20180310110309.zip

Haven't had a chance to test them
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No, they don't need to be md5. All that does is forces Odin to check the hash, which makes flashing even longer. All the files were md5 when I originally downloaded them, but I always remove the md5 for efficiency's sake.

Try a different USB port on your PC - mine will act weird from time to time and do that same thing. I use a different port and it goes fine
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jmwils3:
Anyone got an idea?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] umaro:
I believe you will get an error in odin when trying to flash between them. I got an error on my sm-g965U when trying to flash firmware from sm-g965U1
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jmwils3:
Dang it. I was hoping that since it's an unlocked model, it might be possible. Guess it's been longer than I thought since I've tried modding on an android phone (my moto z force droid was totally locked down).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] SantinoInc:
I need some advice guys. I'm planning on buying the s9+ today (ATT Unlocked) However, I'm on MetroPCS. I really don't want to mess with the phone too much if I don't have to. All I'm looking for is to have a fully working phone (data, text, phone call, etc) plus working WiFi Calling.

What is my best course of action? I'm really hoping I can just throw the MetroPCS sim card in there and everything will work fine and I can just ignore the ATT bloat apps and bootanimation...I know it's not going to be that simple though.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] monsterlag:
Why would you buy the ATT unlocked? It's more expensive than the regular unlocked phone. But if you choose to go down that path, just flash the unlocked firmware and everything will work fine.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rpcortazar:
Can you flash on sm-g9650 by odin?

Is Snapdragon !.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] monsterlag:
The S9? Yea just grab the correct files and the prodcedure is the same.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmygarison:
Great thank you for this.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Imoseyon:
VZW -> ATT

Holy cow, for those of you who want to go from VZW G965U to ATT G965U, you can't just flash ATT USERDATA along with the rest of the firmware. I had to first flash G965U1, boot, and then reflash G965U firmware to remove VZW crap and get ATT features. Hope this helps someone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jay2o01:
Hopefully a simple question. I came from an unlocked u1 to the RGB AT&T firmware (to get volte, wif calling and lte during calling - all of which works perfectly). I wanted to see if anyone has the above working on the RB7 firmware. If i decide to flash to the latest, can i just odin the new user data and rb7 fw?

EDIT: Gave it a shot, was able to flash via odin without losing/flashing over user data.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gintaman:
I flashed unbranded firmware onto my tmo s9.

To restore tmo firmware should I use the rb7 or rbg files? Does it matter which of them I use?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
RBG, however T-Mobile release a new update which is U2ARC6
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 215Aphillyated:
Has anybody updated on the tmobile?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
Yeah I flash the T-Mobile G965USQU2ARC6
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
I'm On Latest AT&T S9 Plus April Patch Firmware Built G965USQS2ARD3 :D:D
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sinman02:
So you were able to go from Samsung unlocked U1 to AT&T RGB and get all AT&T features (including LTE during calls) successfully?

When I flashed using the steps on this thread none of these features worked. After flashing, the phone even updated to RBI and it still didn't work. What am I missing?

Can you please list the exact steps you did? Maybe I missed a step?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] johnc0865:
Question for those that have flashed Verizon firmware on an unlocked S9+, do you get wifi calling and video calling? When you flashed back to the unlock firmware did you return to the unlock with out any of the Verizon crap?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Wacky2bakky:
I want ARD3!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aka120:
Sweet! Just out of curiosity, is that an official att OTA update?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
You have to be on 2ARC6 to go to 2ARD3

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673956719939834907
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
I deleted it i never shared it on here , don't want to be responsible for anything since it's bootloader v2 , that is why i never shared link, if someone got it before i deleted i am not responsible if anything happens to your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
I understand,

However G965USQU2ARC6 odin files are out well atleast for 2 carriers so if anybody run into issue they can simple revert
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] edwin810:
Can I get a link? I'll be responsible for my phone and what happens
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bennyasf:
anyone got metro pcs firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Right understandable but no one has released those Odin file tar yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ozgod:
Im going to throw this out there because its stumping me. I have an AT&T S9+ sim unlocked that im trying to get flashed to Verizon. My build number is R16NW.G965USQU1ARBI. Venom has been graciously trying to help me with this issue. Every time i try to flash either unlocked or Verizon firmware it immediately fails when i click start in Odin. Im using the Odin version Venom suggested. Tried several cables and USB ports. Uninstalled and reinstalled the Samsung drivers and im at a loss. The phone will read a Verizon sim however will not allow calls or data no matter the apn. Any help would be much appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jay2o01:
Sinman, i came from the unlocked u1 fw to att carrier firmware using the steps in post 53. Can confirm that wifi calling and lte during calls works with this method.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75934492&postcount=53

You can download the fw including user data from the at&t thread and flash it using the patched odin after factory reset. Fortunately, using smart switch and backing up to sd card makes getting back up and running easy.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sinman02:
Thanks... I may give it another shot. So to confirm, you flashed AT&T RB7 first?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xterminater07:
Sucks how the Unlocked model is still on feb security updates! Sammy is ridiculous
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Understandable that's why i go with Carrier I'm on April security on AT&T S9 Plus same for my Note 8. Edit: unlocked always last for updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xterminater07:
That makes no sense, only Sammy is pretty much the one that does this. Every other android phone I have that's officially unlocked always get either same update or earlier. Made no sense for people who pay upfront to get last updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Yes i know what you mean see April Patch.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/g965u-g965u1-firmware-links-t3763487/post76233518
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] xterminater07:
I wished they allow us to unlock the damn bootloader at least so we can get to the latest security using a custom rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goronok:
You get Wifi calling and HD voice with this method? I went from U1 unlocked to RB7 AT&T - wifi calling fails to register and the phone still falls back to 4g during calls. Mine shows ATT/ATT/XAA in software info.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chowdarygm:
Latest update is released for T-Mobile S9+ but my phone is still now showing the update. Even smart switch method didn't work. Anyone has link to the update file or anyway to force it to download update.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jazzdglass:
hi do you know if U1 roms flash on U variants like we do on the s8 and s8plus?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goronok:
Yes, U roms flash fine on u1
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
Use SamFirm
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chowdarygm:
SamFirm don't have the latest update
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
It does, I got it from there
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chowdarygm:
Cool, will check it using the software

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It seems a newer version (G965USQS2ARD3) is coming for S9+ https://www.sammobile.com/news/t-mobile-galaxy-s9-april-2018-security-patch-update/
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Been on it for a week now lol , have it on my AT&T S9 Plus.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
ARBG is what popup when i use Samfirm, maybe it be a good idea to post a link for that Odin you got.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
I used SamFirm to download it, I just flashed it without the Userdata then I went to S2ARD3 from your link just before it was taken down lol..

I uploaded G965USQU2ARC6 here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yW9sNOaI8JrcaGueooV0pAfRBFgWnNc4
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Nvm got it i had it on auto , which manual you can get it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
Yeah, same procedure I did in order to get it as you saw from the screenshot :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mario1634:
Delete
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chowdarygm:
Nevermind, ignore plz
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] darkjedi:
Can you share ARD3 for people who are already on ARC6, please? [emoji3]
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sinman02:
This was my experience too... I've thought about trying again in case I missed a step but haven't yet been able to find the time. The fact that others have had the same failed experience as I did makes me wonder. So far I've only seen two posters who say they got everything working. What are they doing differently?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] skeppley:
Is it possible to go directly from ATT firmware phone to TMOBILE firmware above? Or is a flash to Unlocked firmware required in between?

Oh, and some of my firmware do not have "userdata", they have "HOME_CSC_OMC_OYM_G965U1OYM1ARBG_CL13087505_QB17085268_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5" and the file is much smaller. Does that still go in user data on Odin?

EDIT for last question: nevermind, looks like I need to find TMO user data file instead of "home"

Thanks Fellas!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
If your SIM is T-Mobile then you can flash the T-Mobile firmware.

Your Service provider info should look like this after >TMB/TMB/ATT

Flashing to the U1 firmware then back to U firmware will just make your CSC change to XAA

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No, CSC go in the CSC section.

Use SamFirm to download the full ODIN zip which includes the userdata for TMB
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] money69:
Would someone be nice enough to confirm If what I am planning to do is correct. I did read the entire thread.

So I ordered a ATT branded S9+ because of the price. I plan on getting it unlocked and flashing over to the Tmobile firmware. I have seen multiple posts about this, so it seems I need to flash to the unlocked firmware first and then to the Tmobile firmware and user homedata for tmobile. Is this accurate? Am I missing anything?

And Im assuming once everything is flashed I will get all the standard Tmobile OTA updates???

TIA
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goronok:
Yes, you can flash the Tmobile firmware and you'll get T-Mobile updates. That said, I don't believe anyone has found a way to change the CSC in software settings. (Your phone settings will show TMB/TMB/ATT once flashed)

This isn't a big deal though. You should not have any issues getting all T-Mobile services to work.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MD5Hash:
I read through all 26 pages of the thread and didn't see anyone mention; people say all T-Mobile services work - does that include how they zero rate Netflix, Spotify, and Google Play Music (and many others too, I know, those are just the ones I could think of off the top of my head) to not count against your data plan? Is that something requiring the T-Mobile firmware? Or just the T-Mobile SIM?

As much as I love net neutrality and I wouldn't mind seeing T-Mobile charge for that data in the name of protecting network neutrality... as long as they have that option, I guess I'd like to take advantage of it.

I'm thinking of getting U1 unlocked though, so I'm wondering if I'd need to flash to Tmobile U unlocked in order for it to be zero-rated.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] money69:
Appreciate the info, can I flash direct to Tmobile or should I goto the unlocked firmware first? And the CSC is just for that settings text, it doesn't affect anything right?

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This is something that is completely handled on Tmobile's side, has nothing to do with the device or firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jay2o01:
yes, wifi calling works for me as well as lte during calls. I am on the RBI from the AT&T firmware thread below. Started with U1 fw from samsung stock/unlocked.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/g965u-att-stock-odin-files-firmware-t3774820
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Stuart R:
Delete. Duplicate post.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Stuart R:
It's up on Samsung firmware science today.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kevindevonwilliams:
Any one have from S2ARD3 to U2ARD6?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] edwin810:
Same here

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Same any link
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sinman02:
So I finally got around to giving this another shot with RBI AT&T firmware onto stock 5UI unlocked. I still can't get LTE during calls, and wifi calling and spam block fail to register. Visual Voicemail works. I used the firmware referenced from the link posted by jay2o01.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goronok:
ATT VoLTE and WiFi calling are enabled by IMEI in AT&T's system. At this point, it isn't a problem with software build, but that AT&T needs to enable them on their end - which they won't do.

I think there are a few ways to spoof this, but discussion on XDA isn't allowed.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sinman02:
The thing is... I'm pretty sure I'm paying for these services already because I swapped out the sim card from my s8, which was an AT&T branded phone. So is it just a matter of of calling AT&T and asking for it?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goronok:
Wish it were that simple. If your phone says anything other than ATT/ATT/ATT under service provider SW ver within settings/software information, you're likely out of luck. I'm guessing yours says ATT/ATT/XAA? You may be able to call and give them your old AT&T S8 IMEI in an effort to get these services to work, but I'm guessing the AT&T reps won't do it.

You can also tell something is up when you log into your AT&T account. You'll see an S9+ tied to your account, but it'll be a picture of a generic device. If it were a true AT&T S9 device/IMEI, it would show up with a lot more device info & color picture.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] sinman02:
Actually it was that simple! I just called AT&T and spoke to tech support and the representative suggested exactly that, swapping in the old IMEI number in the system. It didn't take at first, so he then re-provisioned my phone and it took the second time. Now everything seems to be working! Thanks for the help!

Now I just have to disable the bloat...

Hope this helps others as well...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Goronok:
Cool, glad you got it to work! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] lethalboy:
Anyone converted from att s9 plus to tmobile firmware and received latest update? ARC6?

Mine is stuck on RBG and no updates when i check for software updates.