yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ronalfre2:
is possible to unlock the G960U (sprint) using Z3X?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
In flashing Verizon firmware did your Knox get tripped?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] toronado13:
I was able to flash the U1 firmware onto my Verizon U firmware S9 and it now is bone stock with no VZ splashscreen. I think instead of trying to take it to ATT userdata, I might just give it a go like this for a whlie. Thanks for all your help!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
Knox got tripped?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] toronado13:
I'm sad to say, I don't even know exactly what that means... besides still seeing secured by knox on the startup screen. How would I tell if it got tripped? And what are the implications of it being tripped?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
DOWNLOAD Knox Status Samsung in the play store. Open it and check to see if you see 0x0 in green, if so that means warranty is still valid. I want to know if its still 0x0 after flashing carrier firmware.

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[IMG="Knox Status"]https://ibb.co/mQmjnH[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ajairola:
My Knox is still 0x0 after flashing AT&T Firmware on my G960U1
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
Great. I think I'd have the same outcome flashing Sprint firmware on my G965U1.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bestplayer55:
Sorry but im newbie with this new method. I have the T-mo version which bootloader is locked. Doing this, what exactly I will be able to do? Rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ajairola:
All we are talking about is either adding or removing carrier bloatware and customization. In my case I bought an unlocked model and use it on AT&T. (AT&T doesn't allow wifi calling on non-at&t firmware)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
I'm glad to report that after flashing the Sprint firmware on my unlocked S9+ worked no issues and knox was not tripped. Now I've noticed that even though the Sprint splashscreen didn't show up at boot, while in setup the phone did detect the exact carrier I was on (Boost Mobile) and the phone showed the Boost Mobile splashscreen upon reboot and all the Boost Mobile apps as well as some bloatware loaded onto the phone as if it were a phone I purchased through them.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] eastsidebiz:
I dont think it has something to do with the IMEI, it could be from the BANDS that VERIZON uses and Locked out.

My S9 is verizon branded, flashed the U1, enabled all LTE BANDS**, and Advanced Calling, Wifi Calling, visual vm works on tmo service, but not video calling.

I then flashed back to Verizon Firmware, and now my Advanced calling, wifi calling and video calling do not work. (while there is tmo sim card in, I think because I allowed all other bands, I now have to provision something with verizon or dial another set of commands to get it working via verizon)

**Somewhere in this post someone talks about dialing sets of command numbers from the native dialer to allow all bands.

Then I went back to U1 as wifi calling works, and thats mainly why I flashed the U1 to it.

You only need to activate HD Calling / Advanced Features once on the Verizon Dash Board, I dont think you have to do that every time your phone switches. So if it was activated at one point, then it should be activated for the life of your cellular line: correct me if Im wrong.

lastly,

when you flashed the verizon firmware, did you also update My Verizon app and message + from play store?

I know some phones rely on these apps in conjunction to android system to get these advanced calling to work (for verizon at least)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] maddoggin:
anyone have the tmb arc6 update? been searching everywhere doesnt seem like its posted anywhere in these forums
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
I have it but I haven't flashed it myself because I've seen on Twitter and on a reddit forum that the update is bricking some people's s9 and s9+
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] maddoggin:
For real! So is it only updating using Odin? Or the ota?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
I believe its devices that were bought from T-Mobile directly that got the update, so OTA. However, some people stated that they got the update via OTA and it went smoothly with no problems. If you want me to link you the update I can. If you want to flash with ODIN, do so at your own risk.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] maddoggin:
No it's ok, thanks for info, already updated using Odin. Downloaded from samobile
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
Did the flashing go smoothly, no bricked device?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] maddoggin:
Yeah everything is good! No issues
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
Anyone has the Sprint S9+ ARC6 software update link, it's not showing up on my S9+ when I search for an update manually in settings. I also checked on Updato & Sammobile nothing. https://www.samsungcentral.com/2018...ceiving-new-update-with-march-security-patch/
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yeltrah123:
Just went ahead and flashed the T-Mobile S9+ ARC6 update and everything is good. Guess there's just minor things I'm missing from Sprint's version.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] 3bs11:
I'm currently using an unlocked S9 (UAE) and will be moving to Canada. How do I change my CSC so I can use Samsung Pay?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] sumaysap22:
Verizon firmware links for S9

Can someone please provide Verizon firmware links for S9? Also, is it necessary to flash to U1 first and then the carrier firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] donj001:
Hi there. Does anyone have a link to TMO ARC6 for SM-960U the Galaxy S9 (Not Plus)? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] joelcop:
Can someone post a link to att firmware for s9? The links in post one are not working.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] joelcop:
update- links working
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Justinrb:
Can't download files.

[UPDATE: Just so everyone knows.... I got these files to download using a Chrome extension called Auto-Resume Downloads.]

I can't download the files from the links. They fail with a network error. I've tried multiple computers, and browsers.

I need to flash my sm-g960u1 (unlocked and purchased from Samsung) to sm-g960u (ATT) so I can have all the features such as Voice over LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] caseyatbt:
Having the same problem downloading. Tries for a couple of minutes then it says it is finished. Only downloaded 100mg. Also tried on different computers.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] caseyatbt:
Tried again tonight and it downloaded fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] fzambon:
Hi, I've bought an G-960U1 in the USA, and looking to flash the Brazilian ROM, but the variant used here is the G-9600. Can I Flash the brazilian ROM into the 960U device?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] mc_365:
Why? You should be able to just pop a sim in and be able to make and receive calls and get text.

U1 phones are Snapdragon phones the Brizillian rom would need to be designed for Snapdragon phones which are not sold in many place besides the US, Mexico, Canada, and Hong Kong.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] fzambon:
Hi, because there are apps like Samsung Pay and others that are based in the USA, they display info for US users, and as I live in Brazil I would prefer to see my region notifications.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] fdorr:
I bought in USA the unlocked 960u1 and it’s stucked on feb sec path. Can I flash u firmware? But I want it to keep unbranded and with no bloatware. Thanks

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[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] grobinson2:
I am scared to death that I am going to brick my phone. I have an unlocked cricket wireless Samsung S9 that I would like to use on ATT with the wifi calling and visual voicemail ect and am fine with it being an ATT branded phone. I am more then willing to pay someone for there time if they are able to assist me in this venture. Thanks again, Glenn
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] vooks:
For some reasons I can't get Odin to flash Sprint firmware.

I downloaded this SPR-G960USQU1ARB7-2018030809 5012.zip from http://downloadmirror.co/Wov/SPR-G9...=9t2iQIPncLWeK8FwD5OfUEb+iYF811ZUVJfT8pShrVM=

Then combination and flashed combination. When I try to flash the stock rom I get stuck. Finally I tried flashing using Home CSC and it goes through but I'm still with the combination ROM.

Question

How do I get back to stock ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Psyscope:
What phone does ATT have you in their system? If it's the unlocked one you won't get wifi calling. Get someone to give you their imei from either an s7,s8, s9 or note note 8 so you can enable visual voicemail and wifi calling.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] vooks:
I flashed combination and now i can't flash firmware

I got firmware from this site;

http://downloadmirror.co/Wov/SPR-G9...=9t2iQIPncLWeK8FwD5OfUEb+iYF811ZUVJfT8pShrVM=

I then downloaded Odin engineer version and I placed the Home CSC. The flashing was successful but it took me back to the combination ROM. When I tried flashing CSC I get FAIL.

What am I doing wrong?

SPR-G960USQU1ARB7-2018030809 5012.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] vooks:
I have a problem. I have G960U Sprint and to remove FRP i flashed combination. When I try to flash the Stock ROM ODIN is failing unlessd i use Home CSC. But if i use Home CSC, I end up back with the Combination ROM. How do i get out?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] S9Plus:
I'm trying to flash my S9+ unlocked with the stock AT&T files. It is currently running ARF4... I downloaded a firmware version that I thought was for AT&T, but when I went to put it in ODIN, I noticed the userdata said USC...

Is there a link to the current AT&T firmware that I can download? I want to make sure all the carrier related features will work.

Thanks for all you have done!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] fzambon:
Is there any possibility to flash a ZTO rom in my 960u1?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] tvlovers:
Could you please post link to SM-G960U AT&T RF4 SW (not combination files but AP, BL, CP, CSC...)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] alh84001:
(I posted this is a separate thread, but it might have a place here as well, so forgive me for double-posting)

So, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I bought a T-Mobile S9 while I was in the US, and it was unlocked, so I proceeded and flashed the G960U1 XAA firmware on it. All was well and good, until a few days ago I just got a message that temporary unlock has expired and I need to restart the device. BAM! Phone is SIM locked again. Now, I'd like to unlock the phone permanently, but to do that I need a T-Mobile 'Device Unlock' app. So I went and downloaded a TMB firmware from http://www.imei.info/download-firmwa...=G960USQU2ARF7 (it was a 4097MB download and SamFirm is giving me the same file size).

I flashed everything - BL, AP, CP, CSC (not HOME_CSC), USERDATA. Everything went fine, however, after the phone restarted, there was no T-Mobile splash screen, and no T-Mobile apps preloaded. Looking at Software Information, under Service Provider SW ver. I see 'XAA/XAA/TMB'. I also have a T-Mobile US SIM card in the phone (although I am currently in Europe if it makes a difference).

What gives? Is it a bootlader v2 issue? If so, what are my options? I tried installing an old version of T-Mobile Device Unlock app, but it said my device was not compatible with it.

I did the process once again following the steps in this post - https://xdaforums.com/sho...5&postcount=24 - and removing the Google account so there is no FRP lock. Result is still the same :/
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] rmarinella:
I answered for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Psyscope:
Did any of you guys actually extract and convert the user data image? You will see none of the carrier branded apps are there. They are actually in the main PDA in a folder called Carrier. That's where you find the stock apps. The usersdata is more of the Samsung specific apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] alh84001:
I did, and you can see the results here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77312353&postcount=5

You can see SimLock_TMO.apk dex files listed there.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yoyo711:
I have Sprint S9 and S9 Plus Can I do Tmobile firmware flush ?

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] _tru_:
Both of you try this. I have the 960 but I believe it's the same.

Fresh install TMO firmware via Odin -> go through setup process -> enable developer options -> enable usb debugging -> windows cmd -> adb -> enter these commands:

adb shell su -c echo "TMB" > /efs/imei/mps_code.dat
adb shell su -c echo "TMB" > /efs/imei/omcnw_code.dat

do a factory reset -> profit

lmk if it works

credit to billa for this post
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] alh84001:
We can't get root on US Snapdragon, so this won't work :/
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ChongoDroid:
Just downloaded the 960U ARG8 August build and flashed it to my 960W

I found it on AFH while searching for device related files.

I'll up it later because the mirror was pretty slow.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
G960U RH3 has been added.

There is no HOME csc available for this yet, so this firmware will wipe your device if you flash all 4. Don't flash CSC if you want to avoid that.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yoyo711:
Hello

G960U1 bootloader V3 come out??????????

G965U1(9 PLus) V3 came out tho.......

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] JonnyCHF:
What do I put in the USERDATA part of Odin? Do I put in the USERDATA I got from SamFi

What do I put in the USERDATA part of Odin? Do I put in the USERDATA I got from SamFirm?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
G960U1 rev 3 added (build RH7)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] yoyo711:
Thank you very much!! :good:

Where can I download T-Mobile Stock Rom for S9?

Thank you Again
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Sammobile
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Psyscope:
Is there an rh7 for U or RI odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] fzambon:
Hello,

I bought an 960u1 in USA, but I live in Brazil. Is any way to get videocalls? Any firmware could able this feature?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] dajmanjt:
Hey I have another quick question. If I am on U1 firmware (RG7) and I want to go back to ATT, what firmware do I use? I tried the regular RG7 U firmware but had no VoLTE, even though I had ATT bloat. I am missing the ATT specific userdata file for RG7, cant find it anywhere. I tried using the the older RBI firmware (including the ATT userdata file) that I have on my computer but it wont let me, I guess because the security update from RBI to RBG wont allow it to go back to RBI. So can anyone tell me where to get the ATT data file for RG7 or give me advice on how to get back to a working ATT state? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ajairola:
If someone knew how to extract the file I would upload the one off my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
I'll upload it for you
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] dajmanjt:
You rock! Thanks so much.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] AlexusJ:
Could you also please upload the Userdata file for AIO (Cricket) for latest build (ARH7 or ARI6 or whatever it was)? Without Userdata file I have no way to disable the VoLTE and seems like the phone cannot receive OTA updates... I would've downloaded it through SamFirm, unfortunately just like AT&T's firmware the AIO (Cricket) firmware is not available there.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] dajmanjt:
Hey can you give me any advice on getting my volte to work on my unlocked s9? I've flashed everything from the rg7 folder including the att userdata file and still no volte. The software tells me I should have it but nothing will enable or work. I even tried putting another s9 (actual att model) imei number on that phone numbers account and still no go. What am I missing??? I must be missing something.... I'm at a loss.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
I have no idea about any of that. I'd search this thread, my G965U thread, and any others that deal with U1 flashing, in order to see what others' experience has been
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] AlexusJ:
Make sure your SIM is provisioned for VoLTE - try insering SIM into iPhone or another Android phone with stock AT&T firmware and see if you can use VoLTE on them.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] dajmanjt:
Thanks for the reply. I have full volte on my pixel 2 which I also have provisioned on my account. Same sim card I'm switching between the two devices. So yes the sim card is provisioned for volte.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] AlexusJ:
Not sure what else might prevent it from being enabled... Have you tried to do network settings reset after insering SIM card into S9?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] dajmanjt:
I hadn't tried that so I just did it and no change. It baffles me as to what is holding it back. I wonder if it's because I am switching between a pixel 2 and a s9. I have volte on my pixel 2 but I had to tell them to add the imei number to that line to get it to work. Not sure if maybe I need to have a legit ATT phone and for some reason that would trigger something. Definitely very aggravating, I've clean flashed ATT firmware on this phone more times than I can count at this point lol. Kinda lost as to what else I could do to make it work.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] daraj:
Im new to this. But i have an sim unlocked t-mobile S9 that i would like to convert to Verizon model. I don't care about preserving data. Please some directions would help.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
RG7 is all I have so I'll add that now. You can do OTA or update via zip if you want to run something newer
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] AlexusJ:
Thanks, the ARG7 worked. Can finally receive OTAs after flashing the AIO USERDATA with it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Great!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] aloft:
Sprint firmware on Cricket S9

I moved from Cricket to Sprint. I tried the Odin Sprint Firmware flash with home csc and CSC and user_data. Odin flash passes but using Home_CSC i get the recovery screen on reboot. Using CSC (without home), after reboot, I "unauthorized factory reset attempted" message and reverts back to the Cricket Firmware. What am I missing?

The error I get is:

odin reboot recovery after odin dl failed to mount /data invalid argument cant mount data rc=-1 (invalid argument) failed the resizing-data.

Update - I tried again and this time I got Odin Fail! (Auth) write operation failed
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
You can't flash 2 CSCs at the same time. You can only do 1 per flash.

Normal CSC wipes data, HOME does not.

"Unauthorized factory reset" means you've triggered the FRP lock, but that's not a problem as long as you know your Gmail login.

The proper way to change firmware is to boot to recovery, do the wipe data/factory reset option, then choose Reboot to Bootloader to go to Download mode, and flash your desired firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] aloft:
Thanks for the response. I followed your directions. Did a wipe data/factory rest first and chose reboot to boot loader. Ran Odin again but same error unfortunately.

I am using the following files:

USERDATA_SPR_G960USQS2ARF4_CL13087505_QB18459665_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar

AP_G960USQS3ARI4_CL14120660_QB19668953_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT_meta.tar

BL_G960USQS3ARI4_CL14120660_QB19668953_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar

CP_G960USQS3ARI4_CP10702818_CL14120660_QB19668953_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar

CSC_OMC_OYN_G960UOYN3ARI4_CL14120660_QB19668953_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar

Here is the error:

...

...

<ID:0/004> Receive Response from boot-loader

<ID:0/004> dspso.bin

<ID:0/004> Transmission Complete..

<ID:0/004> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes

<ID:0/004> Receive Response from boot-loader

<ID:0/004> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> odm.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> omr.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> userdata.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] aloft:
I tried two different Sprint user_data files from the link posted in this thread, I think they are corrupted and that's why the previous operation failed. I downloaded another UserData file from a different location, Odin passed with no errors, but I still have the Cricket Wireless startup and the phone still doesn't recognize the Sprint SIM.

Here is the UserData file that I passed in Odin: USERDATA_SPR_G960USQU3ARH3_CL14120660_QB19292020_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar, but still no Sprint firmware on the phone :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] aloft:
An update for anyone who ran into similar issues. I spent a lot of time with Sprint, Cricket and Samsung tech support to no avail. Basically the Cricket software on the phone won't allow Sprint SIM to be activated even if the phone is unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] mc_365:
I have a factory unlocked S9. I was on VZW, but recently ported to SPR because I got the free for a year deal. So I flashed the official SPR package a month or two back. I took the SPR OTA with the July security update, now I'm getting nagged about a Sept. security update. My question is what boot version is the official unlocked us version upto and if I take the OTA can I flash back to unlocked or would I be stuck until a future unlocked package is released?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Your first attempt failed because you were mixing bootloader versions. The USERDATA file was version 2, but the rest of the files were version 3.

The best procedure that I've found to actually change bloatware is this:

1. Boot to recovery --> wipe --> reboot bootloader

2. Flash appropriate U1 firmware with non-HOME CSC, and without flashing USERDATA

3. When the phone reboots, insert the SIM that you want to use and watch for the popup that says "the phone will restart to apply carrier settings"

4. After it reboots from that, power down, and then repeat step 1.

5. Then flash regular U firmware with desired USERDATA
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] aloft:
Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
AFH is apparently having issues because I've been trying to upload RJ2 for U1, but it keeps failing at the very end. I'll make a post if/when it finally sticks
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Okay G960U1 RJ2 is up now. This is a wipe file due to no HOME CSC yet
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Exleh:
So to be 100 certain, I can flash U1 firmware to my AT&T U device and I will have no bloat?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] how2solutions:
g960u1ues2arf4 combination

Please arrange g960u1ues2arf4 combination - Galaxy S9 SM-G960U1 TMK USA :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] badazznc:
Look the us unlocked s9s ain't u1 sm g960uzkaxaa