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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
[MENTION=8688693]michellejordaan[/MENTION]

Ah you're already on the v2 firmware. The guide should work on that too, I'll PM you myself tomorrow with instructions because it's almost midnight here.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] michellejordaan:
Great thanks so much
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Genebaby:
Yes, it seems we can't PM attachments.

I think I'm on V2 as well.

Is this ok for what you need to know?View attachment 4563082
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] owoblow:
Thanks. I guess my phone is on V2 - see attached.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] michellejordaan:
Sent u a pm
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] solokiller11:
Hey to all :)

Maybe this is a newbie question but i am new to sammy...

I'm not very familiar with this CSC concept and would like to know

this, I'm from Israel with SER CSC (Russia) and if i am to flash the file in Post #2 (DBT, Germany) would i get Germany OTA updates?

Or i wouldn't get any at all?

thanks ahead fellas :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
u are in v1 mate

---------- Post added at 08:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 PM ----------

pm me on telegram plz about that i like to know
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
The August security patch is out for the S9 DBT. For my S9+ DBT is nothing at the moment.

https://www.sammobile.com/2018/08/03/galaxy-s9-update-galaxy-note-8-august-2018-patch
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Weirdly enough it's not out on FOTA for the S9, only available on SamFirm and Smart Switch.

Knowing Samsung, there's no guarantee that S9+ follows in a few hours, or 4 days later like they did with the April patch.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Kadolism:
SamFirm

So happen that i have a GALAXY Note8 SM-N950F DS before having this S9+ 128GB or GALAXY SM-G965F DS

ANd what we do with note 8 is use SamFirm in getting the new OXM multi csc Firmware.

Can't we do that with GALAXY SM-G965F DS?

I tried and Samfirm shows the SM-G965F Firmware.

btw here is the ORIGINAL post for note 8 using samfirm

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3677072
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Single and Dual SIM firmware are identical.

So just use

SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
no one got BRGA till now ???[emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Still not out for S9+.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] michellejordaan:
Any ideas of changes it might bring besides aug security patch
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mikeyaj:
I'm still on the june patch on the s9 plus dual sim
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
S9 got some under the hood changes with a new kernel. Samsung's been working hard to fix the issues that they had in the very early builds. There's a new kernel with every build now.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] michellejordaan:
I dont know if it me but on the new v2 version with july patch my battery is not very good at the moment
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] exocetdj:
Theres this freeze in the transition animation when swiping to return to homescreen or pressing home button when in app drawer.

This has been present for me now on the last two BR builds and under 3 different custom roms and the stock firmware.

Seems to kick in 12 ish hours after fresh installation.

Has anyone else noticed this annoying bug?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Jhereck:
I noticed this lag/freeze yeah, and cannot find any informations about this problem.

I switched from stock launcher to pixel launcher or lawnchair and freezes disapeared.

Any info about this is welcomed nevertheless ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
The update is now rolling out for DBT.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Anyone have DBT August changelog?

[MENTION=1572395]maik005[/MENTION] [MENTION=1090601]v1rtu4l[/MENTION]

EDIT: First and second post updated, waiting for BRGA to be available on SamFirm.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
Here is the German changelog.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
For S9/S9+:

* Enjoy more Samsung game services by turning on Game Launcher.

* The security of your device has been improved.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Thanks.

SamFirm being ridiculously slow for me, won't go over 300 kB/s.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
AFH link for G965FXXU2BRGA is up:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=5862345805528067388
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sylar82:
my s9plus current version are : G965FXXU1BRF8/G965FOXM1BRF7/G965FXXU1BRF5

can i download this update ????
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Yes you can, please read 1st and 2nd post thoroughly, and read FAQ #3 if you're concerned about future OTA updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Sylar82:
i don't understand

did my phone will get OTA for this updates ???
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
If this latest firmware is also released for your product-code, you'll receive OTA.

If this latest firmware is not released for your product-code, you won't receive OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thierryhenry1886:
hi guys my software is G965FXXU1BRE6 if i flash G965FXXU2BRGA with odin, will my phone get wiped? Am i going to lose my datas,apps,pictures etc.?

And I live in Turkey so Germany firmware might change modem, csc etc.

Does it make any difference for my phone performance/battery life or calling/LTE performance?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
I don't see the point of me going through all the effort of writing information in the first and second post if no one reads it.

You can choose to wipe, or not. Read 1st post.

Flashing German firmware won't change anything. You'll still be on the TUR (Turkish) CSC. This isn't like older Samsung phones.

Effects on your battery life could be better or worse, depending on whether or not you do a full wipe. Calling and LTE shouldn't be affected.

Read the 1st and 2nd post thoroughly before flashing.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thierryhenry1886:
Yeah I already read it but i didn't understand at first but second time i got it and i just want to be sure. I didn't realize what is different home csc between normal csc. I just upgraded from S4 so i still trying to understand new odin and new files in software, because we were just flashing pda(i might remember wrong, but i see it's ap now) and also i could save my apps in Gt-I9500.

thanks for reply and apologize for unnecessary question.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Incarniac:
Mix & match v1 CSC with v2 firmware a no go & VoLTE works on EE with DBT OXM CSC

I updated to the latest DBT via Odin last night, and ran into some problems with my setup. It seems that you no longer can mix and match the CSC from a v1 (XXU1) with the rest of the firmware from a v2 (XXU2) - following observations were made (while swearing through gritted teeth as I stupidly did this just as I was planning on going to bed :D):

Flashing the EVR CSC from EE's latest XXU1 firmware results in Odin getting stuck at the very end on "RQT_CLOSE". This is the same whether using HOME_CSC (first attempt) or (the non-home repartitioning) CSC (second attempt).

Flashing with no CSC at all kind of works in that flash succeeds. But the partition map on the phone ends up wrong. Phone works, but is slow, and you only see 32GB of the internal storage (and not the full 256GB I have on mine).

Flashing the BTU CSC from the latest BTU XXU1 firmware results in Odin getting stuck at the end on "ODM" or possibly "RQT_CLOSE" (I forget which, but it gets stuck).

Attempting to flash the firmware components back to the previous DBT XXU2 version doesn't seem to work (at least not with EVR CSC from XXU1), and Odin gets stuck at the end on "ODM".

In the end, I had to flash the entire latest DBT XXU2 firmware, including (non-home) CSC. This flashed just fine. Obviously reset the phone factory defaults (I had done that already when trying a few combinations so it was already done).

Surprisingly, VoLTE actually works on EE after a full DBT XXU2 firmware flash (with DBT CSC OXM). I've seen a couple of people confirm that works with BTU CSC (so without requiring EE's EVR CSC), but am surprised (but happy) it also works on DBT.

(It's worth noting that the first XXU2 firmware for DBT worked previously for me when mixing it with the EVR CSC from XXU1 (see this post) - but that's no longer the case.)

In summary, I had to flash the full DBT, including the OXM CSC, and VoLTE works on EE UK with this setup.

View attachment 4567115
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Has nothing to do with DBT though.

You're still on BTU according to the product code.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 24kWolf:
Flashed the DBT firmware and everything is working great. Fixed all the problems I was having.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ma_t14:
What kind of problems were you having?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 24kWolf:
When I tried to install the BRF8 firmware It gave me an error and the phone has been unusable for the past 3 or 4 days. Wasn't sure if it was going to be fixed but flashing the new firmware worked.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ali.ali0770:
i have problem whene i calling by sim card or use whatsapp to call some one the speaker run and i shutoff it its run again i am on GA firmware and same problem on G6 any one has this issue or have the fix ?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Incarniac:
Hmm, yes, that is true - I hadn't actually realised OXM multi-CSC contains both BTU and XEU. I learnt something new today - thanks.

Interestingly, product code on my phone has always been BTU (which is what it came as since it was bought straight from Samsung UK), even when I was on EE's OBE CSC which doesn't contain BTU (contains BTB, BTE and EVR and defaults to EVR).

I assume it's to do with the fact that it seems you have to flash & factory reset without a SIM in to set a different product code. I don't actually want to change it (particularly as VoLTE works), mind you, so all is good :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
hi...if i want to change my csc to vietname what should i do???

my current is see my pictures

thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
was in samfirm 5 days ago...good u got it ota
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] marcox92:
Firmware S9+ in France

Is it normal that last security update was first of june 2018?

Nothing new on the air.

During the same period I received 3 udates for the S8

:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Yes, it's perfectly normal.

France for some reason missed the July patch, but just got the August one.

Not unusual, sometimes CSCs miss like 3-4 updates at a time. That's just how Samsung is.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
it look like samsung puch call record by FAULT in BRH8 now on BRGA not working any more

IF ANY ONE GOT WORKING ON BRGA PLZ TELL WHICH CSC RUNNING ....THANKS
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zyborg:
Use the original (Home) CSC that came with the newest firmware. In my experience, using the old one for your local CSC may, in some cases, result in flashing errors... In fact, it did for me when I tried to flash the latest BRG firmware (using the Home CSC from the previous local CSC file from the BRH firmware)...

Nothing serious, though... You can always reflash the previous firmware files.

Just remember to always retain/keep the 'old' firmware files ready available in case of anything going wrong during the flashing process. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
thanks but no.... not work when using home csc from brh to brga .....brh v1 and brga v2 cant use it ....thanks anyway.....

but anyone know why *#272*imie code# not work anymore???
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Incarniac:
Once you flash a v2 of any of the components you can't flash back to a v1.

I recently had the issue of an older (v1) HOME_CSC resulting in flashing errors (Odin getting stuck) when combining with latest v2 DBT. In the end I had to flash *all* components of that same DBT firmware, including the (non-home) CSC to fix it. It resets phone to factory defaults and you lose user data, but no other way around it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mackeftw1:
is there a mirror to the latest update? Afh just keeps failing when i try to download...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Did you try SamFirm?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mackeftw1:
Did not actually think of that. Thank you. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] NahFam:
To those asking about changing CSC, I flashed the EE (EVR I think) firmware with CSC and Samsung Pay now works so there's that.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bryanmatthew21:
HELP!!

i rooted my samsung s9+ SM-G965F/DS i bought it from Indonesia (my Country). my supersu app is not responding, then i decided to uinstall it and reinstalling it again. it worked and asked me to reboot my phone after installing the data inside the supersu app. when rebooting my phone, it stucks on the samsung logo (boot screen). What type of firmware do i need to download? can i use samfirm app and pick SM-G965F as the model and DBT as the country?

what will it cause to my phone? will the root gone?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
what was ur csc and change to what after flash evr ??? what region evr ???

do u have call record by default???

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
Now that Android 9.0 Pie is out for a few days, when do you think will Samsung release it for the S9? It should be going faster cause of Project Treble.

Personally I think we will get a first beta in the middle or the end of October and the final version in the first half of January.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ratsalad:
I think we'll get it 3.14159265359 months...

TAXI!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
I don't think that we will get the beta this year .
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
Why not? Samsung released one in the last 3 years.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Genebaby:
If we get Android 9 in January it will be hardly better than previous years and Project Treble will not be cool to me anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
For those who want the Bootloader (BL), Baseband (CP) and Vendor files separately in case you're running on custom ROMs, I've uploaded the latest ones (BRGA/BRG8) on AFH, they are linked in the main post and here as well, for now, only the newest builds are up, and future ones will be uploaded as soon as the full stock firmwares become available.

BL and CP: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=280694

Vendor: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=280695
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Kadolism:
XSG update

XSG have update.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
G965FXXU2BRH1 / G965FOXM2BRG8 / G965FXXU2BRG8

Seems to be rolling out for XSG as an OTA.

EDIT: BRH1 is now available on SamFirm.

EDIT #2: For some reason, BRH1 has the same changelog as BRGA
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Closeup:
Ota

First of all, thanks for this awesome thread. :good:

Second of all... I have a problem. I have been upgrading, flashing this new update from this thread, latest, via Odin. But now I don't get any otas... I've read the facts on the first page about how to get back to getting otas but I still don't understand really... :confused: Could someone explain exactly what I have to do? Do I have to downgrade?

Sorry if this is a stupid question... And sorry for my bad English.

Thanks! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
What CSC are you on? Knowing that would make it easier to explain.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ali.ali0770:
new firmware for XSG

RH1
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
BRH1 full ROM and vendor files are up AFH if anyone wants them, same kernel changelist as BRGA, and same changelog as well. Very strange.

Full ROM:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262903981618

Vendor:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262903981641
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Closeup:
CSC : G965FOXM2BRG8

Thanks for the help!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
That's just the CSC version, what's the active CSC?

Check this by going to settings > about phone > software information > service provider information.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Closeup:
Alright... This is what's written under service provider information

SAOMC_SM-G965F_OXM_NEE_OO_0031

22089060560d7ece

NEE/NEE, NEE/VDS
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
NEE is the CSC for Nordic Countries, and according to the FOTA server, XXU2BRGA is the newest available build for NEE.

So if you don't flash the next build manually, you will get the next available OTA for NEE since you're already on the correct build.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Closeup:
Good news! Thank you! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
The first, I would think, Android 9.0 firmware is on the test server.

G965FXXU2CRH1.DM/G965FOXM2CRH1/G965FXXU2CRH1
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shawnaye:
Hey murtaza, thanks for all the work so far.

Would just like to ask, i'm from Singapore (XSP), currently on the May Security Patch/BRE3 (ridiculous i know).

I just wanted to ask if i could flash the latest BRH1 update you posted earlier and assuming i want to do a clean flash (full wipe of my data), do you have any recommendations of how to backup and restore my apps and data?

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
You can go ahead and flash BRH1, might not get OTAs after because of the reasons mentioned in FAQ #3.

I'd definitely recommend a clean flash, use Samsung Smart Switch to backup and restore your apps, photos, etc. Just keep in mind it doesn't back up app data, so you'll have to go through each app manually again.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Second one actually, but yes, this is supposedly Android 9.0 for the GS9+.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shawnaye:
damn thanks for the quick reply. haha. wonder if there are any 3rd party apps that does restore app data.

my last phone i rooted was the nexus 6p lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
Yes, you're right. I forgot the first one with .TEST.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Nothing that works without root unfortunately.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] carlitobahsoun:
i think will be 8.1 ..... no way android 9 before n9 get that
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maple_mak:
Use TWRP, unlock bootloader and void warranty is required.

Or use smart switch with PC+Samsung Cloud, no root required, but not fully backup.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
It's just a test build. Nobody said we'll get it before Note 9.

Besides, last year S8/S8+ got Oreo before Note 8, so we can't be too sure.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] InteliDroid:
Anyway to restore my device to full stock. Even after flashing stock in Google Play store it is showing my device is uncertified, meaning I cannot download Netflix, nor can I use Google Pay etc. I am aware Magisk root fixes it but I'd like it to be full stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shawnaye:
LOL dude, quite sure you already broke safety net. Quite sure there's no way back.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Flash full stock, go to Developer options, OEM unlock will already be ticked. Untick it, do a factory reset from settings. Set up again.

Play Store will be Certified.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
It's definitely Android 9.0. Samsung never releases minor Android upgrades for devices that are already on this major version, especially because Android 9.0 is out for two weeks now.

The last few years the S-series always got the final update before the Note devices, they're also the only ones that get the betas.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Rikki198401:
Hi, I'm really sorry as I'm sure this has been answered before in the thread but I haven't be able to find a definitive response.

I've recently go my new S9+ and would like to update to the latest unbranded firmware in order to get timely OTA updates in the future.

I do not want to risk triggering Knox.

I'm in the UK and the CSC is VOD/VOD/VOD. (Reading through I've gathered that changing CSC can be an issue?)

Could someone let me know what I would need to be doing?

I did this fine on my S7 Edge but it seems like it's a bit lore complicated on the S9+ and I don't want to make a mistake.....

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
Hi,

you only need to flash a unbranded OXM firmware with AP, BL, CP and CSC and without the SIM.

After the flash you can put the SIM in. It will probably say to you that you need to restart or reset the device.

I did the same thing with a S9+ of a friend and it worked perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] malos1984:
I want to install the TEL csc firmware onto my phone.

I have the g965f/ds phone. the international unlocked one

The tel csc (australia telstra) is a single sim device.

Will this work? I want to to get the volte working on phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
If your phone isn't region locked, insert a Telstra SIM card and flash the TEL firmware.

It doesn't matter whether it's single SIM or dual SIM.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] malos1984:
thanks i tried instaling

odin latest ver

install samsung usb drivers.

the screen on phone says sw rev. check failed (bootloader) device: 2,binary: 1

what should i do
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
You're already on a v2 firmware and you can't go back to v1.

Wait for TEL to release a v2 firmware and then flash.

Sent from my SM-G965F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] malos1984:
ohh ok thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] pamarakos:
Hi all

since my s9+ updated to G965FXXU2BRGA, UHD 60 fps is forced to be saved on the internal memory and not on my 256 Samsung EVO Plus SD. So my question is can I downgrade to the previous version I had (I guess it was G965FXXU2BRG6) through odin? Do I need to flash all files from the "Firmware archive" links or only the Stock rom (without vendor and bootloader and baseband since they are the same) ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Yes you can.

Flash AP, BL, CP and best would be to flash CSC_ instead of HOME_CSC.

But both in combination with AP, BL and CP should work.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] pamarakos:
But if I flash CSC_ it will wipe the phone, right?