yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] this.guy.lol:
im needing root...i could care less about being on official anything. root is my desire and requirement. please help. someone...anyone...

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does the time and date trick still work for bootloader v2? if so i will keep messing with it
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackDragonz:
g965fxxs2bri1
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.guru:
Hi folks

Does anyone noticied a weak signal reception in 4g+ in the last BRI1. I was used to have 2 bars in 4g+ but after the update the phone is always in 4g.

With other phones like oneplus 6 and xiaomi mi 8 I always had 3 to 4 bars in 4g+ .

I precise that I have the exynos version.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] anandvaswani2@gmail.com:
Tried without formatting the phone, the problem solved with google services but it started with other applications, couple of hours later it again got updated. My phone is working fine now. Thanks a lott!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Ahmedalwakeel:
I want to recieve OTA updates.... I bought the phone from a country but now I live in another country... Which firmware should I flash?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shawnaye:
anyone able to upload the lastest ROM to any other link besides AFH?

I can't download it at all on both my home and school network.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
It would help to know which country you were in and which one you're in now to suggest something.

Did you try SamFirm?

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Ahmedalwakeel:
I bought it from Saudi Arabia.. I now live in Egypt
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Settings > About > Software Information > Service Provider Information

There will be 3 CSCs shown there, in the format XYZ/XYZ/XYZ

What does it show?

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
India(INS) , BRI1 now showing up.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackDragonz:
BRI1 is available for XXV (Vietnam) today too.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
For ATO and PHN is now G965FXXU2BRI3 with G965FOXM2BRHA rolling out.

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s9-plus/SM-G965F/ATO/download/G965FXXU2BRI3/235493/
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
No, the ability to access that was removed long before the S9 was even released.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
G965FXXU2BRI3 is up on AFH:

Full ROM: AFH / MEGA

Vendor: AFH / MEGA

BL/CP: AFH / MEGA
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
To all the users who have been following this thread regularly, I would greatly appreciate if you fill out this quick Google Form, to give me your feedback about this thread and it would give me a general idea about what to add/change and how to improve this:

Google Form Survey

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] corwin_amber:
Realistically, what might be the changes between BRI1 and BRI3? Will it be worth the hassle? (Swift Themes User)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Only some hours between building both versions.

So probably nothing really changed.

I am using Swift Installer (unofficial App in PlayStore) and have flashed several times now with AP, BL, CP and HOME_CSC_OXM without disabling the Overlays first.

Also I didn't have to reanable the Overlays after flashing.

For me that worked great.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brit.swiftinstaller
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
If you really want to be on the newest build, do as maik005 said. You can dirty flash BRI3, and continue using Swift Themes, the changes are so minimal, that it involves no changes to any SystemUI elements, therefore allowing all overlays to work the same as they would on BRI1, without any updating required.

I use Swift Installer as well, and if minor updates are released that bring no real benefit to me, I do not upgrade. Especially considering BRI1 and BRI3 have exactly the same kernel as BRGA from August.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Based on responses from the survey, Telegram channel has been created. Will be updated every time a new firmware is released, subscribing to it will notify you and link you back to this thread with all download links and relevant information.

You can subscribe to it

https://t.me/S9PlusXDA

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] corwin_amber:
[MENTION=1572395]maik005[/MENTION] [MENTION=5063250]murtaza02[/MENTION] Thanks for your answers. Using Swift installer as well, since day one. Just would not have dared to not uninstall and reinstall 50 overlays ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shawnaye:
omg, THANKS SO MUCH for the Mega links!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] samson007:
I have one question and it may sound silly, is there anyway to root the s9+ DS without losing warranty or tripping knox. I want to use mod applications but can't except I root, is there anyone about using mod apps without rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
There is no way to root without tripping Knox and voiding warranty.

So if the apps need root you have no other way.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] fbsgs9+:
Updating from U1BRF8 directly to XS2BRI1 ...

Hi All,

I have a S9+, haven't been keeping up with the updates unfortunately. Just found out that now the latest version is XS2BRI1.

I'm still currently on U1BRF8, my question is can I just manually update directly to XS2BRI1 or do I need to do the incremental updates before updating to the latest?

I know that I will not be able to downgrade back to U1 once I update to the newer version.

Are there any known issues with the latest BR1 fw especially with battery drain etc?

Thank you. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Yes you can flash directly to BRI1 from BRF8.

The updates linked in this thread are NOT incremental update files. They're full ROMs, they update each partition on the device and you don't need to be on a specific build to flash them.

Battery drain issues were fixed long ago. BRI1 is safe to flash.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] fbsgs9+:
Thank you sir! :good: Appreciate the quick reply!

You have a great weekend!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] nicholas64:
New firmware BRI4 NEE available, same changelog as BRI3
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zeanvaljean:
Hi there,

I would just like to confirm what I read here. I am using an S9+ but is on an old build (May 2018) patch. I bought this device in UAE. I checked the OXM multi CSC google docs link and found out that I can flash the latest Sept 2018 build. Is this correct? I am currently residing in the Philippines.

Service provider is XTC/XSG
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Flash the firmware linked in the second post. XXS2BRI1.

It's available for XTC and has the September patch.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] X04D:
Hi,

I'm on CRI6 and I can't seem to upgrade to any version, nor can I downgrade to stock 8.0. I've tried Odin with multiple firmwares, adb sideload, etc, but nothing seems to work. Any tips on what I might be missing?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Which error do you get when you try to update to a newer version?

Are you using Odin 3.13.1 or newer?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] X04D:
Odin 3.13.1 and 3.13.1.Patched. I'm not getting any errors, just Odin is hanging up on initialization. I've changed cables and USB ports to no avail.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
Hi, I'm from Colombia in Latin America. Can I install a Latin American rom to the SM-965F / DS to obtain the CSC COO of my country?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Unfortunately not. COO is only available for the SM-G9650 model that is sold officially by Samsung in Colombia.

G965F does not have any COO firmwares.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
That's a very old firmware and it will most likely not work on your device and it will not get any updates.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
Is there any way to convert the F / ds into a Latin American version?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
NO!

COO was never released for G96xF.

That is probably a database error in sammobile.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gr021857:
Italian ITV to UK BTU trouble

Hi, hoping for some help. I flashed a Galaxy S8 last year from Italian to BTU without issue but I've just got a new Galaxy S9+ which I was hoping to do the same with however it isn't applying the update. My current ROM details from the about screen are below:

Baseband version
G965FXXU2BRG8
Kernel version
4.9.59-14049503-QB19103441
dpi@21 HHAF19 #1
Thu Jul 26 KST 2018
Build number
RI 6NW.G965FXXU2BRGA
SE for Android status
Enforcing
SEPF SM-G965F 8.0.0 0014
Thu Jul 26 11:19:36 2018
Knox version
Knox 3.1
Knox API level 25
TIMA 4.0.0
Service provider SW ver.
SAOMC SM-G965F OXM ITV OO 0015
242347e007037ece
ITV/ITV,ITV/ITV

The United Kingdom BTU version I've downloaded from sammobile is "G965FXXU2BRGA_G965FOXM2BRGA_BTU"

Odin says it is a Pass - <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0) but when the device reboots it is still the Italian load up text.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Update worked.

to get BTU you have to have a BTU SIM.

if you have a UK SIM you get XEU CSC

at the moment you do not have any SIM inside the phone or an italien one.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gr021857:
Ahh I haven't put the sim in yet you are correct. I'll try that now and let you know how I get on. Thanks for the insanely fast reply!

Edit: Fantastic! All working as expected now, thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] zeanvaljean:
Thanks Man. Just another question. I see that the file is in Germany. Can I flash instead the September patch for Philippines? XTC openline. Sorry to have so many questions. I'm still trying to understand everything about Android ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
You can use the instructions in the second post to use SamFirm and download XTC instead if you want.

Use SM-G965F as the model number and XTC as region, click check update and then download. Flashing instructions are mentioned in the first post.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
Apols if this has already been answered elsewhere (Tried searching and could not find a conclusive response).

I bought the S9+ from UAE to India. Wanted to check if i can flash the India firmware on this phone using ODIN without any issues?

Advance thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
if it is an SM-G965F

then you can flash any SM-G965F

firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
Thanks for the prompt response. It is indeed the 965F. Once i flash the India firmware, would i start getting the India updates OTA or would i need to be manually updates going forward.

Another noob question - given that the model numbers and HW are the same, why are the firmwares different for different countries (other than bands)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
There are no band differences between firmwares. All G965F have the same enabled bands.

Flash XXS2BRI1 on your phone, after flashing, remove your SIM card, insert it again, then go to settings and do a factory reset. Your phone will switch to the India (INS) CSC.

Also, the firmwares for different countries are usually the same, they just have different release dates due to pending regulatory approval, and differences in CSC (Region code), this is required for proper functioning of VoLTE and WiFi calling.

For example, VoLTE in India will only work if your phone is on INS CSC, but will not work if you are on XSG (UAE) CSC.

Hope you've understood, feel free to ask any further questions if you didn't.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
Is Sammobile owned by Samsung? I tried looking for the firmware on teh Samsung portal but could not find any. How authentic and reliable are the firmwares on sammobile? I am using Samsung for the first time and hence this question.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackDragonz:
Sammobile is not affliated with Samsung iirc.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Tizen99:
There is a new update for my DBT device. The security patch is still September.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
I thought as much. I was trying to understand how genuine is the software available on this site.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
Can you convert a G965u1 into G9650?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Not possible.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
would you think that just placing 9650 firmware would work? What prevents it?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Model number mismatch, differences in baseband and partition sizes.

The phone will refuse the file if you tried flashing with Odin.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
Another question my friend, can I install COO firmware on G965u1?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
You can't install the whole firmware. You may be able to get the CSC flashed, but with a locked bootloader, no guarantees.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rkkaranrk:
Were u able to solve the issue, looking for answers here got a Voda UK S9 plus it's still looked to Vodafone waiting for unlock code to arrive and I'm sure Jio VoLTE will not work on it.

Mine shows as

VOD/VOD/VOD
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rajkumarthapar:
No, I am still on BTU/BTU/BTU.

But now I have switched to Airtel 4G network. Airtel is equally fast and offering similar data+voice plans.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rkkaranrk:
Thanks for replying so fast really appreciate it, Will give it a try (flashing indian firmware) once I'm able to unlock it with the code.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
Quick update - thought it would be helpful. I got a 965F from Dubai and using it in India with my Airtel SIM. I was able configure Samsung Pay without changing or flashing anything new. Also i have not tried Jio. However i see a Volte symbol on the status bar and i am assuming VoLTE should work without flashing India firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rkkaranrk:
Go to settings

Go to settings>about phone> and share the screen shot of that page where it says service provider SW ver.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Settings > About > Software Information > Service Provider Information

What CSCs does it show?

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
What is code unlocking for?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rkkaranrk:
It's for phone which are locked to certain networks, U buy them online to unlock your phone to work with any network around the world.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
Thanks for the reply. From the country where I live, cell phones are sold totally unlocked in any operator or network where you buy it. it is by law that they must be like this
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rkkaranrk:
I got it from a friend he gifted it to me its from Vodafone UK, I'm in India and phones sold here are factory unlocked but has to be activated with Indian simcard for the first time.

Generally phone which are sold by carriers are locked as they mostly sell them under contract or upgrades.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] JHONNIELL:
I'm from Colombia and here all carriers sell unlocked phones. Here they eliminated the contracts and you can cancel whenever you want the plan without prejudice.

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Since you are in India there is a cell phone that went out there and it catches my attention. BlackBerry Envolve X
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Guys please take this discussion somewhere else, it's going off topic.

This thread is for firmware discussions for the 965F only.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
PFA the screenshot
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Your device is already on INS, that's why VoLTE and Samsung Pay are working.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
I did not have to do anything additional to get this on INS. Is it that Samsung is making all features available across geographies?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Did you use the phone in Dubai or just bought it there and started using in India?

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
you did one of those three things....

- either you did the first boot/setup with only your indian SIM inside the phone

- or you did a factory reset with the indian sim inside the phone

- or you proceeded when the message from "Auto Preconfig" appeared after you inserted the indian SIM.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
- I did the first one at Dubai

- The second one was done in India

- The third step was done at the store in Dubai with the India SIM.

I factory re-setted the device once i was back in India cos there were certain text coming up in Arabic while configuring Whatsapp.

The question i have now is would i still continue to get updates (assuming i would be aligned to Dubai schedules).

Any advantage of staying on the UAE firmware or would the advice be to flash INS
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
What firmware are you already on?

Your device isn't on the UAE OTA schedule anymore since you've switched to INS.

Your factory reset caused the device to switch to INS.

Sent from my SM-N960F
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kapooo3:
Not sure if this was answered before but Is there is anyway I can change my phone from XSP to DBT since DBT gets the fastest OTAs? And if I can switch will I get the DBT updates? I live in the US. I have G965FD.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] maik005:
Only possible if you have a german SIM Card inside the phoen and do a factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] uk3000:
Thanks for the detailed report [MENTION=5479589]andrew81[/MENTION], I'm gonna try the same on my the SM-G960F/D XSG (Dubai) which I bought on eBay.

One question though, did you have your local carrier SIM in or out when you had success with *#272*IMEI# ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
I have a weird issues. With AOD off, my screen does not seem to wake for any notifications i receive. I checked that the notification on lock screen is on. Is there any other setting i need look at or is this a known issue (or an issue with my device)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
How safe is it to flash the firmware from Sammobile given that it is an independent site. Are the ROMs listed there official Samsung ROMS?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ratsalad:
Very safe, I've used them for years, their only downfall is the slow free servers...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Notifications aren't supposed to wake the screen.

Only text messages do that. All other notifications will vibrate (if enabled), and/or blink the notification light.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] yrkhsn:
I have an S9+ (SM-G965F) bought in Turkey, unlocked with a Hungarian SIM.

I moved to Canada and I'd like to use Samsung Pay but it doesn't work. Can I flash a Canadian firmware on it or is there any other way to make Samsung Pay work in my case?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
G965F isn't sold in Canada, so there is no Canadian firmware for it.

Unfortunately, no way to get Samsung Pay to work on it.

Only the SM-G965W (Canadian Snapdragon 845) variant will have Samsung Pay for Canada.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] yrkhsn:
So I can't flash the W firmware onto F?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackDragonz:
Obviously. Different chipset.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] yrkhsn:
It's not obvious :D but alright, thank you for the answers.

This is pretty ****ty on Samsung's part. They told me it would work anywhere, I specifically asked when I was buying it.

Without Samsung Pay, this phone is a useless brick in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Unfortunately not. Completely different hardware in the W variant, even attempting to flash it wouldn't work because of the model mismatch.

If possible, you could flip your 965F on eBay, and get a 965W locally in Canada if you plan to live there.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] yrkhsn:
Yes, I think this is what I will try. Thank you for the answers.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Joaortdias935:
Hello guys, can anyone tell me how can I extract my phone's rom ?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
If i flashed India firmware on my XSG, would i still get OTAs or i would have to do it manually everytime?

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Any benefits of moving to India firmware from UAE firmware? I am a resident of India with a phone purchased from Dubai
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
What build are you on right now?

Staying on INS firmwares means you can use VoLTE and Samsung Pay.

Edit: You're on BRI3 which was never released for India so you won't get OTAs until you flash back to XXS2BRI1 (links available in second post).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
This is the screenshot of my SW details.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
This is what i have downloaded from Sammobile

Is this Safe to flash?

Is this official Samsung?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
I am trying to flash the INS firmware through ODIN. Fastboot and ADB detects my phone. However when i get to download mode, ODIN does not detect my phone. Any help please?

Edit: I got this working. I realized it was a driver issue and got the flashing done successfully.

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I finally managed to flash the India firmware. While the PDA is now BRI1, the Baseband is showing H8 (ending). Is this correct as the Baseband on sammobile is different. I selected this during flash too.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
BRI1 has XXS2BRH8 as the baseband, so it's normal.

Now you'll get OTAs for INS because you're on the right build.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] shiwik:
The CSC in the firmware says it is "G965FOXM2BRG8". However what I see after flashing is "G965FOXM2BRH8". I am not sure if my understanding of this incorrect.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
System should be G965FXXS2BRI1

CSC should be G965FOXM2BRG8

Baseband should be G965FXXS2BRH8

If any of these don't match, you won't get OTAs. I'd suggest flashing BRI1 again with BL, AP, CP and CSC_OXM.