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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] edopa:
yes because:

first time maybe I made something wrong

second I tried again

third I tried without systemmods

fourth I tried without immersive mod (adb enabled)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] caalca:
Just a silly question, I have the snapdragon version (sm 9650), I can't find OEM unlock. Is there a way to unlock the bootloader. Have it been possible at previous galaxys with the snapdragon variant?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Geekser:
you will never be able to unlock your Samsung bootloader (Snapdragon models) It has been that way for years.

sorry - I used to buy TMOBILE PHONES so I could unlock bootloader - but when they locked theirs - I moved to the Exynos and started buying International Varients - usually BTU or XEU - they work great for me in Milwaukee on ATT.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news ....but on the upside, they were able to find a way to root the S8 and S8 plus - hopefully someone will find a way to do that on the S9 and S9 Plus sometime soon.

Good Luck.

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Which themes are you using in Substratum? I tried to install and non of the themes I tried will work for me. I had used them on my S8 Plus and they worked there - but I am not having much luck with Substratum now. any suggestions you can offer are appreciated. (also let me know what themes you are using)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] maik005:
thx.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mahmoud_Ezz:
Thank you this is very helpful 👍
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kingwicked:
I have just box opened my S9+ 256GB G965FD. The OEM unlock is not visible.

when i boot into Download mode,it shows

RMM state pre normal

FRP Lock Off

OEM Lock On

baseband G965FXXU1ARB1

Build R16NW.G965FXXY1ARB3

phone was bought in SaudiArabia so KSA firmware.

never had such issue on note8. As per what i have read above posts

does it mean i have to wait for 7 days to flash thats a bummer.

Can someone please guide

1.do i have to wait for 7 days and dont switch phone off??

2. Is Rmm fix flashed after flashing TWRP when i get oem unlock option after 7 days

3. is rmm fix needed to be flashed after flashing twrp and again when flashing newfirmware. is it have to be flashed before flashing every new rom

thanks in advance

TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] danthekilla:
I am in the exact same state with my australian s9+

I really want to root this device (for many reasons) but since I have never done this before I dont know where to start.

My device is currently set to:

RMM state pre normal

OEM Lock On
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] exocetdj:
Anyone with prenormal status needs to wait 7 days from initially powering up thier device for official status and oem unlock option to appear under dev settings.

I too am going to root asap but will be carefully reading any instructions given.

I suggest we all do lol

From what i have read its not great if the process goes wrong.

In 8 years of rooting and romming my devices i have never encountered anything like this remote oem unlock lol
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] moviejimmy:
Just got my S9+ G9650/DS. Snapdragon. Can click OEM unlocking. And yes, that forces a reset when I power on next.

With OEM unlocking checked, Safetynet fails and I can't run a few of my banking apps. I am tempted to uncheck OEM unlocking for now so that my banking apps work. But then when root is available, I have to check OEM unlocking and will force a reset.....

Any advice?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Onepagebook:
Yeah Taiwanese version s9+ here, I think back on page 3 there are some mates mentioned it's all due on the first firmware, so I would suggest you guys (need to wait for 7 days) get the latest firmware updated soon. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] exocetdj:
Luckily mine was good to go with oem lock, shame i forgot to check it wgen rebooting a freshly installed rooted rom without dev options turned on :cyclops:

All good now but was one long night lol.

Good to see you around here man!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] virendar1616:
Quick question. I do not plan to root my phone right away, maybe in 6 months to a year from now. Is it an okay idea to just OEM Unlock my phone right now before I start setting it up to my liking to get things out of the way so I do not have to reset in 6 months? No harm will come from using the OEM Unlock'd phone ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Onepagebook:
If you has that option, do it as early as you can, no hurt :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Savoury:
Updated Post #1.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bubu23:
my friend iv got problem !!since day 1 i didnt see the oem unlock and i bought 2 phones 1 have it and the other dont so after 1 day out of the box i had firmware update so i did it ota the still i ouldnt see the oem unlock its been 1.5 week now but still dont have this option (iv got 9+ exynos) and i need to say befor i update the firmware ota i did factory reset via recovery cause my phone was laggy alot

and even now my phone still dont have the oem unlock and still laggy then the other ??????? any ide plz what to do????
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MSH2000FF:
Did you turn off the phone during this time?

You must not restart the device during this wait. Otherwise, you must wait for a similar period
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bubu23:
yep any time i felt like my phone is laggy i was restart it ?

so what do i need to do now?

do i need to close the developer option and restart then untouch it for 7 days then turn it on or i can leave it (developer option) on and just not turn the phone off?

2) why my phone laggy so much in the animation (when close open windows or out the facebook its laggy ) and the other phone not?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MSH2000FF:
Yes, just do not turn the phone on or off for 7 days and the option will appear.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MSH2000FF:
Do you see time up the picture? Every time you restart the phone starts from zero again .. so you should not reboot for up to 7 continuous days to bring the time counter to approximately 168 hoursView attachment 4456382
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bubu23:
Thx guys !!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kingwicked:
No dont restart or reboot for 7 continous days is not required .

I just got Oem Unlock option back on my S9+.

My phone has switched off and rebooted thrice during last 7 days after battery got to 0% without me able to stop it

The only thing to do is not to re flash stock rom and donot remove ur simcard.

thats how my unlock appeared today 7 days from when the phone was initially switched on for the first time.

Uptime was 20 hours today and i saw OEM unlock option appearing back in developer options
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] shaharareli:
OEM reLock

Hi all,

Got GS9+, Exynos, CSC ILO.

made OEM Unlocked and did nothing else.

I'd like to do OEM lock again, but the OEM Unlock toggle doesn't show up anymore in the Developer Options

Any suggestions?

thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Onepagebook:
sorry to ask this way, but just want to clarify:

the 7 days mean you have to wait full 7 days(on the beginning of 8th days from the day 1) or 6 days and then the 7th days begins?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kingwicked:
Well i switched on My S9+ on 18th March at 2000 hours precisely. The phone was bought in SaudiArabia unlocked . When i put the sim of my country Pakistan, phone popped up a notification something that network has changed or something and wanted to reboot . Factory reset happened

and when i checked developer options OEM unlock was not there and Odin download mode showed RMM State Pre Normal. Today on 25th March when i woke up at 1000 hours , i saw it appearing back and rmm state prenormal gone.

3x times the device switched off due to 0 percent battery ,i forgot charging and device uptime zeroed , even then today OEM unlock appeared.

I didnot remove sim, didnot flashed stock rom or any other thing on phone. so it makes 7 days from 18 to 25 March
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bidav1:
guys i waited 7 days since i bought the device, did oem unlock and restarted. the phone got formatted completely. but i thought that hey now i only need to setup the phone once and the oem will be still unlocked. but not only it's still locked after i unlocked it, it's not even there in developer options..so now after 7 days it will reappear there but how can i enable it? it erases the phone and goes back to locked
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kingwicked:
i didnot restart phone after oem unlock.

i straight away switched it off .

flashed TWRP via odin .

formatted data partition in TWRP.

restarted twrp NOT booted system.

flashed DM Verity star 6.0

Flashed rmm fix zip by mesa

flashed the rom which is available for exynos model

flashed Devbase 5.3 Rom available .

flashed RMM fix zip again to be sure

Restarted phone , no issues oem unlock switch stll there and not missing

All well
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ermacwins:
You unlocked the bootloader on the Snapdragon version?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
I am in the US, and have also been buying international versions for the same reason.

Where did you buy yours - from Ebay or other US source, of directly from M.clove.co.uk ? I am asking about this, as they break the region lock that is on all these phones now. I don't think US sources do this, as it has to be done with a SIM From where the installed firmware CSC is - in this case the UK.

I had read somewhere that such phones did not have the OEM Unlock issue - but don't know if that is true.

Since you seemed to not having that issue - wondered what your firmware was from and exactly the first few steps you took to set things up.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] jcrompton:
I had an Amazon seller (store) tell me that some Exynos devices are truly fully unlocked and that there was no region lock on those particular devices and thus the SIM form the region was not needed ..... do you think that could be true or do you think the guy was just giving me line of crap so I' buy from them? (I don't really know what country they were from -- it was just an Amazon store dealer)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MSH2000FF:
after 100 hours coming.. Today
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MSH2000FF:
OEM UNLOCK View attachment 4458589
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
I asked a question to a US supplier on eBay. His response is that his phones are Region free. Am going to use AMEX on purchase - if eBay doesn't take care if that is not the case, AMEX will - they kick butt. My concerns with the region lock is that Samsung is determined to snuff the grey market.

In any case, will know as soon as I put a US SIM in it.

Getting close to pressing the buy now button - will let you know.

Update - pressed the button. if I had done so earlier, would have had it tomorrow. Will be testing region unlock first, and OEM unlock next. Then will follow the handy [MENTION=4211724]kingwicked[/MENTION] list above, except might do the ROM install latter

PS - [MENTION=8285038]Geekser[/MENTION] - still would appreciate your input here....
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] jcrompton:
Yep

Please Keep Me On The List To let Know
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Geekser:
I purchased a note 8 originally from an EBAY Seller and didn't have a problem with Region Unlock at all - however, I did have an OEM Unlock issue - it was not showing up on the phone and had to wait for 7 days to be able to root it.

However, when I purchased a note 8 from CLOVE in the UK, the go thru a process to unlock the region by inserting a local sim card and making a phone call for five minutes. When I got the phone from them, I had no issues at all and I have never had an issue with OEM unlock being missing on that phone.

My preferrence honestly is to buy from http://CLOVE.Co.UK - their customer service is second to none. Shipping happens quickly and usually is only 3 days from the time you buy (sometimes less) depending on how close to the weekend you are.

Whatever you choose, good luck. Hope it works out for you.

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I have purchased two phones from CLOVE - A Note 8 and an S9 Plus. I have not had an issue with OEM unlock on either one. I strongly recommend www. Clove.co.uk - they are awesome. whatever you choose and wherever you buy, good luck my friend.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kristova86:
Could you please add link to DM Verity star 6.0 to be downloaded here.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kingwicked:
please download from here posted in offical twrp thread

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75893923&postcount=3
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] brouwerchris:
On 15 March I unlocked OEM,before reboot downloaded OTA ARC5.After installing ARC5 during first boot factory reset caused by verification error.

So everything normal,one would say.

However Google Play Store qualifies my OEM unlocked S9+ as uncertified .

Stock ARC5,stock recovery,only OEM unlock causes uncertified state.

Anybody else got the same ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
Could not cancel order but they said it was region unlocked. If not it will go back. Will know wednesday.

I almost order from clove...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Geekser:
Let us know whether you see "OEM UNLOCK" in your Developer Settings when you get your phone. I wolud be curious to find out ....if you don't, you only have to wait 7 days, but let us know either way. Good Luck
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kristova86:
OEM unlock stock firmware

I wondering if I flashed stock firmware which doesn't have OEM effected, does OEM unlock will be available without waiting 7 days to be available.

Those who found OEM active once they bought s9+ , could you please inform which firmware exactly are using and where can be downloaded?

also in my current stock firmware I have a problem with normal call, it's dropping itself , who has this problem and how it was solved?

Thanks in advance and your support is appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ermacwins:
For project treble roms, do you have to have an unlocked bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] alexhp11:
can we confirm you need to have a sim in the phone for 7 days for oem unlock to appear ? i just went 7 days and no unlock showed up ( on exynos version of phone with no carrier lock)

when in download mode is says oem unlock is off but i dont see the menu option in dev mode...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
There may be a problem with region lock - read up on it.

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I will put SIM card in first and then check calling for region lock and will also check OEM unlock.

A number of posters let it be updated by Samsung and some claimed they didn't have OEM issue after.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] nhoj_yelbom:
i had oem unlock right out of the box on mine g965u att when i used my old sim. now after i had to use new provided sim when trying to get visual voicemail to work its gone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] KristianKenneth:
Hi all. I got my phone from 3 Ireland. After a week OEM unlock option showed in developer settings so I rebooted my device. After that I had to reset so. But then after booting up OEM unlock does not show up again in the settings menu. Does this mean I have to reset again?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
Go my s9+ today from an eBay supplier. He might have been right about being region unlocked (there was no sticker on the box saying it was locked either), as the first thing I did on startup was make and receive local calls and texts - no problems.

next was the OEM Unlock. I went directly to Download mode, then Odin'd TWRP, followed by flashing the OEM fix , no-verify, and RMM. I booted up, and OEM Unlock still there, but when I tried to go back the TWRP I had just used, it was gone. ODIN'd it again, and then added DevBase v5.4 and FlashKernel plus SuperSU.

All running pretty good now, but right off - am hoping someone gets TMo and AT&T CSC's up an running on the S9 - really miss WiFi calling and VoLTE. Have the s7e as backup, both s8 port and Oero leak ROM have them.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Matce:
Stupid question here, but I hope this is close enough to topic:

I tried flashing TWRP/SU but got locked out for 7 days.

My current state is FRP and OEM Lock OFF, OEM Unlock not in dev options and RMM State = PreNormal.

I already had to reset the entire phone after my first flash that went wrong and I then installed another firmware (from XSG to XEF).

I read about the "Edit build.prop, remove RLC folder & flash RMM-State_Bypass", so I think I know how to do it right next time, but my question is:

If I flash the phone again (TWRP and SU), do I have to reset the phone AGAIN?

I'm asking since I want to sell my old phone but if I have to delete everything again I gotta hang on to it for another week.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Geekser:
I believe you will need to flash TWRP again - but I may be wrong. Personally, I would go thru the full setup of TWRP as if it were the first time - format data too - then immediately flash the RMM State Fix - just for insurance. If you are worried about having to setup your phone all over again - small price to pay to be safe...

FYI - I discovered that while you waiting for the 7 days to pass, you do not need to keep your phone on. YOu also don't need to have the SIM Card installed. I have an S8 Plus that was locked and in the pre-normal state. I removed the sim - turned off the phone. Turned it back on after 7 days and sure enough - OEM had returned.

Good luck
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Matce:
So do you know if I have to wipe my phone again ? I get the "safe part" but it takes hours and hours to get it all setup properly!

The sequence after 7 days is:

OEM unlock off again (in dev options).

Shut off phone.

Boot into DL mode - flash TWRP without Auto restart.

Immediately go into TWRP without booting phone and Flash RMM_state_fix?

That's it?

Then I should be able to boot the phone as usual?

If I decide to install SU, basically boot into TWRP again, flash SU file and then RMM_state_fix again?

Or do I need to flash anything else?

thanks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Geekser:
IS Twrp installed or do you need to install it again? If TWRP is still installed from the original installation - then you should be able to just boot into TWRP and flash the RMM Fix - then root or do whatever you plan to do. IF, you did not wipre your phone when you installed TWRP Originally or you have to re-install TWRP, then I think yuo need to do the full installatoin, format data, etc. REmember flash the RMM FIX BEFORE you boot up - before you leave TWRP after flashing everything.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Matce:
TWRP is not installed. I didnt try to install TWRP yet. My first flash try was a modified boot.img (by Magisk) but the install failed.

I had to wipe my phone after this failed install, so the phone was wiped ONCE already... so I'm hoping I dont have to wipe it again.

I guess it comes down to what triggers the required wipe? Is it the FIRST time you go "OEM unlock", or is it the FIRST time you flash anything? Or is it EVERY TIME you go OEM UNLOCK?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Geekser:
Flash twrp, format data, flash dm verity file..then flash rom state fix.

Then root, or flash a custom rom. Do not boot he phone out of recovery before you flash rm state fix. If you don't have all the files you need, Google it and they are easy to locate. Good luck

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Wiping (actually format data ) is required every time you first flash twrp for a custom recovery. Once you have OEM Unlock, be sure to have the DM Verity FIle and the RM State fix files on your phone. Then flash Twrp in ODIN. (Turn off auto reboot in odin) once you have flashed trwrp, hold power, vol down and bixby until the screen goes black -then immediately volume up, bixby and power to boot into twrp. Go to Wipe and format Data - type yes to confirm you want to wipe eveything. This will also wipe your internal SD Card. Then immediately flash DM Verity File. Once that has finished flashing flash RMM State fix. Now you can flash a ROM or Magisk or whatever you want to do - but you must follow those steps if you are installing TWRP on your phone after getting OEM unlock back.

Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Matce:
so I have to wipe again after TWRP flash? 100% sure?

I already had to wipe once....

man, that would suck!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
Maybe not. I went through the above, but after flashing a few things and rebooting, TWRP disappeared. Just odin'd it again with no problems. Just make sure OEM is unlocked first.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Cholek3:
Had the very same issue. I always turned OEM Unlock, so the phone is not frp locked when I do factory reset. This happened to me 3 times already on S9 (ARC5 firmware), so I was expecting some third party app causing this. Now I know it wasn't it, thanks op. (exynos BTU version, now on ARCC firmware and was too scared to restart my phone?).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] netsee:
My phone s9+ 965fd , CSC xsp , phone has Canadian sim card, has 188 hours (status pre normal) still no oem unlock...

so I just updated to ARC5 build, phone restarted, and hope after 7 days it will appear.

I wonder why it's not showing up? bcos the initial firmware has a bug???
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
I had my my S9+ loaded with TWRP, rooted, and running custom ROMs OK . Something went wrong, and i ended up with OEM locked and nothing would boot.

So i had to ODIN stock firmware and start over, except that I had OEM unlock out of the box, but not anymore. Waited 7 days, and got OEM Unlock again, but on selecting it, was told that I had to factory reset. I did, and OEM unlock was gone again. In download mode, OEM and FRP locks are off, but RMM state : Prenormal, so 7 days again??

And in that case, is there any way to avoid the circle above - possible going straight to Download mode after selecting OEM Unlock and not factory reset (when I tried to get past it while booted - couldn't).

As for stock firmware, is there a specific one that has been used as part of the process and did not have to be factory reset. When i selected OEM unlock out of the box, it did not reset.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
Most people are apparently past this (as I was out of the box, but find myself locked out .

After losing it, waited 7 days and it came back, BUT - when I tried to unlock, it would only do a reset. After that, in dev mode, frp and OEM lock are off, but Prenormal is there now.

Wonder if you have any thoughts. Others had this issue but have not seen a fix.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Geekser:
Never seen that before. For me, when OEM came back I bored inomto download mode immediately and flashed twrp and RMM state fix not sure how to advise you....
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] gaww:
I did also on first use, but this has been experienced by others and hoping to get specific feedback from them.

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Did you get past this,, and if so - how?