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[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] dkadds2:
Hi Guys,

When trying to downgrade/flash below firmware via Odin I'm getting error:

SW REV. CHECK FAIL(BOOTLOADER) DEVICE: 2, BINARY: 1

Or if BL disabled following some recommendations:

KERNEL REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:2, BINARY:1

Current version: (got via OTA)

G960FXXU2BRG6

Service provider OXM_XEF_00_0025 ... XEF/XEF, XEO/DBT - but this has probably nothing to do with that.

Returning to:

DBT-G960FXXU1BRE5

History of the phone is that I've received it on Saturday (manufactured on May 21), dual SIM + SD Card was working, got notification about OTA, and did proceed (silly me), got message that "no downgrade" will be possible - thought that it is for normal user, not the one with Odin magic, though have a feeling it has something to do with that. It was unusual message though thought it is something new on S(, but not really blocking me to downgrade with Odin.

Is there any way to downgrade? I really need to do that as thanks to Samsung I cannot use dual SIM + SD Card, described here:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9/the...o-sim-card-t3822368/post77193881#post77193881

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] MelvinGt5:
When trying to downgrade/flash below firmware via Odin I'm getting error:

SW REV. CHECK FAIL(BOOTLOADER) DEVICE: 2, BINARY: 1

same problem, my S9 Plus is AFG cant intall only can update with DBT file but his current AFG no
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
Make sure you're using ODIN 3.13.x

You cannot downgrade the bootloader you can only flash firmware with an equal or higher BL version

G960FXXU2BRG6 <<< BL version 2

Check in Download mode what version yours says
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] dkadds2:
Many thanks, that makes sense. I do remember message prior OTA apply "you won't be able to downgrade" but thought it was meaning that normal user won't be able to downgrade unless Odin would be used. Tough luck.

The worst part is that this is the first "U2" version for S9, so there's no path for me.

One more question - when "BL" was deselected and I've left only AP, CP, CSC - it resulted in message:

KERNEL REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:2, BINARY:1

It is still in effort to downgrade the rest outside of BL, but does it seem I'm stuck on this firmware as the lowest on my phone now?

On technical side, these are all partitions on internal SDcard/memory. Why would it not be possible to overwrite it? Is it re-partitioning thing or something else? I'm trying to understand from where the limitation comes.

p.s. did some reading on bootloader process of Samsung and whilst it is clever and nice for Common Criteria, it should be possible to unlock it as in the past (Superboot tool). The good bootloader lecture is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742287618300409 (S7 based).
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] batfink1:
Have you tried the patched Odin 13.3.1

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/xdaforums.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572/amp/
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] dkadds2:
What are risks using that Odin version and pushing AP?

Should I try to push BL too?

Apologies if I'm overly cautious it is that I don't want to brick the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] batfink1:
Honestly, I'm a take your balls in your hand kind of guy.

I'm a computer technician and if I spent all my time wringing my hands being cautious I'd never get anything done.

It's pretty hard to HARD BRICK these phones as long as you don't go faffing around with the partitions option in Odin.

God I've brought mine to the brink of death and back again.

Just out of curiosity, do you have a way of taking a photo of your Odin/Download mode screen... I'll try to post mine.

I'm rooted and running a customised stock based rom on BRE5
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] batfink1:
My Odin screen
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] dkadds2:
Well... sometimes it is better to be safe than sorry... (at least this is my take), like with that unfortunate upgrade.

If you're that brave, why don't you upgrade to the latest one and then try to downgrade? :)

Attached is Download mode screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] dkadds2:
Interestingly, your model shows 6GB, mine 4GB, but it doesn't matter...

Thanks... I'll debating if to give it a shot with that custom Odin version. Did you try it? Should BL be included?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] batfink1:
I said brave, not freaking insane... Mine is rooted and working perfectly:p:p

I honestly DON'T want to go through the 17 days of possibly having to wait for the RMM STATE again haha

---------- Post added at 06:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:21 PM ----------

Mines an S9+, they have 6 gig compared to the S9 which only has 4 gig.

I didn't try it, no.. I just know the modded version exists.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Ma5terDevil:
I'm having the same problem

Hi guys I'm having the same problem with kernel rev check fail.

I had a brand firmware and tried to make it no-brand, but something went wrong.

Now when trying to flash a no-brand firmware, Odin stops during system.img

What can I do? Do I have to reinstall the same branded old firmware that I had?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] dkadds2:
Just a thought - your non-brand might be of an older release than branded software. In worst case you're stuck on working branded soft?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] zl1318:
i tried, i doesn't work either with/without BL

i tried, i doesn't work either with/without BL selected. so i guess the modified odin did not fit for the new firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] vernstoked:
I Tried

Me too being the grab your balls by the hand person that likes to boldly go where no man has gone before, attempted the patch version of Odin on my s9 in an attempt to put the TMO firmware on to get RCS chat. Using BL AP CL and CSC all did not work. I got the same stupid message regarding the downgrade. I then tried AP and CSC alone. Same issue. Finally, I tried just CSC. It gave a similar error but it was difference in the sense that it says [cache]fused 2 > Binary 1.

It's super annoying that you can't move from u1 to u (unlocked to carrier) without having to do all this crap.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] curto:
Hey all, dunno if you resolved the kernel error but I was getting the same thing on my S8 (SM-G950F) and ended up checking if anyone at the Samsung store could fix it (they could). Have a look at this post I wrote up, hopefully it's somewhat useful.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77580177&postcount=18
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] joe535:
Same problem I got. No matter if I use modded or normal ODIN... Even if I do not flash Boot, I got the message Kernel Rev. check fail...

To me, this is almost criminal from Samsung... I pay 800 Euro for the phone and I like to run a different system. I think there is no law against using a Computer (which in fact it is) with an Operating system of my choice.

To me, a restriction of "liberty".
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] *Detection*:
ODIN is a Samsung INTERNAL tool, you're not even meant to be using it

And you do have the freedom to run whatever OS you want, you have that choice the day you choose to buy a new phone, otherwise read the smallprint, pretty sure you agreed to Samsungs terms when you bought the phone

I don't get why people buy Samsung phones knowing how locked down they can be, knowing they don't run vanilla Android, knowing about KNOX, and then complain when they can't do anything with them.... if I wanted to mod my phone without any problems I wouldn't be buying Samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] batfink1:
Anyway, honestly I accidentally updated my spare S9 to U2 forgetting it can't be rolled back and I had a little bit of trouble finding a firmware that ran fine with gravity box, but now I'm running a custom BRI3 rooted with magisk running gravity box where 99% of features work including lock screen security.

So unless the U2 bootloader is effecting you in some way... Does it matter if you can't roll back.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] joe535:
Well, the hardware of Samsung I actually do like.. But the software policy I do not.

For sure, never again I will buy Samsung :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Jim Goof:
Unfortunately, I'm facing the same problem with my brand new KSA version Galaxy Note 9. The same error exist" No OS" . So I flash it using Odin 3.13 with ROM N960FARH5-ARGD , this is the only firmware I find over net available , and then, in the download mode I get the failure " Fail device 2 binary 1" immediately after pushing start. If you find a solution or someone else please let me know.

Thanks in advance

Note: Finally, I have fixed my device problem. Man, it consumed my time and effort too.

Thank you,,​

:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] zl1318:
could you please share how did you fix the problem??

could you please share how did you fix the problem??:good::good::good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Jim Goof:
Sure. The symptoms of the problem actually happened, because the firmware version I was using to flash with is (N960FARH5-ARGD), so I trIed to use the version which is newer and belongs to KSA (ARK2_ACR) V8.1. Secondly there was a small note at the upper right side on the Odin 3.13 panel. Stating that, if you use A modern device choose file HOME_CSC instead of CSC_OMC. That's it. I hope it helps someone facing the same issue.

Thank you very much to all
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] ermacwins:
Hi can someone upload uncompressed photos of 1x 3x and 5x zoom photos please?

And some low light photos without zooming will really be apprciated.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] ermacwins:
Bump
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] mancuk29:
One time
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] mancuk29:
I think this was three times don't have any five times

You won't get full upload on here
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] HEKTIK:
I've attached a 1x, 3x and 5x photo but it looks like XDA downsizes them?

The originals can be downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ep1mbr2bnr0vjhj/AACgjBr2GnftoGDCV1DCEejRa?dl=0

From what I remeber this was pretty soon after I got the phone and I think everything was just left on auto at the time...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] GDane1:
Are there any good custom roms for this device I just picked one up recently for real cheap brand new? Thanks in advance
[HTC U11+ Questions & Answers] thor486:
Hello, since two months ago I received a random chime notification, even if the phone is in silent mode.

I looked on Google and they talk about being close to a NFC card, I disabled NFC and the problem is still happening.

I also tried to reset it and install custom kernel with no lock.

I analysed the notification payload using an app:

pkg: android

key: -1 android|300|null|1000

icon: Icon(typ=RESOURCE pkg=android

id=0x02020027)

channelId: effect_notification_channel

postTime: 1532993372633

sound: none

vibrate: none

visibility: PUBLIC

priority: MAX

extras

android.contains.customView: true

parcel size: 396 ashme: 0

Does anyone know how to solve the problem? It's getting me crazy!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julie966:
I'm considering ordering a phone directly from Samsung using their financing. I really want an unlocked phone. Has anyone used it? Pros & Cons? Thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] Donphillipe:
Need working phone rooted, with xprivacy, a 5.5" screen, dual SIMs and long batt life

Does such a device exist? I have used a BLU phone in the past with all these features, but now the bootloaders are locked, the file system and won't support conventional root tools and even if all this works, xposed or xprivacy is quirky or not working at all. Wishing for my old 5.0 XPrivacy back but my old Blu Studio 5.5" is cracked and in the garbage long ago.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcusGorol:
Update HTC One M9 Developer Edition from Marshmallow to Nougat. Simply unzip the zip file (link below). Run ARUwizard rom installer, and follow the instructions. works with S-ON/S-OFF devices, it's a latest stock M9 WWE ROM 4.30.617.12 :)

this could be used to unroot your phone.

Google drive link:

drive.google.com/open?id=1pvtKOQp5EHmHnAZHSuQp6hm4CDl6gL9Y
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryhou85:
OP, please read sticky thread carefully, namely this one:

https://xdaforums.com/one-m9/genera...collection-t3132698/post64299817#post64299817

Thread closed.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] gippo2006:
Salve a tutti, sono nuovo del forum volevo gentilmente sapere cosa comporta la procedura di reset factory del Dasaita Octa Core da 4 GB 32 GB. Infine quale lingua imposta di default dopo il ripristino alle condizioni di fabbrica e se poi si può cambiare con la lingua italiana.

Grazie:confuso:
[MTCD Android Head Units General] ikerg:
This is an English forum

You can change the language as other android device

Settings (not factory settings) > language > italiano

Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Koa1:
Hey guys, recently i tried to flash Nougat...i don't waited for a brick because it haved a semi-brick before now it's a brick...

I don't know how solve it...anyone helps me? my phone is a RNE-L03C178

I tried installing TWRP it stucks in logo...

Please help..
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] JimZiii:
so i haven't had any issues until 2 weeks ago when magisk got a new beta update which i couldn't update to without uninstalling magisk and reinstalling.

after doing so i couldn't pass safetynet and after some googling i found out about the whole play store uncertified thing.

i was on b399 then and tried all magisk mods i could find related to this with no luck and thought it was because i had used a modded play store a while back,

so i updated to get the stock play store (i'm now on b407) but i'm still uncertified. i tried registering on google's website which didn't help either.

so is it possible to bypass this on stock firmware?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ScardracS:
I think you can't because play store check bootloader and frp
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] JimZiii:
There are several magisk mods for passing safetynet, certifying play store and even for hiding bootloaders but I haven't been able to find one that works for me which is annoying.

I'd even lock/unlock the bootloader every time I needed to flash something but since the phone factory resets every time, that's not possible either.

Does this mean that no one on a honor 8 is able to pass safetynet?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] hackslash:
What tests are you failing? Device Integrity and CtsProfile both or any one of them?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Deeglifsay:
tried DU and aquarios, to no avail. any roms for taimen that are esim friendly?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Ericarthurc:
Nope :/ reverse engineering this google exclusive feature is too difficult and there is not really a big demand for it. You can always order a project fi sim card though and you it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Deeglifsay:
yeah, i actually just ordered one so i can run dirty unicorns again. thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] AwkwardUberHero:
Just did the same thing a bit ago for my device. The new version of DU looks sleek.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] kimhieu:
Mi 8 Se error camera rotate after capture. This happed when i flash EU custom rom. And i tried to flash stable xiaomi rom via miflash but it can't fix. Somebody please help me !
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] ItzGarek:
I have the same problem
[LG G7 ThinQ  Questions & Answers] Hannu1:
Hi,

I am unable to use Ok Google/ Hey google voice command after upgrading to V10g Aus firmware . Doesnt matter if the phone is locked or unlocked , it just doesn't work. I have ensured that i have enabled OK google detection in voice assistant. Used to work fine before the upgrade even when the phone is locked. I have tried retraining voice in google settings but no joy. Please help :crying::crying:
[LG G7 ThinQ  Questions & Answers] Hannu1:
Fixed :)

I had to uninstall google update and then retrain google voice. Seems to be working fine again but sometimes when i open google now with voice when my phone is locked it says cant connect to internet even though it was connected to internet via 4g and wi fi. I get this message randomly but mostly it seem to work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] boochkn:
So I learned the hard way that you can't have it all.

I travel for work quite a bit and I was in the Middle East working when my Verizon S7 Edge started to have problems. I looked for a replacement in Dubai and was happy to find the S9+ at a reasonable price and with the 256GB option (which I wasn't finding in the US). I popped in my Verizon sim and life was good.

Then I returned to the US and. nothing. worked. I had forgotten that Verizon was strictly CDMA in the US and this phone had no CDMA radio.

I also was noticing that the samsung pay app was locked to the UAE version which was annoying but not a huge issue...I couldn't add American Express credit card which may or may not have been due to that region setting.

So in order to actually get service I switched to T-Mobile and have had decent data rates. However the phone doesn't use volte or wifi calling which is very bad since where I am staying is somewhat of a dead spot for mobile coverage. I basically can't receive phone calls here and making a call requires me to wait about a minute for the phone to figure out what protocol to connect to (dowleveling to either a 3g or H to actually connect and dial).

My initial research tells me that I don't want to root the phone and lose all ability to use samsung pay, but I would love to do as much as I can to the phone to get it working as best as possible.

Can someone chime in here to let me know what's possible? I don't want to experiment too much, and it's been rare over the years for me to keep up with all the root/firmware/rom etc. that has become available. My last real era of rooting phones was many years ago with iPhone and even then it was a lot to keep up with.

thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] revtech101:
bump.

Anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] CynicalHeight00:
I had the same issue. I ended up rooting to get TMobile volte/wifi-calling. Also, by rooting you can also use Verizon Wireless; however, only with LTE.

You could use Google Pay lol.

Furthermore, I suck at giving reasons, but that's what I did.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] hyperblu:
Don't quote me on this, but from what I understand, you can use the patched ODIN and flash the firmware's CSC outside of it's region and change it to XAA. There is also a guide to changing CSC without root that may work as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Luish77:
From what I understand, the G965F is unable to load the XAA csc without root since it is only for the Snapdragon version
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] revtech101:
I ended up using Tekhd's tmobile detonator after I bricked my G965F/DS atleast 3 times. It works great now.

The way to change csc without root is via a combination rom and using Realterm. Using TMB CSC on a global G965F/DS ROM will end up in a PUK code lock. I tried ALL the US CSC on my G965F to confirm this.
[General Questions and Answers] alramir:
I need to build an application which block/de-block a non-Android Feature-phone. This command will be sent via sms into the feature-phone device. Feature-phone is a Chinese manufacture vendor using SPD (Spreadtrum) or Mediatek CPU.

Can somebody help me in finding a developer to build this App.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] !SINGH!:
Hi guys...

Has anyone ever managed to get the Orange Backup/Restore tool into a cab for WM5 / WM6 / WM 6.1 phones?

It was very handy on my umpteeen swaps of c500 / c550's.... and would be invaluable for rom flashing and restoring your numbers.... let alone brilliant if you are away...lose your phone... and need your numbers....

H
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] demize!:
Is there any way to remove this unnecessary intermittent annoyance? Im non root btw and did search but found nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j_hansen:
easy enough, keep the lens clean :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] iceepyon:
I haven't seen that popup on my Note 8....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
You would have to smudge the lens enough for it to pop up.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j_hansen:
I do get it every now and again too but just quickly wipe the lens
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] winol:
In 8 months that pop up message has appeared 6 or 7 times, not annoying, in fact I am grateful for the warnings
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Amos420en:
Google camera has option to turn off popup.

Youd probably have to decompile apk and edit an value to disable it.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Ragarianok:
Just saw a Reddit post that mentioned that Oreo is currently being rolled out for the Moto G5! I wonder if that means that Oreo for our devices is right around the corner? :D
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Luis Infante:
It Will be great! :laugh:
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Nacorito:
Link, bro? :o
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] tyratron:
https://www.xda-developers.com/motorola-moto-g5-plus-android-8-1-oreo-soak/
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Hmm, not sure - the roll out for both G5S plus and G5 Plus Oreo have both been soak tests so far. I've not seen a mention of a general release so far.

It could be that Motorola are working on the Oreo update for our devices, I imagine we're not the highest priority at the moment, since we already had our major update. Still, let's see what happens.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] indianets:
NO! We didn't. When I bought the device, it was mentioned in all promotional material that we will get guaranteed Android N and O updates. Though, there was no time frame mentioned, but this is ridiculous that we have to wait so long. I'm never gonna recommend a Moto device again, just because of updates, which was the USP for recommendations.

I am not sure when will Motorola ever speak about G4(+) as in their Oreo upgrade plan this device was missing at first. Then on reddit people made posts with promo materials showing promises and they just included the device in their list I believe several months ago. So, they never intended to upgrade it, and who knows they ever will.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] strongst:
The major update was nougat that this device received already(echo92 is correct). At the beginning it was shipped with marshmallow. Seems you bought the device while those promo materials were discussed around the world ;)

You'll find already a lot of threads in this device forum discussing the Oreo topic.

Edit: something to read

https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/help/motorola-promised-oreo-build-t3802976

https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/moto-g4-plus-getting-android-o-t3576948/

https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/oreo-g4-plus-t3673163

https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/android-oreo-8-0-coming-to-motorola-t3660249
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] indianets:
This would be correct for any vendor that promises one major upgrade and had a history of doing so. But, Motorola was choice of many due to consistent security updates and at least 2 major upgrades, and not just that, they actually said that. So, you are right they gave one major update out of promised 2, but I didn't mean that I bought the device with Nougat.

My purchase date was 20-May-2016 which was the Amazon-exclusive launch date in India and got it in my hand on 21-May-2016. I have the device with one of my family members now as I upgraded to a different device.

Luring the updates and making customer buy due to that reason and denying or delaying later is not done. We don't have very strict consumer protection law here, otherwise there definitely would have been an update :p