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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
Thanks! I think I'll stick to the files on your onedrive lol...do you update those based on the latest firmware every now and then?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
yeah i try. but if you notice an update let me know
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
Thanks Bober. If I choose to install a custom rom like Dr. Ketan Oreo or Pie, is the installation method the same? Just flash the zip file in recovery and good to go?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dmkarkutt:
Hey all, wondering if someone can help. I have a Canadian note 9 on the newest pie beta CRLJ. Just wondering if I can flash which files from the latest Telus build which is still oreo if possible to get better reception number one and then maybe my volte and wifi calling working.

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Rogers/Fido (tested in Europe 2 years ago. probably most advanced with these features, and great internationally but only for their phones) , Videotron (don't know much, being from Ontario, but they do not lock out based on imei like Rogers), Freedom (no video calling, but my phone works with proper csc, so no imei discrimination, and wifi calling works internationally. Tested in Mexico last week)

Heard people on telus that have VPN, have been using that to bypass the international block for wifi calling.

Sent from my phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dmkarkutt:
Just in case it helps anyone cant flash Telus Oreo csc on att pie beta it just causes boot loop
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
yeah just flash after. actually you could flash before as some roms dont touch the odm partition(csc files). but a sure way is to do it after that's for sure. roms like Romaur and Light rom have integrated CSC so in those cases you also flash after. I'd stay away from pie builds if I were you. get your phone working in Oreo first and explore all the possibilities first. Pie is lackluster since it's so new. rom controls have very limited mods.(2.3 Aurom and O8 Dr.ketan should have the most mods in their Oreo builds( yes both have oreo and pie builds so its up to you which OS version you want to get)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
That is great information, thank you! I have one more quick question regarding custom ROMs that you may have an answer to. If I install a custom ROM, and the ROM is updated by the developer, how do I update? Do I have to overwrite or clean my data every single time? Or can I just flash without losing data?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
dirty flash usualy works but there are always exceptions.

unfortunately note 9 variety of custom roms is slim. only a few are kept up to date. and since pie stable release is right around the corner,(probably when s10 is released) Oreo builds have stalled. light rom and Alexandr roms are the only Oreo builds kept up to date.

it's a weird period for the note 9 development wise since there are so few devs... kind of sad really.

there are a few AOSP builds with some glitches. but that's an other story. in a year or two maybe AOSP development will be all that remains.( I'll let you read up on the differences between AOSP and stock roms)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
Hey guys, I'm new here, and just picked up an SM-N960W from BestBuy on Telus. Is it fair to assume this device is bootloader locked? There is no option in development settings for OEM unlock.

I'm just curious if this device can be rooted or install custom firmware at all, or how to get the OneUI beta on it, if that's at all possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] nmrman:
From all I have read, the canadian version is not unlockable. May be in the future there will be some development. I think Android P will be available in January 2019 for all the canadian note 9s.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
Cool, thanks for the quick info, much appreciated. Loving this phone as is anyways, it's a beast! Hopefully we get some custom development down the road too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] nmrman:
It is not just Canadian. The snapdragon 845 note 9s will not get the bootloader unlocked. Only the Exynos ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
You can't root but you can install the one ui beta. You'll have to live without VoLTE and Wifi calling tho.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
[MENTION=8132601]bober10113[/MENTION] If I use your CSC flasher from TWRP and flash a CSC...can I change it later and use your flasher again to change the CSC? Is it as simple as running the zip again in twrp? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
yeah you can jump from one carrier to an other.

but not back to stock that shipped with your phone.

that's why you should make a back up in twrp of :

EFS

CARRIER CONFIG

partitions before
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
One more question about CSC updater that you provided...Should I choose XAC? or should I choose BMO (I am with Bell Mobility)...if I choose XAC, will that be all details for all providers, so if i insert Bell SIM, freedom sim, telus sim, etc, the wifi calling and VOLTE settings are there for ALL of them? Or should I go specific just for BMO? I like to change sims / providers, so will I get full functionality with XAC? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
you will choose the main XAC menu that will then bring you to the carrier list at which point you should choose the carrier that you wish to flash the csc files from. regardless if what option you choose the whole XAC region gets copied to your phone as would a n960w phone would. the script then forces the specific carrier code you chose so you dont have to do it manualy via dial codes or other means and wipes. so you wont loose any personal data
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
Thanks, I got VoLTE and Wifi calling working on Bell! Now, I am having some issues with my company e-mail and MDM...seems like Magisk 18 has some known issues. Any idea if I can remove Magisk 18 and install Magisk 17 on Alexander's rom without data wipe?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
yeah there are magisk uninstallers you can flash in recovery. if you get magisk. 17.4 or was it .3 ( cant remember which was last stable) and save it to your phone, open magisk manager v18 just click on uninstall. phone will reboot itself so be quick to go to twrp recovery to flash the v17.x if you don't phone will be stuck in bootloop.

presently no rom can boot without magisk installed.( once a custom recovery is flashed)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
That is good news.... So ur n960f is working with bell?

Other than flashing csc, did u have to do anything?

I thought bell had to white list ur imei.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
was wondering the same.. did enrollment work?

with Rogers you are redirected to a web page after activating wifi calling and enter your phone number and they text you a code that you then enter back on the web page to validate if you* qualify.

*phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
Bell works fine. So did Telus and Freedom. As far as I've tried, it seems Rogers / Fido seem to be the only ones that do this whitelisting BS.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Not entirely true.

The N9600 is a snap and has an unlockable BL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] DAGr8:
Hey all didn't plan on getting this phone but my previous one stopped working.

Reading the thread here I'm a bit confused someone is talking about twrp here and from what I read the bootloader is locked. Some are even talking about exynos being unlockable while I've read only certain US version (9600U snapdragon?) are unlocked. I also read we can flash the oneui o. Ours beta but nowhere Samsung seems to be allowing that.

So I might be old school here but bl locked means no twrp . No twrp no custom rom. So why do I read about AOSP in this thread ?

So can some one post all the facts in one post in order to avoid confusion ?

Seems to me like it is:

Locked boot loader

No custom recoveries

No custom roms

Only flash official updates from Samsung for your model.

No root(Root may be achieved down the line later.)

What about exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
the following can't be rooted

n960u/u1

n960w

this thread is just a mashup of canadians using xyz devices and discussing it.

in now way does it represent only canadian carrier devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Yes we can. I'm one the latest version of One UI on a Canadian variant note 9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] DAGr8:
And I suppose that's what modified your signature to the 9600U ?

Because thaught all Canadian variant were 9600w
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
in canada carriers sell the n960w( bootloader locked snapdragon)

in china and southern america the n9600 is also a snapdragon but in this case only it can also have its bootloader unlocked.

n960n and n960f and dual sim are exynos processors having the ability to unlock the bootloader thus being rootable.

please note that developers releasing custom roms for the n960F/N variants DONT work on the n9600 even though the bootloader is unlocked. rooting/custom recovery also requires different files ( please see appropriate note 9 xda dev thread)

so much less development on the 9600 should be expected.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
So another quick question arises...

If I have an SM-N960W and it's bootloader is locked, does that mean I am unable to use Odin to flash firmware, or recover my device if something goes wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
You can Odin no problem. Just make sure you have the right version of Odin, that's all?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
Ahh, perfect, out of curiosity though is there a specific version of Odin I'd need for this device in particular, or is there a somewhat unified Odin for Note 9's?

Also curious to know about the flashing process, but I'm sure there is a guide somewhere in the forums here I can dig up later.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Use the Odin version from this page. The instructions are in there too.

https://www.xda-developers.com/inst...perience-10-snapdragon-samsung-galaxy-note-9/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
and to get latest official firmware to flash with odin v3.13.1, use samfirm tool v 0.3.6 .its fast and safe.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ISperfection:
Hello, I am trying to install this One UI for my canadian Note 9. I am downloading the "update.zip" that is on the page that you linked BUT i don't see a link on the File that I need to Odin first. Do you know where this is or the name of this file? Also I believe there are more "updates" to the UI since the link you posted. Where would this be? I know when I had my S9 plus there were 3 updates. Also that I had to flash my Rogers csc after I did this whole process. thanks.

EDIT: Ok, after some reading and looking back at your link. I did see the ARJ7 link. So I will be trying this but is there any other update or is just this one? thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
ARJA is better.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Is there a way to make Bixby default to Celcius when telling me the weather?

I'm trying to give Bixby a chance but it's annoying being told the temperature in Farenheit on a Canadian model ...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] taimurkhantk:
I am excided to find this thread. I have been looking for answers for over 2 months and still have not been able to decide which Note 9 to get.

All you guys here sound like you know your stuff and you guys are fellow Canadians please help. :confused:

I can not decide between N9600 and N960U1. why n9600 or n9601 because of Snapdragon and 512GB.

I have been reading some guys are having issues with the N9600 because of the Chinese version and Samsung pay not working. Also N9600 is Dual sim not that I am ever going to get 2 sim cards but you know maybe I might. :silly:

Some guys are saying the n9601 is not compatible with Canadian networks and speed issues and also not being able to root. I will be using it on Chatr.

If any one of you guys who live in Canada have bought n9600 or n960U1 what problems are you having with your note 9.

Please Help and give me some pros and cons and help a Canadian Brother make a decision.

Thank you guys in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
All three models should work with Chatr. U will have to flash the correct csc for Chatr on 9600 and 960f. This is usually not a problem. [MENTION=8132601]bober10113[/MENTION]as a flashable zip u can use.

If u plan to root then 960f or n9600

If u need no root then 960u is still the best for use in Canada. U will have warranty and so on. Price is higher though.

If u root and looking for better rom support then 960f.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Did you try to ask what the temperature is in celcius?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
n960u

n960u1

and

n960w

(all the above cannot root)

are pretty much the same phone so you might as well choose the Canadian version to benefit fully from your current provider csc options/services and not to mention banking stuff like samsung pay will also work(does chatr sell note 9,s?).(i am unsure if there is a canadian unlocked version exist like in the US: n960u1* is it the same in canada too u1*? i dont know. will samsung pay work on it probably? if it is really a samsung Canada unlocked phone it should)

so the n960u1* vs n9600 conundrum should be :

n960w/u1* vs n9600

(you will have full warranty and support with the cdn n960w or if the u1* is sold by samsung canada then why not it will be carrier bloat free too)

now if you want root then n9600 is rootable.

so are the n960f and the n960n.

so now going down the rooted path, question shifts abit to the following;

n960f vs n9600

the n9600 has less roms/development for now and is the more optimized device. carrier options are likely to be broken(csc) (imei black list)and anything samsung pay related won't work once rooted/custom recovery flashed. also you will still have 4g/lte speeds by default.

the n960f and n960n are the more popular devices for flashing roms. there is more development for these device. but the hardware is a bit slower.carrier options are likely to be broken(csc)(imei black list) and anything samsung pay related won't work once rooted/custom recovery flashed.also you will still have 4g/lte speeds by default.

edit:

when buying international phones(n960f/ds,n960n, n9600) it is important to be sure the seller lift the region lock.

i personally have had great experiance with wondamobile.com

they will ensure phone won't be region locked by making a 5 min call on original region soil to lift the lock.

clove.co.uk also offers similar services. with ebay you can't always be sure or trust the seller so watch out.

edit2:*

so it was bugging me( if an unlocked note existed for canada)

and the unbranded canadian note 9 model number off the samsung site is:

SM-N960WZBAXAC

is used:

Samsung Unlocked Phones: FAQ for Online Purchase

Last Update Date : Apr 13. 2018

How can I order a Samsung Unlocked Phone (the “Phone”)?

You can go to www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/mobile-devices/smartphones/ to order your Phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
You know, at first I was a little bit tiffed that I wouldn't be able to root or Flash ROMs on this device, however I got it spur of the moment and it has every customisation option that I need and use for root in the first place so it's really not necessary for me anymore. The Note 9 is topping the charts for me on 8.1 alone, can't wait for some Pie too.

Goodbye Essential, hello Samsung!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Iain_S:
All Canadian phones are sold unlocked. So doesn't really matter, your carrier settings would be setup upon setup with sim card installed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
ah good to know. last canadian phone i had was a Motorola mike flip phone. i kind of miss it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Yeah, that's the workaround I've been using but it seems kind of dumb that there's no C° option... I mean this is the international measurement for temperature, after all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
Also be aware the Note 9 is beer resistant to a degree. Had an unfortunate beer related accident and my Note took it like a champ without any worries, at least for the time being. What a phone!

Has anyone with a Canadian Note 9 had their S-Pen fall apart at all??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
so at 0 degree it freezes?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
273.15 Kelvin's
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] LenAsh:
Quick reminder folks... NO talk about IMEI "editing" on XDA. Period.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
ok sorry will refrain from doing so.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
[MENTION=8132601]bober10113[/MENTION] For your CSC pack, if I install Alexandr's new Pie-based stable rom, will the CSC pack still work? Or should I just wait? Apparantly, his rom is out of beta now and is stable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
i discovered a potential issue with his rom.

technically if you flash his rom, his script will keep phones current csc and add some mods to it. so if you had flashed my pack beforehand you should be able to simply flash his rom without needing to flash the csc after.

now for some reason, he changes something in the build.prop file where the device model is set.

so instead of being:

ro.product.device=crownlte

(like all other roms)

his setup script changes it to

ro.product.device=crownlteRWC or what ever 3 letter csc you are on.

i tested with the oreo build and that seemingly is what happened so i guess pie might probably do the same.

the issue is that i use:

ro.product.device=crownlte

to identify the correct phone and then flash the appropriate note 8 or note 9 csc.

i was playing around with some test builds earlier this week but i am stuck to figure out how to read partial values instead of the whole thing ...

ie:

ro.product.device=crownlte*

a wild card at then end would fix the issue but the part of the csc pack script that acctualy flashes the files is the update script written in edify and its limited. my own skills are also very limited.

lets not forget that i did not create the CSC pack initially ( tkkg1994) did. although i successfully adapted it to note 9 devices and also added note 8 support, there are things that i just dont know how to do yet.

that being said, using regular scripting, i could probably do it as it is much more flexible. infact there is already such a script in the pack but i need more time to play around with it.

anyways what i would like to see is after you flash the rom, open either with a text app or a prop reader app : system/build.prop

and give me the value of the following key:

ro.product.device=crownlte???
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
Weird, because I've installed his OREO rom with your CSC pack and have not run into any troubles. In fact, I've even re-installed his oreo rom with customizations, after i installed your csc pack with another ROM. It seems to be picking up the GLW CSC no problem. Do you still need me to check the build.prop?

Another question...for GLW, my wifi calling is working, but VoLTE option isn't showing anywhere, even with the latest SIM from freedom mobile. In settings-->connections-->mobile networks, there's no VoLTE toggle whatsoever. When I go to phone status, it shows IMS as registered, and wifi calling is working fine. Any thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
yeah please xheck build.prop next time you are on his rom.

for volte, you can try adding the quick tile by editing cscfeature.xml.

although this is much more of a cosmetic tile and dosent mean it works. not sure why the option is not there in your connection settings.

was this an issue on your previous rom?

also since i noticed this issue( with flashing the csc pack on alexandr rom), i made a test build:

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AhXVLDDj8g3AgeUoMChvSAtEv_y3XQ

even though previous build looked like it was flashing on his rom, it wasint copying any files. only the text edits were being processed.

with this test build it acctualy still isint fixed but it will throw an error and not let you flash if crownlte is not specifically written this way.( or on a note 8 greatlte)

over the weekend ill try to play with it some more.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Find original shortcut master lite on the net. The free one, from before dev turned to the dark side. That is the only one that will let you launch IMS settings. The program only partially works but enough for this.

Hint; Look for the rocket icon.

You have to manually enable it in IMS settings.. Freedom being new entrant to this field, the international rom IMS settings are messed up for it. So you have to edit wind configuration to enable lte service, then in services checkmark voice over lte, and sms over lte. Don't forget to save the edit. Then toggle IMS services off then on. That will give you option in phone settings. Reboot.

You got VoLTE.

If it doesn't work right away, you might have to give it some time. Freedom can take up to a day to properly provision VoLTE on your profile. Know this first hand as I was setting up numerous phones for friends and family over holidays. If you had it working on another freedom phone, than it kicks in right away, for first time profile provisioning, you might have to sleep on it with VoLTE enabled. By next day it usually works, and stops going to h+ for phonecalls.

The toggle in quick settings is just cosmetic.

If you need more help just ask.

Sent from my phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Funny thing for me with Koodo is that I can enable volte and wifi calling.... Even the sms registration works and confirms. However , ims is not showing registered nor volte or vowifi works.

Koodo hardware and advanced support says it should work as it looks good from their end.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
This ^^^ is specific to GLW (Freedom) and VoLTE, and since i am probably only one that got it working on international samsung devices currently and this provider, wanted to help the fellow out.

With you and koodo, did you try playing with IMS settings apk options? I believe we talked about it before. Open it with shortcut master lite, see what's inside. Play with it, you can restore defaults

Sent from my phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
im this close || from switching to virgin. only problem is their data plans suck. their BYOD plan is kind of slim at 75$ for 12gb. currently have 20gbfor 85$ on Rogers .

when is the damn crtc going to put its foot down and stop lobbying with the big providers and force them to offer us unlimited plans( at a reasonable price) like the rest of the civilized world.

how can we legalize pot but still allow providers to screw us over like this. maybe that's why they legalized it... to be more docile.