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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
How? What? What? How?

Love how you quote completely unrelated posts.

Did you find more permissible csc, or was it through combination file, or something else?

I would have spilled everything in that first post, but I see you like suspense.

Just goes to show how mean and petty providers and samsung are, and that every model is a world model, if not for their artificial differentiation.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
i quote random so that it pushes a notification lol. and am lazy to type @ sign.

so i flashed the new tgp rom and noticed that it wiped odm.

funny enough, volte and wifi calling were there. so i decided to investigate. i noticed that the 4g logo had a + beside it. so i wanted to go check 0011. but since odm was wiped and no csc was installed icouldnt run dial codes so i just flashed the csc selector pack im maintaining. and as you can see it works now.

so i continued to investigate because id very much like to add what ever makes it work to the pack.

but ive not been very successful. so i backup efs and carriger configs from tgp rom after installing canadian csc.

i then restored them to dr ketan rom and bam, CA works there too now.

so to isolate which partition actually does it, i started with odm aka carrier config but nope that wasint it. so i was left with efs.

ive pulled efs folder on working CA and compared it to efs folder of a non working CA .

in the screen shot left side is p09 dr ketan rom with my csc pack with no CA and right side is tgp rom with my csc and CA working.

only prob is that i cant figure out what file(s) acctualy is irresponsible. ive done it 1 by 1 and i might have screwed up a permission but was not successful. i think its nv_data.bin.

anyways so i went and snooped around in the scripts of tgp rom and for the life of me cant find anything out of the ordinary.

its as if that rom produces or modifies files in efs and simply make CA work. then when you take that efs partition and apply it on an other rom it works....anyways im turning around in circles
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
damn xda app it screwed up the compare pic
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
haha now i see the original one...wtf anyways

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so as i suspected its nv data. bin i must have screwed something....

with a hex editor and a couple years i might be able to figure which hex to change...lol

ive alredy compaired a working vs a non working and theres ALOT of differencess.. what i dont get is why does the nv data.bin in one rom vs in an other act diferently. that means the system that generates it is the key. now what edits or modifies that file is the big question. would it be possible that the version of the ims app has to do with it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Is it possible that just the act of flashing rom without odm being present, and booting up, defaults the modem to universal behaviour. and changes efs, before all the csc restrictions take place?

I'll try test that tonight with stock.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
Lol I just saw this... I know this has already been settled, but to set the full record straight: I wasn't joining some sort of mutual admiration society here :). What I did was make a relevant comment based on longtime forum observations that, to me at least, seemed pretty self-evident on its own merits. I don't make comments for validation or because I want to be propped up. If I had a different point to make then I would have just said that instead (like I'm doing now).

I agree that the don't-post-if-you-disagree disclaimer is silly if meant literally though. I didn't read it as a joke at first but it was indeed meant as sarcasm like he said, so all good :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
maybe. at this point i just am glad that i can reproduce and get CA working.

ive abandoned the idea and search for a flashabled mod for now.

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i think we have a 2 nd confirmed carrier aggregation working user.... on TGP rom!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Just deleting odm and booting does nothing, at least for me.

Will try tgp.

Problem with me and freedom is that ca is so sparse anyways, but I've seen it few times

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
as far as almost pure stock roms go: pretty pretty, pretty good.

but you can always do what i did, get CA working, backup Efs, revert to what ever rom you had and just flash efs from when on tgp.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Which version did you install? Basic?

Are you still on tgp kernel after reverting to dr.ketan?

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Where, I don't see that in the tgp thread

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/development/rom-galaxy-project-t3911947

It is called the galaxy rom

I am on virgin mobile and I got CA working for me when I flashed the BMC ( bell) csc but no volte or wfc

Then I flashed the vmc( virgin) csc and there is no CA but got volte and wfc... Lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
I know where the rom is. Was inquiring which version he chose in aroma, to mimic his steps.

Was asking for secondary confirmation post if it was public.

Guess that was you.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
im currently still on tgp rom but when i did my trials,

saved efs from tgp, went back to my last twrp backup on ketan 09 and tgp kernel and then restore lastly tgp efs.

in the initial tgp rom flash:

i flashed manual settings in tgp rom. i left prety much all stock and unselected except for the csc section where i selected all option but not the last one regarding homescreen rotation. i choose no extra apps nor google but almost all samsung.

booted and noticed 4g +. then went back to twrp to flash the csc selector pack. and now have lte+ and also of course in the dial code 0011

edit:

techvir was the second person apart from me confirming CA was working after flasing tgp rom. he told me in PM. thus why no post in tgp thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Odd my csc did not get wiped fully. Just replaced with world multicsc.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
yeah i figured that since my device is a n960n, the script didint know what to do with it and wiped before doing the csc check. by default it compares mps code.dat in efs and then matches it to its available csc. if no match is found it defaults to XEU. for me i ended up with nulls: ///SKC lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Can't begin to think how I can replicate that to end up without csc. Deleting csc after first boot, does nothing to enable ca. Flashed bell as well to see if I can replicate techvir phone behaviour (where his bell csc has ca and virgin does not)

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
as you said, maybe ure just not getting it because its sparse right now? for me it comes and goes. but within 5 mins id at least have seen it once....

try this:

flash the rom again except this time dont choose wipe or to flash the rom nor any other partitions. skip everything and once you get to the csc part select all. then continue to skip till then end.

also if you care to test, on my one drive i made a modded version of the rom with canadian csc inside.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
oh and an other oddity, maybe something to try,

ive noticed that for sum reason root has an impact on csc icons. for instance in my first screenshot of CA working you can see volte and some oddly shaped bubble, like 2 intersecting bubbles. ive been able to get this from time to time. techvir also seemed to be surprise when he saw it too when playing around with csc and tgp rom. now that i have returned to p09 ketan rom, i tested out endurance 2.0.6-1 and forgot to flash root. and since i am now running of of the efs part. used under tgp, i also saw these new icons!

i rebooted 2x and they stayed. now that i have flashed magisk... gone!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
and now prof of concept, i flashed back a custom kernel, thus wiping root/magisk and voila! icons are back!

so maybe csc/ims what ever the sysyem is called that runs the carrier stuff is now sensitive to root!.

ill try and hide with magisk a whole bunch of stuff to see what app actualy triggers.

and this might also be something to test to get CA, just flash kernel no root. initial handshake between phone and carrier is able to detect phone status now? so when i copyed over efs/nv_data.bin and md5 it was generated on non rooted? i dont know its getting late and might have nothing to do with it. but o e thing is for sure, no root= missing volte icons. but regardless service was and is active with or without em.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Yes... U r right... Those icons show up in absence of root magisk...

Tgp rom feels slow and laggy... Will try tgp kernel v1 and see if it helps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
im beggining to think the version of magisk might be a contributing factor. and also what apps are being hidden or not, in su hide.

anyways i reallllly need ti sleep
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
I can vouch that volte status icons are a simple edit of false to true in customer xml in csc. As for misterious blobs...?

Been an idiot today.... Made twrp backup with fingerprints enabled. After testing today, most if not all that you suggested (no luck for me), took me some time to get everything back without losing data and settings. More than it would take to setup from scratch, but then I always forget something, so it's actually long process as I come across or remember things.

Thanks anyways.

Maybe my provider just does not have that much ca areas. to begin with.

I'll test more with my daughters s8 that I setup for CA back on nougat when we had free reigh over modem and still a champ, in order to pinpoint exact area where CA is prevalent, before testing further with note.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Which magisk version is better?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
thats the thing am not sure.

but 18114 seems good.

if i remember correctly 18116 makes the phone vibrate every 10 seconds or so ...lol so thats not a good one.

other dont pass cts profile/safetynet, some there seems to be exercives battery consumption. but can't be 100% sure. might have been the kernel i was on.

i guess thats why they are canary builds. if the bird stops whitelisting then i guess it died.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Where can I find the magsik canary repository to download the older versions. Or do u have a link to 18114 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AhXVLDDj8g3AgcVU7LbF6RVfFwZQXA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dakore:
I believe I won't update this n9 never again :D I got it 3 months ago from Canada with preinstalled ARJA oreo fw. I have no intention to update it on pie since UI has to grow up and fix all these inconsistencies. I like oreo style much more...

This is by far the best phone I got after almost all nexuses and few samsungs which I've used.

I can now logout from xda lol :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
so edxposed or wdxposed + garvitybox and firefds is the source of stuttering and lags.

had the same issue back on the note 8, and note 9 on oreao.

on Pie it is no different
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
What r functions are you using GB for?

I cant get most to work
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
circle battery, navbar button additions and remap, data monitor statusbar.

its all the things that i cant live without...lol

edit

i decided to remove firefds and keep only GB and see how it goes. there are alot of common settings in both and might be the issue...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
i think it was the 2 modules fighting each other.

but ill wait a whole day before really knowing if irs fixed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I am just using the firefnds now. But when I ran both together, I did not find any slowing down.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
This got me thinking.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
btw i just saw that theres a csc update :

ovy1sb3

March

edit i LIED

February

looks like success?!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Yeah after your post few days back. Wasn't enough to delete just stuff in odm, as I tried that before without success. Also edited stuff in imei folder, to replicate state you described during failed csc flash on Korean model. As you know my phone is f (Singapore) so csc flashed fine and never got me in that nil state.

Well, after forcing phone to have absolutely no csc to fall back on, it finally reset modem to its true state of world phone before csc (provider) imposed restrictions. This is sad and pisses me off immensely.

Because I am on freedom, and would have to travel to Niagara of Waterloo, where they have plenty of bandwidth and people have reported ca on this network. But I knew something was right because for the first time I'm getting prioritized band 66 on automatic modem selection 2263 menu (before it would be only band 7,4, and 13), and had to resort to being either on lte/wcdma/GSM, or lte only (switched to auto only when traveling out of my zone).

Took me a few days to get rogers sim to try in my phone and within seconds, got those screenshots.

Did not get a chance to test 3ca. Would have to drive around neighborhood closer to location i know it's available from my days with Rogers. But having proof, was too lazy.

I did mess up my bluetooth, when I restored phone with biometrics on it the other day. But too busy and lazy to go through reset and setup. Now I just have to pair after reboot, till I get enough time, and energy, to go through motions.

Maybe when we get meaningful update that is not just security update bs, for the past 3 months with no kernel or os changes.

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Reading through s10 and + section. Lack of knowledge is appalling. These discoveries will die with us ?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
now that nvdat.bin has what it takes to get CA working. dont restore over it with an old backup like i did.

lol took me 3 hours to realize i forgot to untick the efs partition when restoring a rom. nv data.bin got replaced and no more CA.

also for your bt reconnect issue, dosen't:

libsecure_storage companion for rooted Samsung devices

v1.6

Created by ianmacd

Modified libsecure_storage.so libraries to restore retention of Bluetooth pairings on various rooted Samsung devices.

Updated on: Mar. 21, 2019 12:32:13 p.m.

work for you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
updated csc pack to 1csb3
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Now that I know how to easily get it back in few minutes and 2 reboots, it is no issue.

As for libraries, I did it in the past and it messed something else (can't remember now) and left bad taste in my mouth.

Might try again.

Sometimes just the act of updating to newer firmware fixes my bug, full reset and reroot for sure.

But overworked and tired for anything now.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
I have VoLTE icon showing always by choice. I'm rooted with drketan's root, and stock rom, and stock kernel.

If you're referring to blobs, they are not related to volte, I don't think.

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All XAC csc providers have it set to hide volte connected icon, not related to root.

As I've mentioned, setting is in Customer.xml

" <EnableVoLTEindicator>false</EnableVoLTEindicator>"

Change to true.

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Also quickstar from good Lock can show/hide, it and VoWiFi.

Or interfere if you're using it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
for me, none of that works.

its it's really strange. the minute i remove root, then it does.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I am going to edit the your csc file and check on VMC.

PS: the magisk canary files kind of messed my installation... For some weird reason I could not mount the internal storage.. fixed it a few time and happened again...So decided to start fresh with a new odin install.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
weird. I've played with so many magisk and kernel combinations, and never had issues with internal.

i did have an issue with ext storage but it was not repeatable. reboot fixed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Knox was triggered or whatever that means. It was just erased. Never cared for Knox. Yes, warranty voided but I've had my note 8 for almost a year and I've found Samsung phones to be built like tanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Exactly, Knox is crap lol.

Useless pretty much.

Ive always told ppl who are on here, if your worried about warranty odds are good your on the wrong site lol

sent from my Exynos S9 plus, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
yep I've even had Samsung fix broken screens for free rooted lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
Has any review gone over how the haptic feedback feels ? Kind of shame almost all android phones have terrible haptic feedback when comparing to iPhones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
You're comparing apples to oranges. Who cares? It's Samsung, they've had the same haptic feedback for years. Btw, you're using an iPhone in xda [emoji33]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] htc fan89:
I like to have have iOS and android phones. I’m really tempted in getting the note, battery life is really top notch. Something Apple gotta learn if they wanna also be top notch.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Gross. I'd never touch an iOS product.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] funkydude101:
Anyone who ordered a 512 have their Cancel Items button disappear from their order status page? Mine is still there despite ordering the second it was available online on the 9th.

Called customer service...first time the guy was like "actually regarding the note 9s...." *disconnected *

Lol ugh!

Second time was a clueless csr who didn't speak English well and just said the phone would ship on the 22nd.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] funkydude101:
Online chat CSR assured me that that my 512 would ship this week. The delay applies to new orders they said.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] arthvpatel:
Hi All,

has anyone purchased a samsung phone through pre-order on Amazon?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] funkydude101:
there are no pre-orders for Amazon in Canada.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] arthvpatel:
Are you sure

https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-Galaxy-Note9-Unlocked-SM-N960WZBAXAC/dp/B07G5M6NCK?ref=ast_p_ep
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] funkydude101:
oh fair enough i didn't see that in a search on amazon for some reason.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] arthvpatel:
I have faith in amazon for delivering it on time, but it does not gurantee anything so just wondering if anyone has ordered through them before for pre-orders and delivery timings
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
What a joke, for another 240 you can have the 512gb version lol. 1300 is way too much for the 128gb version and especially that one with a locked bootloader

sent from my Exynos S9 plus, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I try every new iPhone myself. So far my record is 10 days with the iPhone 7. Lasted a whole 5 days with the iPhone X????

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If haptic feedback really matters to you. Try the LG G7. Its taptic engine is the closest to Apple I've ever seen on an android phone. It even has a notch ?

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For that price that s**t has to last. I mean put it on my will and pass it down to my grandson last???
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] whips:
I ordered mine from Amazon Canada. I had a $350 gift card sitting around so it was a no-brainer to go with amazon. It's my first pre-order so I have no idea how fast the shipping is going to be. I'm hopeful it will be within 2 weeks of the 24th worst case.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] funkydude101:
Anyone get any indication their order is going to ship tomorrow?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] diggmc:
Excited huh ? -- we'll probably see something later today.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] funkydude101:
Well I'm just anxious because I think Samsung ****ed up my pre-order. Ordered the 512gb version first few minutes it came available online. But my pre-order status doesn't say anything, not even Processing. And the Cancel Order button is still there.

Despite everyone else's pre-order saying Processing and the Cancel Order button disappearing.

I've asked several CSRs and haven't gotten anywhere yet.

Really really wanting it to ship tomorrow because going to Japan on Monday...wanted the big battery and camera for my trip.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I think its magisk and I was trying different builds ... Not sure which version might have caused it...

Still trying to figure out a stable version in 18.2

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This worked for me... I might have gone over this file so many times but never noticed this.

Thanks... But now I am thinking... Why do I even need this icon???... lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
takes up space
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
For the same reason you have wifi calling icon.

It is certainly not necessary, but I look at it this way. It takes exactly same space as wifi calling icon does. So net difference in total space taken is zero. And when it's gone I notice, and can quickly go and toggle volte off and on and force connection.

Sometimes after reboot and/or while switching from tower to tower, or from Roaming to home, ims can glitch and fail to connect.

Having ims volte and wifi calling is important on freedom, more so than on other providers. Although I used to have these same glitches on rogers previously, so this is not just this phone or this network.

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