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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeggaMortY:
Anyone notice the tracking auto focus is now disabled if you have video settings for 1080p/60? Even for the photo mode. It was definitely there before the update for these settings, I think only video modes like 4k60fps didn't support it or whatever.

Please find a way to get it back :( I already restarted the phone and no dice.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeggaMortY:
Yes, video didn't support it, but you could still have the feature active for photos. Now photos don't use tracking auto focus if I have video set at 1080p/60fps.

When I say photos I mean the photo mode, not video mode with snapshots shortcut or whatever.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kikoexe:
noted on this, apologies for hijacking the thread
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donkito:
It seemed that during exact this period one of my 2 sticks of RAM had a bad partition and almost all of my software showed some kind of problems (most of them smaller and harder to notice), but after I found out the problem I have immediately recognized all of them at once & connected the dots.

I am downloading the file once again on my laptop. Hopefully I will update you with more information soon. Thank you for your advice :)

Update: Yep, I was right about the RAM problem. It appears that because of the bad partition in my RAM module I was gettin all of these nasty errors and was unable to update my phone. I tried from my laptop and everything went smoothly without any issue at all. I confirm that the files are not corrupted (but my RAM module is :) ) and the problem was local.

Thanks once again for the support and for the fast replies! You are all awesome as always! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jnvdh06:
I have an XFA device which I updated with the latest DBT firmware.

I now feel as if my data connection isnt as stable (could be due to region specific settings)

I was on CSA2 and updated to CSDE.

Will I be able to roll back to my original firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Yes. Same bootloader revision, so you can flash back to CSA2 which is a very old build.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] a7medfx:
I agree, my network data shows weak in areas where I have not experienced weak signals before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] shawnaye:
Hey guys, my note 9 is currently on CSD2 built flashed via Odin when it was released.

I live in Singapore and as such i don't wish to lose my Samsung Pay upon flashing the latest CSDE.

Just wanna double check before proceeding, i've seen everyone say we should clean flash.

So should i flash with HOMECSC or CSC?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
If you flash with CSC_OXM, your device will stay on Singapore CSC as long as a local Singaporean SIM card is inserted in the device before, during and after the flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] doki81:
yes..just download the latest CSDE using the samfirmware...flash in odin using home_csc ...all will be good.

my samsung pay still kicking as per normal. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
The update arrived yesterday via OTA. Quick sum up - massive update, there are reasons why it was rushed prior May update. Things I noticed:

1. Camera wide selfie

2. Night mode scheduling option

3. Sound is a lot better via the speakers - clearer, louder, more bass and the earpiece speaker is better balanced

4. Now you can tweak the volume level finely in games (prior you had only the "steps" and no fine adjustment)

5. Fixed the bug that if you turn of dolby for gaming, dolby will auto turn off and stay off after you quit the game

6. Fixed dolby for gaming - now it's not super loud at low steps and "sound breaking" loud at high steps, it's properly balanced and better sound overall if one like it

7. Fixed the bug that caused 12fps animation if you pull quick settings from the locksscreen and you have 1440p + custom wallpaper. Now it's smooth

8. While gaming heavy games the phone is now not that hot (as it was in oreo, became super hot in the last android 9 updates)

9. To continue from 8 - better battery life under heavy gaming while the performance is the same, i.e. smooth

10. Few animations improves around the UI, minor - but on place

11. The phone seems smoother overall

Overall, literally like the main team that was dragged for s10 lineup - was returned to the note 9 to fix other dev team "lets roll out the update, we will fix later" f up.

Edit: 12. Better sound via headphones too
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
There's no update.zip CSA2->CSDE

Update via your phone (as suggested by your phone) or download the Odin-file
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] translpro:
They just start working on note 10 build , note 9 build is a platform
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
You should give it a few days/charges to settle. It's as smooth or smoother. Currently using it, no problems (from CSA2 ;) ). My wifi/4g are also just as good, but I live in area with good reception (i.e. will not notice slight drop in signal strength).

Edit: Also samsung pushed keyboard update yesterday, so there is that. If you have issues with the keyboard, it's more likely to be the app update than the OS update (or if you didn't install the keyboard update - do so).

Edit 2: Today, after it "settled down" it's defo smoother/speedier vs CSA2. Also battery life is too defo better with a lot (example - facebook, some browsing, viber/messenger @ full resolution and no powersavings whatsoever, 4G only - 10h on battery, over 2 hours screen on time, 1:20h listening to music via poweramp - 64% battery lieft. On CSA2 with similar usage I would be around 50-54%. Right now I can easily reach 6h+ SOT with heavy usage not involving gaming, on CSA2 this was 5h SOT tops). Gaming is even more contrast - less heat while doing so, same smoothness and a lot better battery life currently.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lola22i:
Hello .. i dont know why i dont recieve ota updates so i decide to update via odin ..

I want to ask if the firmware shared here is the correct one for me or i have to flash another one ..

Here are the screenshots of software info ..

Thanks in advance ..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Well: you don't receive OTA-updates, because CSA7 (your current build) was never released in your country...

When you install CSDE-build, found here in the thread, you'll receive OTA again (this build is also released in your country Morocco).

Flash AP BL CP & HOME_CSC_OXM and your data will stay intact...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lola22i:
Thank you so much for your quick answer ..

I really appreciate your help ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
Another fixed bug: when you use "reduced animations" the recent menu now is smooth and not "one card at a time". This is more a change than bug fix, but a good one non the less.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] FYL21:
Ugh, really disappointed by the camera after this update.

1. Telephoto camera is very rarely used. I was out shooting photos of a cruise ship by the beach in well-lit conditions, and the camera decided to use 4.3mm wide camera for all the shots and videos I took. Only way around this is to use Live Focus but of course this doesn't work for video.

2. Tracking autofocus is now disabled for still photos if you have 4K resolution selected for video. Quite dumb that they took this out of video capture in the first place with Android Pie (along with Pro options).

On a more positive note, Bluetooth connection is more reliable. My true wireless earbuds (Astrotec S60 4.2 version) have a much better connection and less cut-outs using AAC (I was getting skips every 5-6 minutes before). However, I've noticed there is a "death grip" where sound likely cuts out when I hold the top-left corner of the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jordiz86:
Tele camera was always active only in live focus... I made some try (with oreo and pie) and obscuring the tele camera never obscured photos, only in love focus... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] FYL21:
Not for me under most outdoor conditions . On Oreo and Pie up until May, it would usually only be deactivated when in indoor lighting, shade or if the subject is too close to be focused. Other situations, like viewing towards a lake, ocean or pond, usually have no issues. I had made sure this by covering the image and also the photo metadata saying 6.00mm instead of 4.3mm. It was only after this update I started noticing more and more situations where only digital zoom would be. I guess they got complaints that the autofocus was worse with the telephoto lens, but under the conditions where I've used it it usually works fine (it only hunts focus in very low light or overcast conditions). It's rather counter-intuitive for Samsung to restrict the feature considering companies like Huawei are pushing for longer zoom lenses.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
Because samsung tele is just not that good to begin with... atleast in the s9+/note 9. I guess they found out that you actually can take a better photo via digital zoom vs tele in X conditions that previously used tele.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jordiz86:
Sorry, always tried indoor...

Tried now at open and effectively the camera use tele for zoom! And now I'm on last csde! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] FYL21:
Not really, aside from poorer contrast and stronger post-processing, I still prefer the tele images due to the higher resolution. I've seen people say how tele is useless and we should all be using super-wide angle more blahblah, but I find many situations where I'd rather use tele. For example if I want to focus on a certain part of a landscape and not have unnecessary stuff in the foreground, or when I'm filming videos of animals from a reasonable distance (nothing too far, but ducks feeding for example). More importantly, it works for video so you get higher resolution when zooming (not sure if Samsung crops into the 4K frame for additional digital zoom or if it crops down from the full 12MP). Samsung's digital zoom sampling is pretty good, but you still can't beat having more resolution. I paid the price of this phone expecting to be able to use these features but instead Samsung is gradually taking them away from us.

However, it seems like there might be a metadata error if you record video, so the tele lens is used but is erroneously reported as 4.30mm. In the video I took it definitely looks like the tele lens was used as it transitioned to an out of focus image and re-focused itself afterwards.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] FYL21:
Ok, I ran some more tests. In some of the 4.30mm images, the camera definitely still uses the 6.00mm lens. So for the most part it seems like a metadata error after the update rather than actually using the 4.30mm lens.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jnvdh06:
I'm a bit confused. I have an XFA device and would like to change to XFE and still receive OTA updates.

The latest build for XFA is CSA2 so I flashed the CSA2 update of XFE, using HOME CSC to keep my data.

The latest update for XFE is CSDE but I haven't received that OTA yet.

I thought I would receive OTA's if I flash a build that was released for both CSCs.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
It has been mentioned several times already in this thread:

You can't change CSC's by flashing "specific firmware", in your case "XFE" on a "XFA"-device.

Both CSC's are part of Multi-CSC OXM. Probably your device-code is XFA (South Africa), or the best CSC for your SIM is XFA. (You can check this to go to "Software Info" on your device, scroll down to "Software Serviceprovider").

If you want to receive OTA on your device, you should have the latest firmware of XFA on your device, which is currently N960FXXU2CSA2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] vshainky08:
Sad to see that Libs are not working for front hdr+ in this version. Damn it Samsung !! Have to downgrade now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jordiz86:
Right, I tried the same and can confirm this! It's only graphic bug :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jostian:
So the tele lens doesn't work, if you select the tele lens and put your finger over the tele lens the picture is not blocked and you can still see your scene, not sure what's going on...

EDIT: ok I see, in darker scenes it uses the std lens (zoomed in) and in good light it switches to tele lens.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jnvdh06:
Which region's firmware do you normally upload?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Usually whatever region it first becomes available on, which is almost always Germany (DBT).

However the firmware can be flashed on any region as long as your current CSC is part of the OXM multi CSC.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jnvdh06:
Thank you.

I am XFA (South Africa) Do you think flashing DBT will have any effect on network reception ie 4g/3g. I flashed it before but it seemed to switch to 3g more often. I don't if this was just network issues or coincidence.

Is network settings determined by my sim CSC?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
It shouldn't have a major effect unless Samsung has made large scale changes to the modem between the build you're on and the latest one.

And yes, most network and modem parameters are determined by the active CSC on your phone, which will remain on XFA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jnvdh06:
Thanks. Keep up the great work
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dryspuri:
I am in India, hve current version with CSC4 with march security , can i update using the firmware here, will i get VOLTE on airtel and JIo. can any one here confirm this from India. also will i get security updates or OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dryspuri:
to answer my question, i used csde version, with dbt code, and VOLTE works for jio and airtel, now only thing remains to see is whether it will get OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
Dunno about video, but I can confirm that atleast in the metadata it's 4.30mm instead of 6.00mm... I also checked my old photos and there it's 6.00mm. I can confirm your observation on my phone too and the funny thing is - in super sunny weather and outdoors, still 4.30mm. Decorative sensor, I guess (or metadata error that is possible as the zoom picture quality is kinda decent for digital zoom)... also I am super sad how in pro mode you can't control anymore the "f" and also you can't force the zoom lens. Pro mode is not giving you control in kinda major two settings that you can want manually configured. :/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] paul_59:
Following on from comment about which camera lens is used:

I noticed that if on the normal lens and you use the zoom control it remains on normal lens until zoom of x 2 when it switches to 'telephoto ' lens, then any further zoom above x2 uses digital zoom on 'telephoto ' lens
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dragen23:
Hi, guys

you recommend after upgrading CSDE by OTA do wipe?

Wysłane z mojego SM-N960F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirankowshik:
Just updated manually to csde. Better sys performance and lesser heat compared to csa9 firmware
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dragen23:
You mean 3 files and Odin?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeeAyeZee:
Hi guys. Quick question, is it possible to go from the CSDE firmware back to the CSA2 firmware? I tried to flash it via odin but it didnt process it fully it just finished almost instantly and stayed on the same build. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
What odin odin version are you using? Make sure to use the latest one.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeeAyeZee:
I tried with several versions from the prince comsy version to the patched 3b version and also the latest and 3.12, 3.13. None of them would do it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
I downgraded from CSDE to CSA2 using v13 without problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Manson79:
Hi,

New update for XEF CSC with may security patch, available on Samfirm and Sammobile: N960FXXS2CSDJ/N960FOXM2CSDE/N960FXXS2CSDI/N960FXXS2CSDJ

I'm on XEF but I do not have it yet via OTA...

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
Try connecting your phone to Smart Switch then check again for OTA update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
N960FXXS2CSDJ (Multi-CSC OXM)

This ROM is the latest ROM for Multi-CSC OXM released 16 May 19, and can be used for ALL CSC's mentioned in Multi-CSC OXM!

This is official Samsung ROM, so KNOX won't be triggered!

What's new:

* OneUI Pie (Android 9)

* May security patches (Samsung Android Security Updates)

* The security of your device has been improved.

Model	SM-N960F

Model name	Galaxy Note9

Country	Multi-CSC OXM

Version	Android 9

Changelist	15792590

Build date	Mon, 29 Apr 2019 01:11:35 +0000

Security Patch Level	2019-05-01

Multi-CSC	OXM

PDA	N960FXXUSCSDJ

CSC	N960FOXM2CSDE

Details for download with SamFirm:

UN-ZIP the archive and place the files in the designated slots in Odin 3.13.1

HOME_CSC_OXM -> data will stay intact

CSC_OXM -> device will be resetted

SM-N960F OXM multi CSC ( ACR AFG AFR ATO AUT BGL BNG BRI CAC CAM CAU DBT DKR ECT EGY EUR ILO INS ITV KSA LAO LUX MID MWD MYM NEE NPL ORX PAK PHE PHN ROM SEB SEE SEK SKZ SLK THL THR TPH TUN TUR XEF XFE XME XSG XSP XTC XXV )

single : ( BTC BTU CPW GLB LYS MAT MM1 MTL NZC OPS PAN PNG PRO SIN SMA SMP STH TEB TEL TMC TNZ VAU VFJ VNZ WTL XFA XFN XNZ XSA )

by default : XEU
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] _bottle_:
Can you let me know the steps? I m stuck on March update
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirankowshik:
I followed the same steps as mentioned in the op. Used odin 3.13 and flashed

---------- Post added at 08:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:13 AM ----------

In detail

- Use samfirm tool to download relevant firmware. Wait till it completely decrypts

- Extract using 7zip or any other tool

- Open odin 3.13 and connect device to usb. Wait till device is recognized in odin

- select respective files in odin, ap bl cp csc

- Flash and wait to see success.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kirankowshik:
I tried downloading latest firmware with May Patch through SamFirm but gives an error 'Could not generate Nonce. Status code 901'. Is anyone else facing the same issue
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
You can use my AFH or MEGA mirror for CSDE.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Screenshot

Could someone post a screenshot of the "What's New" screen of the CSDJ-update?

Thanks already :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
CSDE is "April security patch"

CSDJ is "May security patch" ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Terribly sorry. Will have CSDJ download mirrors soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
I tried both BGL and XEF.. no OTA yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] stoyandim:
I am on BGL, waiting for OTA. Can install it manually but I am waiting to see if there is something else new, besides the May security patch.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
N960FXXS2CSDJ download links:

AndroidFileHost

MEGA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dragen23:
[MENTION=4704453]jaylence[/MENTION]

Why downgraded? this is really a bad update?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
There's nothing wrong with the CSDE update.

I just answered the question if it's possible to downgrade from CSDE to CSA2.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
If I may add, CSDJ update is only available via Smart Switch as of the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ferel:
Telephoto lens test video on s9plus

[youtube]St6lner8kq8[/youtube]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dragen23:
Respect for your courage ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] salahmed:
wrong post, sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Murali_ch21:
I checked my self on note 9. Looks like the telephoto lens is working with live focus mode only for (Bokeh effect).

Rest all modes uses only main lens .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3arthur6:
I don't understand discussions about telelens? You guys having issues using zoom x2?

If I put my finger in front of telelens in good light condition, in main photo mode, as soon as I zoom more than 2x, I see nothing else than my finger. Not in your case?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jordiz86:
Try on good light condition! I've ever tried indoor and always thinked that telephoto lens works only in live focus... But trying outdoor made the trick! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
Received the latest OTA (BGL), only security patch 98MB in size. Nothing new and none of the s9 May specific fixes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Could you post a screenshot of the "What's New"-screen, preferable in English?

Menu -> Software-update -> latest update
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
There you go.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
CSDE -->> CSDJ OTA File

http://secak-fota-dn.samsungdm.com/...=NMneSZ42mxryNwjbE2m131oHH0hH1RLGf2dcBI7Z3zw=
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Murali_ch21:
In this build, I notice battery life has been affected.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dragen23:
there are different opinions..which software has the best battery??

CSA2-CSDE-CSDJ ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Redraf:
What about this? I find on sammobile but nobody talk about... It seems a newest version of csdj

"N960FPUS2CSE1: The operating system of this firmware is Android 9 , with build date Thu, 09 May 2019 04:52:05 +0000. Security patch date is 2019-05-01, with changelist 15792590"
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
Because:

1. That firmware isn't part of multi-csc OXM

2. It has the same changelist as the latest CSDJ firmware for OXM.

3. CSE1 is just the CSC build version which I think doesn't differ much with CSDE.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
It's not a 'newer version' of CSDJ.

It's a May build for Russia.

If you notice, normal builds are labeled N960FXXU2CSDE but Russian builds are labeled N960FPUS2CSE1.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3arthur6:
FP or For Poutin, it makes sense:laugh: Sorry..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] t-shock:
I dont know if my issue is releated with the latest update (or not at all) BUT, after updating to the May security patch, my phone is buzzing whenever I'm using the telephoto lens (2x zoom or live bokeh)

I have changed 2 Note9s so far. This is going to be my last one......
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] wire.rat:
Post wrongly, sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Murali_ch21:
Is this latest... in oxm version?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaylence:
No. CSDE is still on April Security Patch.

CSDJ is the latest.