yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobafettv:
If you are thinking of joining read terms and conditions very carefully I previously had a Note 4 joined to upgrade to a Note 7 however it was withdrawn before I could get one so was offered an S8+ as the Note 8 would not be available for a few months I took that and after 12 months was told could upgrade to an S9+ really liked having the stylus so thought no I will wait till the Note 9, so when its release date was announced I applied only to be told you can only upgrade like for like and as it was more than 13 months since I purchased my phone I was no longer eligible to upgrade at all basically it means if Samsung bring out a new phone 13 months after you buy your phone from them you cant upgrade to it!!! Now I could have bought into this if it was a no cost upgrade but its not you are terminating one agreement and taking a new one out for another 24 months. I would be interested to know anyone's thoughts on this is it just me that thinks this is a bit of backward marketing or am I just being grumpy?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] drmacrofish:
Just you mate. [emoji16] Lol. Take the phone you have and sell it to pay it off and then buy the one you want. No big deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mgbosshogg:
The upgrade allows you to pay the phone off and leave it at anytime. Just do that and rejoin the note 9 one.

It's 0pc , so nothing to lose.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] trickie69r:
This is why I have 2 contracts for the Samsung Upgrade Program one for the S range and one the Note range.

I then upgrade straight after the new device has been announced.

That way every 6 months I have a new flagship device.

Have been doing that for the last 4 years.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] pratik_193:
Hey guys,

Does anyone know what's the encryption level supported by p20 pro and how do i check it?

My organization has disabled any mobile device to connect which does not support 256 bit encryption, this level of encryption is only on iphone's & knox enabled Samsung phones.

Hence wanted to know the encryption level supported by p20 pro.

Thanks in advance.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] pratik_193:
No one guys?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] walkerx:
I've chased Huawei again for an answer, only been waiting since May and constantly chasing each month, so not sure when they will reply
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] walkerx:
I've finally had an update from Huawei

So by default the device is not encrypted
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] krs360:
That's f*ing ridiculous!! It's 2018!!
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] walkerx:
another reason to not buy the next huawei device
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
Really bizarre why full encryption is unavailable on the Pro. If there's no way to enable it, then ya, I might avoid Huawei for my next phone as well.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] pratik_193:
Me too, this is gonna be my last Huawei
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] soniva:
Guys, are you sure this is correct? If you read the EMUI 8.0 Security Technology White Paper on consumer-img.huawei.com/content/dam/huawei-cbg-site/en/mkt/legal/privacy-policy/EMUI%208.0%20Security%20Technology%20White%20Paper.pdf it seems to indicate that the entire phone is encrypted using HW key (HUK):

"To ensure data security, user data is encrypted using a hardware-based hardware unique key

(HUK) and user lock screen passcode. Data files of different apps are stored in the directories

of the corresponding apps, so that the files of one app cannot be accessed by other apps. The

data erasure function is provided for permanently erasing data during device recycling or

factory default restoration to prevent illegitimate data restoration."

and then:

"The AES256 hardware encryption/decryption used by the secure storage function is

compatible with the GlobalPlatform TEE standard. The secure storage keys are derived by the

HUK and not sent outside of the TrustZone. Data encrypted using the keys cannot be

decrypted outside of the TrustZone"
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] walkerx:
Got the info from Huawei stating there is no default encryption on the device
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] soniva:
Yes, I saw that earlier in the thread. But as others are saying - "it's crazy not to support this" :)

Just wondering if I should trust Huaweis official white paper on security and privacy or a person in customer support. I would expect them to provide the same answer. Assuming I'm reading the white paper correctly, encryption is on by default for the entire phone, with some additional safety-level for personal files (i.e. docs and images).

We have similar policies for our company-services utilized on phones and I am allowed to download, read and send e-mails on my P20 Pro just as on phones I've used earlier (with explicit encryption). Which is also the reason for following up on this issue. Either my phone is ok, the policy is not working as intended or my phone is reporting the wrong answer when queried from the server "are you encrypted". The last one would be the most critical I guess.

Also note the last comment on this thread: forums.androidcentral.com/huawei-mate-10-mate-10-pro/865831-does-pro-have-full-device-encryption-like-most-phones-now-9-did-not.html
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] David Horn:
To put it bluntly, I wouldn't trust any Chinese device when it comes to encryption. I'm not surprised that the P20 Pro is unencrypted. I used to have a OnePlus 3 that was encrypted (according to OnePlus, anyway...), yet when I factory reset it through the bootloader and gave to a family member, half my apps and SMS messages were still on the phone. when they signed in with their own Google account.

If you want data security, I think Samsung and the Knox platform is about as good as you're going to get. Apple won't give governments advice on how to decrypt iPhones, but I'm pretty sure it's possible with the right third party equipment.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] soniva:
This is the answer I got from Huawei customer support:

So based on this, and the white paper mentioned previously, the devices are encrypted.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] walkerx:
I've replied to my email from Huawei advising to confirm as we are getting different answers from support staff (my updates are coming from the UK Technical Support Team)

Update: Further from my post earlier, I've now had more information back from Huawei who have confirmed there is encryption by default, so have asked them to ensure all staff know as I seem to be getting incorrect information (especially from one member of staff)
[Nokia 5.1 Questions & Answers] user123845:
It does not have Level3 out of the box, raw is not available. camera2 probe shows Legacy. Open Camera does not show the camera2 option.

Visually, the rear camera aperture is as small as the one on meizu m2, if not smaller.

can't add picture since I'm a new user
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] drakaina:
Do not ask for an ETA

Once the mods start getting onto people for asking, I'll take my dev work off site. I don't want to upset mods and admin over people being impatient.

I've been looking and root isn't available yet for the Snapdragon version. I've created root access for a few devices so far, be it years ago. I want root, so I've decided to start dev work on my own. Can't say how long it will take, or if I will be able to, but anyone that is willing to test or help, feel free to comment and say so, since help would be greatly appreciated. Testers are needed.

First off though, what advancements have been made so far? Several posts I've seen have dead links to data, so to start, I'll need to know what's been done already. No need to reproduce failed outcomes.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] drakaina:
Reserved for future links.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] jflow36:
One guy flashed a combination version of the firmware and got the OEM unlock toggle to show on a SM-G960U. It switched on and off but I am not sure if it actually unlocked the bootloader or not. There is a TWRP already ported to the Snapdragon version as well, although only for the Chinese and Hong Kong version, it should work on our device if you can get the bootloader unlocked first. I have been scouring online and in the forums since the phone came out and that's all I nave found thus far. Im sure you already know these things, but I figured I would say it just in case you weren't aware. Hope you get it figured out! Good luck! ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] maherwaleed:
Hello, i've just finished reading all above and from what I've read I can tell that not all hopes are lost as well I'm offering my help to be a (TESTER) for any attempts you wanna try, however, please note that I'm NO DEV just a user who would like to his phone rooted ASAP that's all, so please explain the commands that you would give me and the steps. plz PM me so I can get you my contact info
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ChongoDroid:
It ain't happening with the known exploits.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] drakaina:
Ok, so far I have a few routes I plan to take that have worked on other devices. Working on the first, but not at the moment. The rude comment compelled me to post my own. Devs don't follow old ways of doing things so get that out of your head if you want to think forward, not backwards. I have found what could be an exploit in the rom itself that "might" be the starting point to get root access. This is NOT an ETA but hopefully we can start testing in the next few weeks.

I'll say it now, don't get overly excited a possible exploit has been found. I make no guarantee on it being THE exploit needed. Just be patient, and if you have insight on a way to attack this or another possible exploit, do say so.

If anyone knows of the bootloader partition already having been copied, post a link. I share mine at the moment so I don't always have it around, so any of the bootloader data would help greatly.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
I saw no rude comment, just a dose of reality for you, a little thin skinned are we?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] drakaina:
You're continuing to be rude and attempting to derail the point of the thread. Meh, I'm getting back to work since it not good to feed trolls. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
Pretty sure placeholder threads are not allowed on XDA...
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
I am making presence known now. I will be watching this closely

Technicly this thread don't even need to exist right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Myself and a handful of other people involved in us snapdragon s8/s8+/n8+ took a brief crack at it a little while ago to no avail. I don't want to go into too many details on here as 1) Samsung is watching surely and 2) the contents from the peanut gallery get old quick but here are the cliff notes. Feel free to pm me here or on telegram for more details. (Backstory on me, I created samfail which was the first/only n8 root method and the second for the s8/s8+ and the only published one beyond bootloader v1.

- samfail is 100% patched. No known way to modify system

- you can't mix combo boot with stock images anymore. Samsung got wise to that. Figured out how to track it if we can force write a system image

- there is a ton of new system level security because they had to move out of the boot image due to treble. Probably the first big nail in the coffin I'm.

- don't waste your time on the oem unlock toggle in the combo/factory rom. No it doesn't unlock the bootloader. The us snapdragons don't respect it's value outside of turning off frp, but that was with the s8 idk if it is still true on the s9.

- the other poster is right about the anti root thing. It's in the open source kernel code. If anything being exexuted under uid 0 matches a list of common/known root mods/not stuff that is supposed to be there, instant kernel panic. Things like "binary is called BusyBox" are on that list.

This was the point I gave up. Partially because I don't have the device so testing is extremely difficult (I wised up this year and purchased a intl. Snapdragon sm-g9650 which has full oem unlock just like the exy).

In sure there's things in forgetting right now and again, being too transparent here results in root method bring patched faster, hit me up if you want more brain dump
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] jflow36:
Although I have seen a lot worse on these threads, his comment was pretty negative, which is what we do not need in this thread. I wish people would just keep their thoughts to themselves if they have nothing to add to the discussion. I also will test so let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i also have a g965u and have been trying various mwthods to no avail at this point.. we need new exploits to be found.. all the obvious stuff will not work
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] zzEvilGeniuszz:
It is because of this is why I will never buy another Galaxy phone. I need root.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
Just don't buy snapdragon, the Exynos S9s are unlocked
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] zzEvilGeniuszz:
You cannot buy Exynos from a carrier. You have to buy directly from Samsung for that. I know because I requested a Exynos variant. Sprint said they couldn't (or wouldn't) give me one.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ChongoDroid:
edit: nvm not worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] thegreatkazoo:
i talked to samsung a couple months ago before i got my s9 and they told me they wont sell you one directly with the Exynos. I was going to get the s8 with the exynos if they would of sold me one. They wouldn'ty so i bought a tmobile s9 with my carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
has anyone been able to reboot phone into edl mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Lol you never learn:p:p:p
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] xdamember143:
Is there a bounty for this ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
haha just wondering since i have g965u rev2 edl files
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] kushman:
I've given up hope for Sammy but vpn help with ads and u1 helped with apn for my other needs Debloated. As far as theme goes use Sammy themes. I'll be buying unlocked and confirmed root only after this phone
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] seen_bawl:
as far i get in my phone i access Qualcomm usb setting

im not sure if this option important or no i attach 2 photos
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ChongoDroid:
Use adb for debloat
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] kushman:
That is one way I use the u1 being its debloated plus I'm able to edit my apn this is prob most important thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ChongoDroid:
I know but I mean you can use adb to debloat stuff like the stock launcher etc. Lots of Samsung bloat.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] kushman:
Ah yeah fr sure now we just need root and everything will bee all gravey but I'm just waiting til phone paid and I'll for ever be done with Sammy..
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] matthewacbroad:
Messaged
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
is that on stock rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] seen_bawl:
Yes stock rom
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] lokio27:
Unlocked rom I assume?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] seen_bawl:
no its not i dont even have OEM unlock option

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[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] MikeCh:
Att S9 plus can't go into download mode

Snap twrp don't work on my att s9 plus.

Mine refuse to to go to download mode.

Although I have fast boot and did oem unlock command, it reboots and then I can still see the oem unlock option in dev setting, mybe its unlocked not sure.

Anybody knows of twrp to try?

Chinese snapdragon version say wrong size, errors when I fastboot flash it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
did you guys notice we have "[ro.oem_unlock_supported]: [1]"

also, you can run adb shell setprop service.adb.root 1 , it will let you set that then su, but afterwards it stops letting you type
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Nice try, but su doesn't even exist on stock or combo firmware. Did you just make this up?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
The set ADB root command works the other just blinked for me and I can't type anymore, doesn't give the ampersand but makes me question why it does that.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Nothing outside of very specific operations performed by init are permitted to happen as root by the selinux policy. Even if adb were misconfigured in a way that would allow this, selinux enforcement would prevent anything from being executed as root.

Even if there was a hole accidentally left in the selinux policy (there isn't), if you successfully were to run any unexpected commands as root (like for example, "busybox", something run by 90% of mods out there) your device would immediately kernel panic as all released Oreo kernels have blacklist based kernel root protection now. The only way past it is a kernel patch which means a bootloader unlock would be required for anything to have a prayer of being useful.

I wasn't happy about this either but it's the way it is. The only workable "solution" I am aware of is to purchase an international snapdragon device which are fully bootloader unlockable, which doesn't help those with the device already unfortunately.

Sorry to hammer the point so much but I want to make it very clear that people should not buy these devices any longer expecting this to change, and should take this into account when making their next device purchase
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Due to the same chipset being used, has anyone compared things in great detail to see what in particular allows the unlock on the international variant vs North American?

I'm surprised this has never been exploited (to my knowledge anyway).
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Yes it was looked into years ago with the s8.

The international models use a different certificate authority for their firmware, making international firmware not compatible with us models and vice versa. Flashing it will result in a "hard brick" to Qualcomm 9008 mode (aka edl). The unlock mechanisms in the intl edition simply dont exist (or are ignored) in the USA firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Makes sense, I remember you from the s8 forums actually.

Thanks for the info!

Any chance of the exploit you discovered ever working on our device?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Already tried it, doesn't work unfortunately
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] philiptibbs:
Nothing works for S9+ I'm about to go back to Note 8 or S8+ . It's a waste of time for S9+ .
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] BLACKHATN5:
I have the engineer version of g960u it's a top secret rom I paid someone with samsung server access to acquire it

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[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] partcyborg:
Let me guess, it won't boot on your device right? Eng firmware on modern devices requires a special device certificate to boot the bootloader or the boot image. However the system image alone could maybe get you somewhere as that is how sampwnd worked. However even if you get root, the kernel level anti root protection will prevent you from running anything interesting
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
if its the firmware he posted then its not even ENG lol.. 5 character from the right to left wouldbe an E and even combos would start with FA80 making it easy todistinguish
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] BLACKHATN5:
To get access

To access the room only certain IPS are allowed to connect to

Samsungs server after getting access I choose this file it

Unlocked my hotspot added a superb caller I'd and some other nifty features but it pretty much gave me the things I

Would want out of root. As a developer you understand they aren't gonna label things completely the same as they use to in the past
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] guest_2011:
I'm new to this thread looking into galaxy s9 north american unlocked (snapdragon SM-G960?). If there's no root yet or not possible for s9+ i assume same is for snapdragon s9, root not possible?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] xelanetloads:
I've been searching for a thread like this...

Has anyone thought about tricking Samsung Smart Switch into installing different firmware than intended.

Samsung Smart Switch needs the model number and serial to achieve device initialization. Since international Snapdragons have the unlocked bootloader and same hardware, has anyone took the serial number and tried to initialize US snapdragon?

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Also is it possible to change the CID to one of the SD Latin America models to trigger OEM unlock.

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I have the AT&T Note 9 and a T-Mobile Note 8. If anyone has the Latin American "Claro Mobile" of any of these models and want to share there serial number--I can try the device initialization option in Samsung Smart Switch to see if it will flash the firmware successfully. Then wait the 7 days to see if OEM unlock will appear.

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Even though the hardware is the same, ODIN will not flash the firmware. But I think Smart Switch may not even check since it's a "emergency initialization" Definitely worth a shot IMHO...

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Even if Smart Switch does detect we are using a specific version of the phone, we might be able to trick it into thinking we actually have the Latin America model. Its computer based software so it shouldn't be too difficult.

The Latin America Note 9 model number is SM-N9600 which is the same as the HK model. It's the same exact phone as the US Note 9 in terms of hardware.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
That's correct.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Drymarchon:
Is there a thread like this for s9 (SM-G960U) root dev? is anyone working on root for the s9 Snapdragon?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] cameljockey1:
Just a thought. On the Verizon pixel 2 phones. Verizon has a locked down bootloader as well. I remember someone putting the phone apk through adb and disabled it and than went through development mode and had the unlock bootloader feature available. Would this work on ours.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] beatbreakee:
Hey Matthew sorry I've been away.. DM me and I'll send you my cell number and email...if you are still wanting to punch Samsung's kernel and kick the secure boot in it's nuts... I'm still game to attempt whatever you tell me. I want root , or at least R/W access or this phone is going to be traded for it's little brother the S8+... Cuz at least we got samfail
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
the pixel 2 has oem unlock in settings already, its just greyed out unless they do the phone trick..

they also still need to use fastboot to run the oem unlock command which sammy doesnt have fastboot