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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
i had wifi issues too. i cant remember what i did and which rom. but it was last week. and the problem with high contrast themes was some notifications were almost unreadable. i bet they fixed those since night mode is embedded and wouldint make sense to have this bug on an official setting where as the themes were 3rd party made but "signed as being samsung"( i think both the orange and blue black themes had that issue)

also since sometimes TiBu can be weird( specially when changing OS revisions even when choosing not to restore data, app only), this time around i let google restore all my apps. took a while... a long while but it worked perfectly.

edit:

and then once they are all restored and setup ( foogle even restore data!) i take back an other full tibu backup to bring my backup up to PIE specs. ( yeah i jumped ship and not going back to oreo lol had 3 full days of good battery usage. plus now this night theme was enough for me..not to mention viper is sorta working if you start it manualy each time... system kills it seems its not running as a service like oreo it needs the front end to be open...i tried locking it but still needed to quit and reopen it after a reboot)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Yeah after spending time to do a complete setup, I'm not going back either. But constant increase in samsung security, doesn't give me much to play with. With this trend they might as well lock bootloader worldwide. Not that I want this, but it's where things are going.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
lol

oh and i just remembred what broke my wifi:

libsecurestorage magisk module to fix blue tooth pairings issue
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
I don't use any magisk modules, as I never found them really usefull, or working properly with my phones. I had my suspects, but would take as long to troubleshoot as to do a new setup.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I really love magisk... Some of the modules I use are in the screen shot

I used v4a for a long time it with note 9, the sound quality was quite bad with v4a.. hence I started for looking for other options...finally found the mods in the magisk module ...

Now the music is back to awesome...View attachment 4690641
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
have you guys benched the phone since on pie?

i cant remember what my scores were on a stock no apps oreo build but these aint bad for an exynos full of apps..

https://browser.geekbench.com/user/Bober101
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
I can certainly appreciate that you can find use for magisk modules, and don't gete wrong I'm not against them in any form specifically. It's just that when I had opportunity to use xposed versions, I would choose them over magisk variants, and I generally found magisk modules seem to cater mor towards many other phones, rather than Sammy, and consequently would not work on it.

As for sound modules, I stopped using them as well as YouTube vanced. Former because I rarely listen to music and most of my listening is to audiobooks via bt headphones, so all the enhancements are lost on me. When I do listen music, I guess due to age, I can nor really distinguish nuances, and stock options seem enough. Vanced root version i have actually installed, but since we in Canada got YouTube premium, and I complained and got grandfathered, can't remember when I turned it on.

That being said, having options is always better than not.

Lol I'm always grumpy when I find more and more things break for us with android updates, and lack of alternatives elsewhere.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Only benchmark apps I use are generally external SD card benchmarks.

On the other topic.

I really feel that pie csc once we get Canadian version has stayed same.

Based on fact that I really can't find any glitches with your test version.

Appreciate that you had added some more options for us on GLW csc. Can you doe a favour? In the future releases, if you go through trouble of editing files anyways, can you leave the xml's unencrypted so that we can add more stuff on the fly?

Personally I always add call recording option and used data on notifications, just to name a few. And while I can and will copy files to pc and unencrypt, then copy back. This would save time.

Just another observation for my one and only other freedom/international model friend, if he reads this. On pie call handover from wifi calling to mobile, and back work flawlessly, just like it does on Canadian version oreo. On oreo international, call would drop when switching. The other observation is that I can't enable VoLTE indicator the way I could on oreo by editing customer xml.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
yeah. what ill do is unencrypted them all. i also noticed that there are new/more providers in the firmware than the choices given in aroma. so when ever pie comes to the W's, ill probably fix that. and thinking of dropping the note 8 csc too as i dint think anyone is using it....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Well even here, there's really only 3 of us talking lately, with force70 sometimes dropping in, although he seemed to be getting burned out lately, judging by the tone of his comments lately (people that don't read are getting to him)

The Canadian model folks have gotten tired of usual talk about cases and screen protectors leaving only us.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
Well once a locked device is received and setup, then what else is there to say? Lol this thread died the minute the users accomplished that very thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Sadly we might be heading there too. Thankfully not just yet.

BTW. TEKHD has found a way to launch IMS settings with shortcut master lite. Details on his site. Tested.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I thought we could always launch ims settings with shortcut master lite... The only problem was that they did not stick....

I am kind of fedup of Koodo and Volte... Setting show as Volte and Vowifi provisioned but IMS is not registered. ....

Cannot leave Koodo with their amazing pricing plan I am on now and free international calls to select countries...

Will wait till Pie comes to N960w and I hope some miracle happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Can't launch it on pie the regular way anymore. And they were sticking for me once I figured what I needed to do on oreo (both on n9 and s8 once I left rogers). Basically to launch on pie, gotta trick it by saving as favorite, then rapidly press till it asks you for root, then same to launch it. More details at TEKHD site.

Are you sure you're provisioned properly? I wouldn't rely on CSR word. Check by putting your sim in Koodo samsung phone that is supported officially. Make sure you get it working on that phone first.

Then in IMS on your phone put the sim back in amd follow the advice I gave few days ago to my buddy on freedom. Of course you're working with Koodo csc, but it's the same in there. IMS settings /profiles/Koodo volte/network enabled make sure it's wifi and lte checkmarked.

Then go back one step and select service. Then checkmark first 3 options for lte and first 3 for wifi.

Go back one step and press save icon, top right.

Go back to first screen, then to IMS service switch, then toggle off mmtel then on. Make sure volte, volte video, and sms over lte are checkmarked.

Reboot. Check if you have options wifi calling in dialer settings, volte in settings, networks.

Again, it is important that you know that you can connect for both services with your sim on Koodo provider phone first (preferably s9 series or note 9). Only then will you know you're provisioned properly and that you have to concentrate on your phone next.

Or you can play with the phone first, what I wrote, then if it doesn't work, check provisioning on Koodo phone.

Don't take it the wrong way. Maybe you did all this times before. Just making sure step hasn't been skipped.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I did not realize the issue with pie... I may have accidentally clicked it a few times and got root access.. :D

It is provisioned... I did use a device check info app and it shows provisioned... Even Koodo tech support level 3 or 4 said that everything looks good on their end.. For them its showing as active...

I tested with an iphone for a few days and it works well..

I will try out what you suggested and let you know...

Edit: Tried exactly what u said but no go
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dakore:
Did you maybe restore wifi access points via Titanium? I rember loosing wifi when doing this on some other phones/roms. Probably due to some changes between vendors/rom versions...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Sorry it did not work for you.

Curious, which app exactly and where does it show provisioning. Cause you confused me there. Edit: got it. That reflects IMS settings, but if the IMS refuses to connect.... Strongly suspect carrier side issue.

Also, having something work on iPhone, does not exactly mean it works on Android. That is why I suggested you find someone with Koodo s9, s9+, or Note9. Preferably Note9.

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Lost Wi-Fi before restore because of some incompatibility between some patches, root apps, etc that are not playing nicely with dirty flash.

I Never restore any system settings or any system data with tibu. That's just a nono unless on same rom and playing, always has been.

Tibu for apps, and manual system setup after full reset in twrp solved it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
i remember reading in the Rogers forums that apple BYOD get provisioned over android. which made me hate them even more.( rogers and apple lol )

apparently the reason behind this is that apple releases OTA vs with android its the carriers them selves. not sure if this is true or not but that might explain why apple devices get provisioned regardless since they are maintained by apple and security patches should be more unilateral thus devices are more standardized. when an android byod comes to a providers network, its deemed un kosher lol or something
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I had an app in rom control in one of the roms I was testing ....I might go back to that rom and will get more info...

Also i might call koodo once more

Apple has contracts with most providers to give apple lots of control...even the phone unlocking works via apple.( not applicable anymore).

Android is so segmented and the network providers get to make all the calls...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Which is why I said to get your sim in android and get it working there. Apple is on a different provisioning system.

And because I know wifi calling registration apps are different between android manufacturers (recently played with friends LG and tried to enable wifi calling on telus, long story, he had to call in next day) , I suggested Koodo supported Samsung phone.

With regards to the app i think you're talking about. You can get it through nova shortcuts from settings app. Stock android users get it from *#*#4636#*#*.

You can also launch this from stock android dialer, patched to work on our phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkalltheway:
Folks, I've been on and off lately, but decided to drop by today. I have not yet updated to Pie...I've been using the CSC pack from bober for Oreo...I was going to install Alexander's Pie, but wasn't sure what would happen to the CSC...since this is my daily driver, I can't afford to have it out of service lol. Are you guys saying it's safe to update to pie now? I was thinking of dirty flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Lol. This is where force70 would tell you to read some back pages

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
well twrp is installed on your device. so what ever happens, youd have a backup.

technically if you dont revert to stock firmwar. Alex rom would copy your current CSC and restore it. if youencouter any issues just retore EFS and CARRIER CONFIGS partitions on top of pie.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Here is a screen shot showing provisioning but no real WiFi calling or vote
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
here is the same screen but with a fully operational carrier

edit

dunno whats going on with xda labs but its very dodgy..always has been...

heres a link instead for the image:

https://s.amsu.ng/f5hu1gyAmmaN

https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4694738&stc=1&d=1548610252
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
That only reflects whatever is setup on IMS settings app and not real carrier provisioning as I mentioned before. That menu shows direct provisioning only on pixel and close to google skins, not on our phone. For us IMS settings hooks and takes over.

I would give left testicle that your issues stem from carrier and nothing to do with your phone at this point.

But I'm just repeating myself and you did not respond if you tested your sim in Koodo galaxy phone.

Do you even know anyone with Koodo that has later gen galaxy?

Edit: I sincerely apologize if I'm coming off too strong.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Does anyone have any experience with combination firmware for our phone.

Other that frp lock bypass and csc change, does it allow access to the master codes.

Interested because of wanting to enable carrier aggregation for our phone.

So far in release firmwares ril has that menu locked tight. Even trying to trigger it will disable even simple ones like *#0011# from working until reboot.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Hey no worries.. I was kind of busy and did not get to reply to you well...

I agree this is to do with the career and not the device.. I tested with Telus sim and it worked well with no issues.... Koodo is a subsidary of Telus!!!!!!!!

I do not have access to Koodo android device that supports Volte nor know anyone who has one...... But that is something I will keep an eye out for....

Thank you once again for your insights...

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By our device, you mean N960w ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
can you get this to work :?

*#*#27663368378#*#*

apparently tif the code dosent bring up a hidden menu, it is supposed to work in a term emulator, which i tried and it dosent make any hidden menu appear:

am broadcast -a android.provider.Telephony.SECRET_CODE -d android_secret_code://27663368378

supposed to be a 1 liner. also give your self SU beforehand...

taken from :

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/75ru94/root_exynos_galaxy_s8_how_to_get_carrier/

more info here:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/help/carrier-aggregation-combination-t3619538

right now im in a piss poor covered place.( lol that didn't come out right...) ill check if i ever see CA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
[MENTION=537184]Techvir[/MENTION] nope. Since there's only 4 of us talking, by our device I mean n960f/fd

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Yeah none of those codes work for me whether dialer or terminal. Are you saying you can launch that menu?

The only thing that i can launch with our csc (with original f csc's none) related to modem are: *#0011, 2263, 197328640#

Another master code that is supossed to open up master settings *#2683662# just opens up empty page. Trying to cheat with menu/back, menu/q0000 also opens up empty page and temporarily locks out all other codes mantioned above,so they too open empty black page.

Saw you and [MENTION=537184]Techvir[/MENTION] active on combination firmware csc change thread, and any unrelated questions there are ignored, so wondered if any of you ever flashed it, and whether that somehow opens more opportunities and more relaxed security with regards to this.

I'll probably flash it at some point, when next time I have reason to, but now to busy with life to test for fun.

BTW for me on this phone on 0011 it says CA:NONE and on Canadian model it says CA:DISABLED at least on freedom sim and csc. On my friends s9+ also on freedom, it says CA:not available when not connected but it works ans switches to CA:ADD + frequency, when it does.

I managed to turn it on s8 international back when on nougat and had easy access to secret menu options. It has survived updates to oreo and firmware resets. Can't get there (the menu) anymore but ca works even on American providers (tested when I went skiing over holidays)

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
nope cant open that menu either.

and for me 0011, it says...:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
As a comparison this is my 0011 on freedom fd version original Singapore. Wondering about your phone background?

Looks slightly different, but more akin then Canadian version menu.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
And another on network as the first one was idling on wifi.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
hes 100% korean.

lol n960n

i get em straight from South Korea. same as my note 8(exclusivly sold in SK 256gb edition).

this time around i got the 512gb model.

i only trust phones that koreans use themselves.

from all the horror stories ive herd of the rest of the models around the world, its the safest models. plus they never have the oem unlock issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Well you certainly get more info on 0011. Too bad you also don't get more power, security-wise, although logic dictates that this is also controlled by csc loaded.

This from the fact that we on Canadian csc have option to launch csc changer menu with a code, as well as launch 197328640 and 2263, which we can not with our original European and /or Asian csc. So trick is finding a csc that is not so restrictive that signals firmware ril to allow launch of secret menu settings

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
next time i update the csc pack i could try addin another region. let me know if you have any ideas of which would be good suspects. i think i also backed up my original Korean efs and csc partitions.... maybe i can restore them for fun and see if i get better or simply different results.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
so i just flashed the one and only custom pie kernel( endurance OC version):
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
so uk BTU firmware is useless. none if the dial codes work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] w2830:
Hey guys, I've been on pie leaks with my Canadian unlocked Note 9. Just wondering which version I should go back to when the official pie drops to get the OTA. Is it same firmware for every carrier now since it's all unlocked? Forgot to make a note when I flashed the leaked pie. Lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
U could just go to any oreo rom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
I presume you flashed the U1 firmware to get the leaked Pie builds?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
when pie comes out do the same as you did with 1u:

flash the pie firmware when it comes out... no?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] w2830:
Yes. That's what I did. I wonder if it's worth anything to go back to official version of pie for our model. I do like the current one without the bloatware. Like being able to remove unwanted bookmarks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Yeah I noticed that before with European csc's. That is why I speculated that somehow ril security is directly stringent or lax depending on csc loaded (or a line in xml).

So far in the past, Canadian csc seemed most lax (still is cause we have at least those few options remaining) , but that ended once s8 got oreo.

So European csc are out, but wondering about asian and Australian, South American csc's.

I will also try testing further with those, once I get time. See if any of them pan out.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
no go with SKC korean csc.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/0...le-android-pie-samsung-huawei/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Ooppss.....

Here u go

https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/01/26/rogers-update-schedule-android-pie-samsung-huawei/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MaelstromXC:
Note 9 pushed back to Feb 11 for Rogers.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
cdn carriers are such pushies

edit:

does anyone know of if single csc firmwares flash csc to:

odm/omc/single/CSC.what.ever.code

versus multi

odm/omc/CSC.what.ever.code
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Phazonclash:
Canadian carriers are cancer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Half Man Half Biscuit:
This is my second (after my very first android phone Samsung Galaxy S) Samsung phone and definitely the last!

Next time I'll cash out for a phone and stay the f*** away from carriers 2 year plans... You're basically blocked from everything, I always had root, could do whatever I wanted now I'm stuck with Telus plus no OEM unlocking, no root, updates slow as f***.... Etc... No thanks

Ohhhh and for a 1200+$ phone I'd expect in all honesty more, faster and better updates, but as I see Samsung doesn't care much. My phone is still on the November update, wtf

Plus i don't get these every year new Google Updates, basically 98% still didn't receive Android Pie. Why the hell do you bring out stuff when ever single year you have to flash it yourself otherwise you'll die till you see the update?!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
The unfortunate reality....

Move away from carrier bound phones....

I did that earlier this year and to my calculation I would probably save close to 1k over 2 years
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Just realized that pie brought back 'pin to top' option without stupid 3 messages max limit in sms app, and moved it back to message lists rather than in messages themselves.

Still no swipe to dial, but I'll take this. Find it invaluable for work.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
from an active chat, have you 'swiped' the phone up next to your ear ?

its just as fast.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Cool dint know about pinning...

I hate the fact that when you open the messaging app, half the screen is wasted with the title... Samaung,i know it's the messaging app