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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
If you purchased from T-Mobile US:

See if the in-store agents can help you cancel the order.

If they cannot help you with that,call customer care (611) to see if they will cancel the order.

The following says you can also just refuse delivery:

https://www.t-mobile.com/templates/popup.aspx?passet=ftr_ftr_returnpolicy

However,that's kinda hard to do with UPS,my experience with them is they simply drop off the package,regardless of shipping method/instructions,without so much as a signature.

Bring this point up to the Customer Care team & stress the reason (prolonged delay/pre-order period,I'm assuming),hopefully they'll be able to stop the order before it goes out.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xenshen:
Thats true i got 450 dollars off doing it straight through them. Sadly i choose US celluar on accident and meant unlocked fortunately for me its a unlocked phone why i want the software since i use t mobile probably snag the unlocked when it comes out.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kcodya:
Nope
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] nymkin:
I just want to say thank you to everyone here. I bought the US unlocked note 9 and flashed the T-Mobile firmware. Worked like a charm. The reason I went thus route was because I bought the 512 T-Mobile blue version on 13 Aug and it was delayed 3 times and delivery was pushed back to last week of September even tho my wife got her purple note 2 weeks ago. So again thank you all !!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Uniquebarbee:
Help I have Sprint note 9 flashed T-mobile U1 got unlocked firmware tried to odin T-mobile U only got T-mobile voicemail app tried to odin T-mobile again and get

* Odin error (can't open the specified file ) line 1892

what am I doing wrong

EDIT: Was able to fix it but now I'm stuck on AT&T firmware with AT&T Boot logo and bloat with T-mobile voicemail app only
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Has anyone seen or hear mention of a Android 9 build beta for the Note 9 like the S9+ has?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JOSHSKORN:
noob questions

Can you explain to me what this is? I have the T-mobile SM-N960U, straight from the T-mobile store (the Blue 512 GB version).

Does this root your phone or root even available for my model?

Am I able to actually flash this file or do I have to do some sort of unlock for the bootloader like I had to do with my VZW Note 4?

What's the difference between the stock file and this file? Is it just debloated?

Sorry, having a little trouble understanding since the Note 9 forums aren't separated by carrier (yet, if they ever will be).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
It does not root your phone.

You can flash it with modded or patched ODIN.

I am not 100% sure because I know there is no actual U1 TMB firmware, so I'm guessing just the U1 non-carrier firmware with the TMB CSC and potentially TMB userdata as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] whatsleft4her:
Anyone have ari1-ari5 or ari9?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dastylee:
[MENTION=4631220]Venom0642[/MENTION] I tried flashing it but gets stock at setting connection what am i doing wrong please help.

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<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> Total Binary size: 7107 M

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Can't open the serial(COM) port.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ericshmerick:
Edit: it was because Adhell 3 was on. After switching it off and rebooting, the OTA check works fine with no error message.

Uh-oh. I have an unlocked (US) 512gb N9. I flashed the T-Mobile via odin because I've found branded Samsung devices work better on T-Mo firmware vs. generic unlocked FW.

About 2 weeks ago, I got the Sept 2018 security patch OTA, so I thought hey neat I converted it to T-Mo firmware, it passes safety net, etc!

Today I just checked for updates for fun and get a message saying my OS has been tampered with. I never rooted or anything, just flashed using odin and followed steps exactly. I figured since I successfully pulled down the Sept 2018 OTA, I was good. Now it appears I'm not good and won't get anymore OTAs. Why would Samsung/T-Mobile cross-check the IMEI against a database and say "this should be unlocked f/w, block all OTAs!" I thought this method was explicitly safe and didn't tamper with the OS in any way. Was this wrong?

Anyone else in this situation? It's bugging me now. Now I guess I'll have to figure out how to put the stock unlocked f/w on it and hope it OTAs in the future :(

Edit: it was because Adhell 3 was on. After switching it off and rebooting, the OTA check works fine with no error message.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Wish I could be of help,I'm on T-Mobile with their hardware/firmware out of the box.

Just curious if you tried using Smart Switch, as per the pop-up?

Guessing you already have & if so, what was the result?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Have you used any package disablers or ADB to disable or remove apps you maybe should not have? I haven't received that message and I am running the TMB firmware on what came with the W Canadian firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ericshmerick:
Hey guys - false alarm (I'll edit my post).

Seems having Adhell 3 installed and fully activated (no disabled apps) causes the check to fail. I disabled Adhell, rebooted, and checking for OTAs works fine now.

So, if you use Adhell 3, you'll have to disable it for OTAs to work. Sorry about that!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 44gabitto:
Hi pls how did you do it. I flashed my it say passed but nothing changed. Original carrier is ATT
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 44gabitto:
Hi pls I need help. Am new to this. I have an ATT note 9 unlocked with a tmobile sim. I want to switch the firmware to tmobile so I can have all the tmobile benefit like advanced messaging and wifi calling. I flashed it using Odin but I didn't not flash the userdata and I flashed home_csc. If said passed but nothing changed at all. Pls help
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Using the HOME_CSC is not going to help you at all. First of all though, you need to factory wipe and flash to the U1 non-carrier firmware first! This is a needed step in the conversion process to ensure a smooth transition. Once you have flashed the U1 non-carrier firmware, you can then flash to the TMB U firmware. Don't use the HOME_CSC! Always use the OYN CSC! If you want video calling and advanced messaging, you will need to flash the TMB U userdata when flashing the TMB U firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
There haven't been any new leaks on the Note 8 or 9 for over a week. Maybe they are working on Android Pie?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gil Smash:
If I've got an unlocked device from Samsung do I just flash the file in the OP right over this? And which files do I flash once its unpacked?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
You flash the files within the ZIP file with the modded or patched ODIN.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gil Smash:
So everything flashed but HOME_CSC?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 44gabitto:
Thanks alot I really appreciate this. So I will first factory wipe and flash with U1 non- carrier, do I use userdata for the first step in flashing with U1 non carrier?

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Hi I have ATT note 9 unlocked. Do I flash with this first before using the main tmb firmware to flash next? Thanks for your help
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
There is no userdata included as a separate file with proper non-carrier U1 firmware. You only need to flash the userdata if you want carrier specific apps on the U1 firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 44gabitto:
Ok thanks alot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pannam:
Quite frankly i dont understand. I have a Note 9 locked to sprint network. So if i use the unlocked version of T mobile from the first post i can use it with any sim? Like say i want to use att ? Is that possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 44gabitto:
Ok so flash with tmb unlock first before the regular tmb right? I have note9 att unlocked. Thanks un advance
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
No! What most refer to the "unlocked firmware or U1" is not correct. It is a non-carrier specific firmware and will not SIM unlock your device.

Yes, although there is no actual TMB U1 firmware. However, the one in the OP called TMB U1 will work as a stepping stone before flashing to the U.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 44gabitto:
[MENTION=3116388]jcsww[/MENTION]... thank you so very much. It worked. You the man
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ad44891:
Whatha....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jbreaz:
What build are you currently running Venom0642
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Right now I'm on 1ARI9 .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
<latest>N960USQU1ARIAh/N960UOYN1ARIAh/N960USQU1ARIA</latest>

It's back to the ARIA and up to version h. Hopefully this can be pulled from the server soon. I think it's android 9 too. They've been working on this one for over a week.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jbreaz:
Ok thanks that's what I'm on too
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Still BL 1. Nice! Just incase something goes wrong, were not stuck.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MerlinTT:
T mobile sm-n960u

Hello

Sorry for posting and bugging you all here but this site has helped me many time in unlocking phones when I got

mad enough with all the dam ad's

But this is the fist time I did not buy a 1 or 2 year old model and yes I am with t mobile. was going to buy an unlocked note 9 at best buy but they did not think it had band71 600mhz. So tmobile

Now I am thinking about taking it back in two weeks right out of the box out the door into the car this phone wanted a system update

now yesterday I get a notice that wont go away to update to 1ARH6

my last note 4 if you went to version 6.???? you could not go back and then you kind of lost app access to your sd card

but this not will not go away

I hate ad's I do not like the t mobile junk they added at boot up and this dam Bixby what the hell is it??

ok yes I am a dump very old man getting close to 60 and am getting grumpy u will get there soon enough

So I take it this is a Custom ROM ?? for the note 9 ??

if this phone can not be rooted and no twrp and no supersu how in the hell do you install it?? yes I did a install search!!

then what does this rom do?? and not do?? and what works ?? and what does not work ?? and or what do you lose??

is it best to do nothing??

This is the last phone I plan on buying all my other old phones are rooted and still work and are in like brand new condition

but that dam kid in my brain just had to have this dam thing for his B-Day

so now what to do??

if I keep this phone what like above will this rom do??

take this back and get the unlocked one at best buy and lose band 71

or look into a HTC phone??

Will
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lazarus0000:
There is band 71 on the unlocked version and it's active. The update is camera fix (not much) and September's security update. No root for US unlocked. No ROMs unless it is hacked which seems farfetched - the N8 is still locked down & it's more than a year old.

I have the US unlocked. Good, no GREAT, phone. Yeah, camera's a little jiggy but that's still OK & will be fixed when the bug is run down.

You can check activated bands with the dialer menu but mine was active out of the box.

As to ads - get Blokada. No ads.

You have the best phone currently on the market.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MerlinTT:
SM-N960U

Ok Thank you for your reply!!!

sorry I have had to post this but still it is frustrating since I have nothing to do waiting for surgery

I was looking at the phone files on a root browser and found a folder for carrier brands I am guessing AT&T is there verizion and sprint

and TMB and found that dam t mobile jingle OGG file but you can not rename it or delete it

so for a dumb old man

Samsung builds two note 9 one with a snapdragon core and the other E something but either way the phones are the same world wide

same thing with the software world wide

now you get down to where the phone is to be used at Canada and US and Mexico and each has there own FCC rules so that gets added to the software

then you have the brand software like TMB t mobile

the thing is I turned off automatic updated and this phone still updates everything Samsung and a lot from google

this is where my problem is if I turn it off and it still updates anyway then basically we pay for a phone now that no matter what we do

t mobile or Samsung or google can see what we do and track where we go and where we stop

I hope one of you kids with the big brains figure out how to root this dam thing and make it run better then Samsung did

GRUMPY
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
This is the nature of how devices work in today's world! Even if your phone is off, you will receive the audible Presidential Alert notification today around 14:15 this afternoon. Even removing the battery (for devices where that is still possible), there is still a smaller built in battery that keeps the device listening and traceable for a certain period of time. Although some of the things you might be worried about are at the software level. There are also things built in at the hardware level that you can't disable without actually physically modifying the motherboard of your device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Latest Leaks For Note9 Oreo https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/att-note9-leaks-updates-t3849989
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MerlinTT:
About this rom

Ok so what does this rom do vs what is preinstalled on this sm-n960u?

I asked this in my last post

Saying rom might be wrong

So is there any advantage of this rom ??

Does everything still work??

Pros and cons???

Does it void your warranty???

And then for an old man what do you need to

Do to install this the steps you need to do??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jake93☆:
This is my first time posting here so forgive me if this has been answered and i didnt find it in my search. I have the at&t note 9 on ARH4 build number. Is it safe to odin the ARH2 for the tmobile volte and wifi calling or do i need to downgrade or find a newer 960U1 software? Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lazarus0000:
These ROMs are the stock versions of the carrier versions. So, supposing you bought the unlocked Note 9 on Amazon or from Samsung. But you want wifi enabled calling from Verizon. Or TMO's crap ware. Then you can flash these versions and you'll have the carrier's version, but still SIM unlocked. They will not trip KNOX, they won't void your warranty. They are not rooted.

I have the unlocked version, running Samsung's stock ROM (what the phone came with), running on TMO. TMO uses the "standard" version of wifi calling, so I don't need to flash TMO's version to get it (I don't use it anyway and don't care to). But if you're on Verizon and wanted some particular Verizon only firmware, then you could flash the Verizon version on this thread.

As far as I'm concerned, none of these ROMs have anything to offer over just plain old stock unlocked. But YMMV.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kurrupt_1:
Please help,

I have a S9 stuck on 3BRI9, does anyone know what official firmware I can down grade to? I've tried downgrading to 3ARG7 and 3ARG8 using multiple versions of Odin by means of Admin on PC and USB debugging ticked on the device.

I keep getting the error attached.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] quintusjoh:
Will this work for my Verizon phone. I'm trying to get the T-Mobile firmware on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gil Smash:
I think if you do that you have to flash unlocked then T Mobile.

Anyone know if I can flash the T Mobile firmware over a newer update on unlocked?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
If the bootloader version is the same, then yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr pnut:
I have a Verizon note 9 I want the TMobile firmware should I also flash the userdata tmb?

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I have the TMobile firmware ARH6 so I flash

BL

AP

CP

HOME CSC

USERDATA TMB

Is that the correct way? Thx in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
I use Samsung pay a lot. First time I've had an issue. I'm on arj2. I get a connection error when trying to start the app. Is this because the of the firmware being uncertified or did me doing a dirty install jank up Samsung pay? Any help would be appreciated. Ibe cleared cache and data.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Works on mines i did a fresh install, so what you need to do is don't be logged in Samsung pay take all the information out then do a factory reset. That should fix your Samsung pay.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrismich0206:
Thanks Venom. I was afraid of that. I have a damn game I'm hooked on. It's a stupid game but a time killer for me. Nothing, meaning smartswitch or Google , will restore the games data. I hate starting over as I am on level 187. Any apps that will backup and restore data for ALL apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Yep, I did a factory reset and it fixed my Samsung pay connection issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] frsh20:
Hi, this may have been asked already but I dont have much time. I have dead pixels on my note9 so I need to send it to Samsung. My problem is I am running the t mobile unlocked firmware. I'm trying to get back to stock ATT but I'm having no luck (tried different cables usb slots etc) It either wont start after setup connection or it gets stuck on vendor.img.ext4. What am I missing? I hope its just a dumb error on my part, I just gotta send this phone out today. Any help would be appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
Why does it matter which firmware it's running? You didn't root it and the warranty is still in tact. Also I am unclear what you mean by T-Mobile unlocked firmware. It's one or the other (U or U1). Not both.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
There is a modified U1 around labelled TMB U1. Why people are flashing it instead of the stock non-carrier U1, I have no idea. It does create a lot of confusion though, which doesn't help anyone. The TMB U1 does not get OTA's either because of the firmware mismatch, it triggers a modified system warning. This might be why the person needs it returned to stock AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
Weird. People should only flash things they can identify. :)

Anyway, to fix it, flash U firmware (CCT will work fine, probably anything actually). Leave your ATT SIM in the whole time. USERDATA is almost identical between all carriers. CCT seems especially close except that it includes a CCT VVM app. Delete that and you're golden.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
I totally agree!

There should be an ATT stock firmware around somewhere. Whether it's on Updato, SamFirm, Sansung Science, or Android Hosting, I am not sure. I recommend a factory reset of the device should be done before flashing to ensure the firmware takes fully and properly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] frsh20:
I flashed the t mobile unlocked firmware from post # 1 U1 is what it says. Nothing flashes gets stuck on vendor.img.ext4. Using Odin provided in post #1 as well. Sorry if I missed anything. Busy at work. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
Probably just a bad download. You can use SamFirm and get it much more quickly next time. Use XAA region.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] frsh20:
I'll keep you posted.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
Sorry should have been more clear. For unlocked, use XAA for region and SM-N960U1 for model, obviously. For carrier firmware use normal U and carrier code (TMB, VZW, SPR, CCT, etc). Unfortunately ATT isn't available that way. But again, the phone is still in warranty and that warranty is not void. So it doesn't matter exactly what you get put on it, as long as it is legitimate.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] frsh20:
Thanks, just wanna send the phone in with no issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
Hmm, I wonder if that is why my phone on U1 still says TMB/TMB/TMB. Although I have gotten OTAs, so maybe not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
The last of the three tags doesn't change when you cross-flash. If you bought your devjce from T-Mobile, the last tag will always be TMB regardless of what you flash it to. With the stock U1 non-carrier firmware, the first two will change to whatever SIM is inserted when you run the setup. If you put in an AT&T SIM, the first two will change to ATT/ATT/TMB. If you pop out! Our SIM and put in a Slrint, Verizon, or another US carrier SIM on stock U1, you will get a reboot prompt for the device to reconfigure to the new carrier SIM, which will also change the first two tags to that carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
Gotcha, thanks.

I know the last one never changed, but I thought on earlier devices that one of the others would indicate XUU. Either way, it's running very smooth for me now that TMO advanced messaging is gone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daviddem:
Anyone has mirror for these builds?

Also, I have Note 9 T-Mobile variant. I need to flash T-Mobile one ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CSamsel11:
Looking to flash Verizon SM-N960U to Unlocked, no bloatware, non-carrier specific. Do I still use the file in the post and just not flash USER_DATA?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
There's no USERDATA on U1 firmware anyway. Everyone besides ATT is on ARH6 now, including U1/unlocked. So I'd grab a copy of that and flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CSamsel11:
Would you possibly have access to a link? I looked on SamMobile, but it's showing 15kB/sec :/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
This is the best tool for downloading official Samsung firmware across devices: https://samfirm.en.lo4d.com/

You'll get screaming fast 2500KB/sec straight from the horse's mouth.