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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Won't work will either fail to Odin or you can also brick it. EXYNOS Software is a bit different and won't work with SNAPDRAGON.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3pcssuits:
Anybody got the new update for tmb CSGA uploaded?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] g1-and-only:
Im staying on 8.1 because the bootloader has changed to 2 so no going back. I want to know how the update is working out for those who have updated, does the Google camera still work, how's battery life, stability. I just wish package disabler worked after a few months so I could stop the update but it stops after ever few months, license verification, it sucks .I'm using my one plus 6T at the moment until I find a new solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] carrilloevo:
Just receiving the August security patch in T-mobile..... View attachment 4807859
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] prince_72:
I have one question here. What is the userdata per carrier? If we can flash any U firmware and we do clean boot then all settings for the carrier of the sim card will be enabled so why do we need the userdata?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NITCHICKECONE:
G960USQU6CSGF Tether Hotspot Nationwide Unlimited

will I need to root it, do firmware or try an app that may do it without notifying verizon?

I am not finding anything about G960USQU6CSGF except this:

file:///C:/Users/sprin/Documents/SAMSUNG%20S9%20960U/2019-09-17%20SM-G960U_1_20190718104627_t63t9kap5l_fac.zip

which I am downloading and trying to make sure I can find the post again which is here:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9/how-to/basebands-modems-sm-g960f-g965f-t3858990
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] teketake:
Changing the unlocked Sprint version to the factory unlocked version

I want to change the SIM unlocked SM-N960U (Sprint version, N960USQU4DTC6) to SM-N960U1 (factory unlock version, N960U1UES3DTB2).

I can change to SM-N960U1 with the patched Odin, but the changed Note 9 will not be able to catch the radio wave of the mobile phone carrier.

If you look up IMEI, it's definitely a Sprint version.

Unlike other carrier models, can't the Sprint version be changed to the factory unlock version?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ninja_unmatched:
What is your purpose in doing that? If you Sim Unlocked the Sprint & unlocked it from Sprint you should be able to use it as if it were an unlocked version. All US Versions have the U variant. The only caveat would he having Sprint software on it but if you rooted the phone you can just take it off yourself.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Each U and the U1 and W firmware, have different bands and carrier aggregation. Sprint and AT&T's WiFi Calling in their firmwares will not work on T-Mobile as one example. There are plenty of reasons to change the firmware, especially without the need to root, on Samsung devices. In terms of debloating, using ADB commands instead of rooting is a far better solution to removing bloatware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ninja_unmatched:


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You are referring to settings and apks that each carrier uses. I will give you an example. My mother has Sprint service. We got our hands on a Note 8 (Tmobile version) Once I got that phone unlocked it was only a matter of getting the right Sim Card to getting that Tmobile phone working on her Sprint service.

Placing the Simcard in of course the phone rebooted, and was prompted to download the Sprint software & profile settings, another reboot & boom it now works fully wifi calling and all.

I know on some other phones this may not occur and so flashing is an easier route than acquiring the settings & carrier specific software but in this case on a Note 9 the same method applies. I know on Note 8 it works & have seen ppl say on Note 9 this same thing occurs.

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In your case you only need to remove Sprint's wifi calling specific settings and apk. And install the wifi calling apk that is on the Unlocked version of the Note 9. (Just pull the Apk from the unlocked firmware)

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But it likely that the sim card change will do this for you depending on which carrier you go to with that phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
If you are on U4 bootloader you cant downgrade to S3 bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Thanks for this.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ad44891:
Att just rolled out a update for note 9.. Gonna dl it when I get home.. Just fyi
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
My Verizon Variant got the 1ARH2 when I first turned it on Thursday. Honestly, I hope there is a newer one coming soon because I feel its acting a little glitchy. My S9+ with ARH1 was running flawlessly, with incredible battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Yeah i posted few post up about it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ScubaXsays:
Debloat

What's the best practice for debloating from some of the Tmobile software?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Not sure since I'm on AT&T, maybe someone else can answer your question, that's on T-Mobile.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
You can go one of two ways:

1) Package Disabler Pro:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.powermanager.batteryaddon&hl=en_US

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This one is the best option,as you can easily disable/enable an app on the fly.

2) Or,go this route:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77421679&postcount=11
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jmele11968:
I bought the unlocked version and am thus unable to receive verizon wifi calling, any idea if a simple firmware flash to vzw when it comes out will solve my problem?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] streetracer8605:
My wife and I bought the unlocked Note 9's yesterday and noticed that while wifi calling still works, we lost video calling. If I flash the T-Mobile firmware, not the T-mobile unlocked firmware, would we then get video calling and any other official t-mobile features? Sorry for the noobish question, but this is the first time I've bought unlocked phones before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thanks! This is really great to know.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yazenaswad:
I am on the same boat, purchased the unlocked one from Samsung, my service is with Verizon and I need wifi calling too .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yazenaswad:
I found a Verizon firmware on sammobile for the Note 9, downloaded it and set up the phone, I have wifi calling now :) along with loads of Verizon crapp apps that I need to disable.

I Purchased the phone from Samsung unlocked.

This is the one I used	N960USQU1ARH2: Not letting me post a link since I am a new user here in this forum. But if you go to sammobile . com click on firmware, search for ms-n960u and choose Verizon.

Its gonna be pain to download it, use IE browser, it will take few hours. l am going to upload it to my google drive and share a link with you by tomorrow morning.

Yazen
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yazenaswad:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Friendlyx355:
I'm a bit confused, so hoping someone can help. I have a Note 9 US Unlocked, so i want the t-mobile software on my unlocked phone. What's the difference between t-mobile unlocked and just t-mobile?

Also, after i put this into my phone, will i receive update from t-mobile and won't have to do anything else afterwards?

Thanks in advanced!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Difference is the U T-Mobile has Bloatware and the U1 doesn't as much as the U, and yes you will get further OTA Update if flash the unlocked one.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Friendlyx355:
Do they both give me the t-mobile firmware? Just one has less bloatware then? I can get OTA Update from t-mobile if i flash the unlocked t-mobile one? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] streetracer8605:
Thank you so much for posting this, I flashed the t-mobile firmware to mine and my wife's phones and we have video calling and HD calling back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] fbauto1:
Waiting on the ATT fw :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] chrispyutec:
Hey Venom!

If I have an international version N960F, can I flash this to get AT&T features? I purchased N960F to use on AT&T network.

As always, thank you in advance for everything you do for us.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
No you can't International is Exynos and USA is Snapdragon, the chips are different so it will not work.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] teketake:
I wanted to change to the factory unlock version for the purpose of removing the pre-installed app with Sprint and expanding the radio band.

As you say, the version of the boot loader has gone up, so it seems that you can not change to the factory unlock version.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] nlellis8:
Hi, I have a Galaxy Note 9 currently running Base Version: N960USQU1CSAA. Android 9 One UI 1.0. It was originally an At&T Phone. It is unlocked but not rooted and I am using on FIDO network in Canada. Do I have to root it using the same Base Version or is there any options for rooting this phone where I can get it to a higher Android release and UI release? I apologize that I am asking in this thread but It sounded like you knew a bit about AT&T Phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Waiting for what AT&T Firmware i already made a Thread for AT&T Odin.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BF24:
Unlocked TMO Note 9

First of all, big thank you for posting this. Sorry, bit of a noob question - haven't flashed through Odin in a while.

I bought the unlocked Note 9 from BB and popped my TMO sim in; I get wifi-calling but no RCS, video calling, HD voice, etc. No option to enable these in IMS settings.

Looks like the unlocked TMO firmware you posted is what's currently running on my device - but I don't have the features listed above. Should I flash the full TMO firmware ("bloatware" version) to enable these features?

Appreciate your contributions and any help you can provide on this - thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Joshwaaa:
Do you have any plans for Verizon version. Got the unlocked from Samsung and would like to get the HD voice, video call and wifi calling. Also is there a knox fuse anymore if so will just using odin without rooted kernel trip it? Sorry been out of the phone game for a while. Have not built a rom since the Galaxy S6 days.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sarmo94:
I don't quite understand the difference between the unlocked and regular version. I have a regular T-Mobile Note 9, if I flash the unlocked version do I keep all the T-Mobile features like VoLTE and WiFi-Calling and just get rid of bloatware? Or do I lose the features with the unlocked version? ( I tried searching for the answer, but couldn't sorry.)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
The answer is a little different for every carrier. Here's what I do know. The set of features you can lose or gain by going with unlocked or carrier firmware is:

- VoLTE

- Wi-Fi Calling

- Video Calling

- Digits (TMB only)

- Visual Voicemail

On unlocked you lose (by carrier):

ATT:

- VoLTE

- Wi-Fi Calling

- Video Calling

Verizon:

- Wi-Fi Calling (

works as of U1 3ARG7

)

- Video Calling

T-Mobile:

- Video Calling

- Digits (still works via Play Store app, but no native integration is present)

Sprint:

- (Sprint lacks Video Calling entirely, but you'd lose it if they had it)

- (Sprint lacks VoLTE currently, it is unknown whether it will be available on U1 when it becomes available).

Visual Voicemail is available via a Play Store app for Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T on U1. It ships as a Galaxy App for Verizon on U1.

Use carrier firmware to ensure all features are possible (some additional steps required for Verizon and AT&T).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Thank you for the list,this clears up a lot of the sticking points for many of us! :good:

On T-Mobile (or any phone for that matter) you can download the T-Mobile DIGITS app from the Google Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.digits

I've used DIGITS on several non T-Mobile unlocked phones,so,I'd expect it to work equally well on this phone.

That still leaves Video Calling MIA with US Unlocked,but,having DIGITS working on the US Unlocked firmware may be a deciding factor for some.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
I think Digits is integrated into the dialer in their firmware. I'm sure using the separate app is fine, though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
You're absolutely right on both accounts & it was worth mentioning,as DIGITS is not baked-in to the US Unlocked firmware:

.

The following are screenshots of T-Mobile DIGITS baked-in to the T-Mobile firmware:

The DIGITS app is self explanatory,no need to post screenshots,no surprise it's themed in magenta,LOL.......

Once again,thank you for posting the varying differences in functionality when flashing the US Unlocked firmware,very cool to have it all in one place/post. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
It comes up a lot. So I'm happy to explain what I know. Hopefully folks will search and find this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] diablo900t:
I'm on T-Mobile and purchased the international Snapdragon variant (SM-NM9600). I can live without video calling and digits, but want to know if flashing the unlocked firmware will give me WiFi calling, HD Voice, and RCS.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Scroll up post #65 the answer is there.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
The U1 firmware will enable WiFi Calling on T-Mobile. I only vet HD Voice when talking to others with HD Voice supported phones and when in areas with decent LTE signal.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yazenaswad:
I found a Verizon firmware on sammobile for the Note 9, downloaded it and set up the phone, I have wifi and HD calling now along with loads of Verizon crapp apps that I disable.d

I Purchased the phone from Samsung unlocked.

This is the one I used N960USQU1ARH2: Not letting me post a link since I am a new user here in this forum. But if you go to sammobile . com click on firmware, search for ms-n960u and choose Verizon.

Its gonna be pain to download it, use IE browser, it will take few hours. l already uploaded it to my google drive, let me know if you want me to send you the link.

---------- Post added at 04:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:09 PM ----------

Do you know if the U1 would have wifi calling feature or not?

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
For T-Mobile, U1 will have Wi-Fi Calling.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] aznmode:
Anyone know where I can find the previous ARG6 version for Tmobile. I tried downgrading to the one in this link but it screwed up my phone so had to go back to this current version.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] antawnm26:
well its not baked into the iphone and iphone can use digits without having an app
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.dido89:
SM-N9600

Is it compatible with SM- N9600 can i flash it without any problems?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
This version is fine, but you need to factory reset after and it will boot up successfully.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheUndertaker21:
anyone has the FD vendor files ?

I've been looking everywhere for it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Joshwaaa:
Do you know what files to flash in odin so that I do not loose all of my app data or do you have to do a factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
The only difference if you want to try and preserve your stuff, is to flash the HOME_CSC instead of the other one. However, it is highly recommended to factory reset and not use the HOME_CSC because you can run into bugs and other issues, including the conversion not properly applying.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Joshwaaa:
Ok so let me just check with you. I have the N960U1 phone I use the Verizon files for the N960U and flash with the patched Odin. Filling BL, AP, CP, and CSC (not the Home one use the CSC_OMC_OYN) correct? What about the box for USERDATA do I put the USERDATA_VZW or leave it blank? Also if this does not work and I want to go back to N960U1 unlocked do I get the N960U1 XAA and flash that? Also will I get OTA updates for the Verizon from then on out or will I have to dl and flash?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] aznmode:
My main reason for flashing back is to see if the camera will take sharper pictures indoors. It may not even be different. Didn't wanna have to set up the phone again so ill wait it out for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yazenaswad:
As far as I know. You have to do a factory reset after you flash it. That's what I did.

Yazen
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.dido89:
Is it compatible with SM- N9600 can i flash it without any problems?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
That's correct! When flashing to the U1. leave the userdata empty. When flashing to the U, use the appropriate userdata for the carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
These are Qualcomm based phones. Yours I don't believe is. So no.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
It is Qualcomm, but it's the dual SIM model. So I'm playing it safe and saying no.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Even being a Qualcomm device, they will more than likely lose their IMEI and function of the second SIM slot if they flash a N960 firmware to it, if it works the same way as the G965, which it more than likely does.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
Exactly. All the more reasons to not risk it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
It's different with the non-SD models because they have root and plenty of ROM development to go with it that the SnapDragon models don't have. If they had an Exynos model, the development would eventually be there in the form of a user created ROM to add US and other carrier features into the dual-SIM models without breaking their dual-SIM functions.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
Yep. I haven't needed root since the V20, so I didn't bother looking into the Exynos models or the handful of SD ones that do have unlocks available. I'm content with the stock experience and just freezing some apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Me too! I remember seeing you around the V30 forum a while back. You can pretty much find a way to do the important things, like ad blocking and bloatware removal, all without root and very little difficulty.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
I use the Samsung Internet browser on all my devices, with the Adblock Fast extension. If I can't disable the app in Settings, I use ADB commands to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
Exactly! It's a lot easier than most people realize.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Has Anyone tried the ARH4 update yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
ARH4? Have a link?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
It's on Samsung Science Firmware

https://samsung.firmware.science/download?url=7159/1488/SS-N960USQU1ARH2-to-U1ARH4-UP
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
There's even an ARH7
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Yeah, just noticed that. It's the September security update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Which still doesn't pass safetynet.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] awtryau89:
Dang, I missed this. I was flashing to my carrier from unlocked and did not apply the userdata. What did I miss by not doing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcsww:
You miss out on bloatware and potentially some things not working, like WiFi Calling. If you feel like you are missing something, reflashing with the same build and using HOME_CSC and userdata should add whatever is missing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
I flashed the U1 in the OP, running on T-Mobile, and noticed a few things I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Camera shutter sound cannot be turned off in Settings

WiFi Hotspot 2.0 connection options missing

These are not issues for me, but wanted to at least post them here. I'll add more as I find anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Limeybastard:
How about RCS and video calling?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
Those are gone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Limeybastard:
Thanks , would have thought so but thanks for confirming.

Wondering if you flash a U version but without carrier bloat if those features would be enabled ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
You mean with carrier bloat? I flashed it without.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Limeybastard:
Maybe I got my terminology wrong. Was referring to flashing branded firmware onto a U1 model but selecting the option to not use carrier bloat. Example if you flash back to carrier version but select option without bloat. Would those features work or not?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NotATreoFan:
Oh OK. Not sure about how that would work. I know the userdata is never required for the phone to boot, but some carriers do hide features in it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Limeybastard:
Thanks. Because I'd like to flash my U1 device to Sprint so that those missing features on my U1 would appear. But minus the Sprint bloat.

---------- Post added at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 PM ----------

Will you be doing a post/thread for Sprint?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] faslane:
Hey all! Been awhile. So...I have the TMobile Note 9 and am TRIPLE checking....is this the root etc for it? I always ask just to make sure. I see two dowoads.one regular and one unlocked. Can I flash the unlocked one on my TMobile Note 9? It's 2 days old so I'm literally scared a bit. Haven't needed to root or rom forever so triple checking before I try it. Don't want a 1000 brick lol. I do NOT have an OEM unlock mode.in Dev options fyi. I'm sure that's not Al since it's a carrier brand but I'm on TMobile..

Thanks all!

Fas