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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] woahh:
Do you think I should just wait 6 more days until my OEM unlock shows?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
I dont think it will.WHat FW are you running? Region?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] woahh:
Lol, I just got it Saturday, im heading home and will check fw when I get home
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Any luck? Once we get bl unlocked, we will need someone to work on twrp., Then root.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] JDougherty77:
Sounds like you're in the same boat as me. My issue is my company sim is Verizon and my personal is TMobile and I'm just sick of carrying 2 phones. But I very much enjoy secure folder and Spay which I can't do if I root.

I can tell you SPay will work on n9600 IF you get the HK model, however this one restricts Verizon without root. Even if you flash Latin American firmwares. If you get one that originated from Latin America, SPay won't work. Unless the Mexico sim trick mentioned above works.

So I guess we're out of luck of having our cake and eating it too. If you figure out a solution keep me in the loop.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] deke997:
Do you have a link to the mexico version or a forum post about it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] dr.dido89:
Download mexico ius rom, from sammobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] JDougherty77:
Or use SamFirm program. A lot faster if you don't have premium for SamMobile
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] DrPhant0m:
With all of the talk about using the N9600 on Verizon... is that *just* LTE? Or, does it support CDMA bands, as well?

Where I live... I may go weeks without actually connecting to CDMA (2G or 3G)... but until they completely shut it off at the end of 2019, I'd have to seriously consider if I'm ready to lose support for 2G and 3G CDMA bands.

When I try to look it up in the specs of the phone, I keep seeing that there's no CDMA support (and therefore no Verizon support), but then again, I'm sure that the specs don't reflect the ability to flash another region's software to the phone... so I have to hear it from the xda experts. Does the N9600 support any CDMA bands? If so... which?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] klabit87:
According to specs it supports cdma https://www.phonemore.com/samsung-galaxy-note-9-sm-n9600-128gb/specs/4165

I believe jrkruse has gotten everything on VZW working on the note 9. There was a zip floating around but it has since been removed.

WETA rom supports verizon though. https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9...ries--other-development/rom-weta-0-1-t3847155

If i recall correctly, 2g, 3g, 4g, volte, and wifi calling work
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mohammedali321:
Hello, I have Galaxy Note9 model number SM-N9600. How can I activate my CDMA SIM Card to work on this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
call your network provider?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] 0x0null:
I have a N9600 locked to Claro, any sim unlock solution guys.l?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] force70:
Why are you guys asking about sim unlocks lol, this is about the bootloader unlock which is of course a totally different thing.

Hitting up the Q&A forum with the question would be be a better idea likely .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Verizon works straight out of the box on the 9600. ? I didn't have to flash anything. I now have to wait on the 7 day OEM unlock to see about the bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] death365:
i have my N9600 since August 22, im waiting for round 7 pm to see if OEM shows up
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] elevatorguy:
Can you check and see if you're getting band 13? VOLTE working? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Could you tell us what fw your running, along with carrier?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
I don't know how to check for band 13 without root, but I get great signal right now and I live in an area that relies heavily on that band. I know LTE discovery will tell you what band you're on, but I don't feel like driving around or anything trying to see what band I'm currently on being that my signal is already so strong with it.

As far as Volte, it isn't working with the current firmware that I'm running right now. On the Snapdragon Latin S9's, Volte (or signal with Verizon for that matter) would only work on firmwares that are on regions closer to the US such as Mexcio and Puerto Rico. I don't see why the Note 9 would be any different than the S9s though. They got Volte and full band support when those firmwares we're flashed.

Now the reason I didn't go ahead and flash the Puerto Rico firmware is that the OEM unlock situation is a delicate one from what I understand. You have to wait 7 days after enabling the developer's options for it to pop up. I have heard that it is pushed back or sometimes takes longer when you flash a different firmware before activating the developers options. I'm not sure if that's the case, but I wanted to just leave everything the same firmware wise until I unlocked the bootloader at least. So maybe I would only have to wait 7 days.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] death365:
N9600 csc TPA (Panama) N9600ZHU1ARH2. BUT i am using it in Trinidad , digicel network
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] elevatorguy:
Thanks for the quick response and info. You are going to be "THE GUY" to see if this all works out. Verizon is such a pain in the a** sometimes who my kidding they always are. If you get everything to work out and we get recovery and root I will definitely be placing an order. Thanks again
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Grrrr, I'm tempted to flash pr fw before power up when I receive the phone, but I'm afraid of the stupid oem unlock bs. Reason I want pr fw is for volte on vz.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Na, I'm just learning as I go. Maybe we will be lucky enough to have someone that really knows what they are doing to buy the phone as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
We need [MENTION=3463480]travis82[/MENTION] to help. He did all the work on the s9, it shouldn't be much different on the n9, same chips.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Maybe he will help us out. I would gladly shoot him a few bucks for his time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
I would too. He did alot of work on snap s9. They have root, twtp, and running aosp using treble

Seems like I'm not meant to own this phone. I had one stuck in customs for a week. I cancelled that. Then I ordered another from nevermsrp, and they are f'n me. I paid for overnight shipping 2 days ago, and the phone still hasn't been shipped. Ugh.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] woahh:
So sorry I was in mia had lot of lot of things to do
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Did it ever show up?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] death365:
OEM option showed up this morning.... N9600 dual sim snap dragon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
HUH????

Thats great news! I would click it, so you dont lose it!

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yMVcjH9zcjoSZOt-XnH9gDJzWtlRRc5x/view

COMBO FILE!!!!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
A little update. I flashed Chinese FW, and when I booted up, The oem unlock was waiting for me. I clicked it, it reset phone. I will reflash TPA fw, and hope the oem unlock stuck.

OK, In dl mode OEM unlock is off, so i guess it took.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Amd4life:
So can you root this version? Also are you using this device in the bus? And if so what carrier?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Us, vzw. Can't root till someone creates twrp for it. Unfortunately, I f'd up my radio messing with it in the settings, so now I only have lte working cdma refuses to connect now.

So now I have an unlocked bl, with no devs working on twrp or root.

Samsung killed the dialer codes on the note 9, so unfortunately I have no way of trying to turn cdma back on.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] force70:
Yeah im kinda waiting to buy now which sucks , wanted to try an N9600 this time but if no root method or twrp shows up ill just get exynos again.

sent from my Exynos S9 plus, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
I am sure it will happen, just need some help from a dev.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ellopr:
Hi there,

Since we don't have specific forum anymore and we all have to come to the same place I think we are going to have more confusion into what works for whom and what doesn't. Can I flash the chinese firmware in my Tmobile version N960U or any USA version for that matter? Some people have mention Verizon Wireless and that has got me confused if this is only for the N9600 or works in USA variants . Did you use the crom.apk? or only with selecting OEM unlock your bootloader unlocked?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
This thread is for a n9600. All usa n960 are locked up tighter than a 9yr old.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Any luck on getting CDMA working yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Nope. My only hope is root so I can access ims settings to enable volte. I contacted a few devs, no one is interested unfortunately.

Or figure out where the hidden settings are for radio. Oreo has disabled all the dialer codes...there has to be a way to access them.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Bummer. I really thought there would be some good development for this phone. The S9+ may be the better choice.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
They are just about identical. That's why I reached out to the devs of the s9. Shouldn't be that much different.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
I wonder if the TWRP from the S9+ would fail?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
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Probably, but I might give it a shot:D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Haha. Might as well. I still think you can send it to Samsung if you still can't get CDMA though. They would probably charge a small fee though. I heard they charged like 20 bucks or so to unlock the bootloader of the Note 4 developer's edition if you accidentally locked it. They didn't charge me anything though when it happened to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Lala&Peril:
Hey there, just wondering. I wanted to get the n9600 but a couple bands don't work in canada. Does flashing A CSC for canada fix that? or is there nothing you can do at all?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Without root, no. No one is helping for root or twrp. I'm giving up on this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
csc has nothing to do with phones hardware capabilities to use lte bands.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Lala&Peril:
Yeah sorry for the dumb question. I was just confused because the person before said this;

"As far as Volte, it isn't working with the current firmware that I'm running right now. On the Snapdragon Latin S9's, Volte (or signal with Verizon for that matter) would only work on firmwares that are on regions closer to the US such as Mexcio and Puerto Rico. I don't see why the Note 9 would be any different than the S9s though. They got Volte and full band support when those firmwares we're flashed."

So I thought cool I can just flash different firmware or CSC or something and bands would work, but I had my doubts that they were separate like you said.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
volte is a carrier option and not a hardware capacity. it just allows you to pass voice over LTE

so yes this feature would be available when you flash correct carrier firmware or manualy add the required csc files to your device if rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Amd4life:
Same thinking here. I didn't line the current exynos on my s9+, so I would prefer the n9600 and the snap dragon this go round. Just waiting for twrp
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] force70:
I ended up getting a copper 512gb exynos, once i saw it couldnt not buy it. But my battery life really isnt any better than on my exynos s9 plus so now i may end up switching to the N9600 anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Amd4life:
Same issue I had with my s9+, was simply the battery life with the 9810.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Bat life on Snapdragon is unbelievable!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] force70:
Oh sure rub it in lol....

I got almost 6hrs SOT yesterday which is the best ive had yet but I had AOD display turned off.

Sent from my Note 9 exynos, S9 plus exynos, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
:D What's your brightness level?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] force70:
I use auto brightness around 50% ish.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Wow, I'm getting 6 hrs sot 100% brightness on my snap dragon. Why all the love for the exy? I'm surprised there's no devs working on the n9600. Best of both worlds... unlockable bl, and a Snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] force70:
Yeah ive never understood that, for years now the HK snaps have been unlocked butnare lucky to see twrp. Makes no sense

Sent from my Note 9 exynos, S9 plus exynos, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] alak:
i am confused. 1 question can i flashed hongkong firmware on N9600 cn version? there is no playstore on cn version. need root for change csc? or i can flashed it by odin dirrectly?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
You can flash any n9600 region FW.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] klabit87:
Anybody willing to test twrp?

I have a test build but I need somebody that won't need their hand held the entire time and you must understand this is flashing unofficial firmware.

Pm me if serious.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Anybody able to test?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] lawtq:
Yeah expected more excitement here about this
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Same here. I get a new device Tuesday, so it will be 7 days after that before I can test.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
[MENTION=1686323]death365[/MENTION] Here's your chance.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] woahh:
noone wants to damage their $1000 phone lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
It's not gonna damage it. It either won't flash, or if it does, worst case scenario it won't boot. It's easy to just reflash stock recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] woahh:
You never know...:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] klabit87:
I don't blame anybody for not wanting to test.

But at the same time, everybody wants custom recovery but nobody wants to be the first lol

If everybody waited in somebody else to be the first we would never get anywhere.

I'll keep it uploaded, just pm me if anybody wants to try. My device tree is in a private repo just until everything is stable.

The only reason I built it was because somebody asked a good friend [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]. He asked if I was interested.

If I had an N9600 I would flash and test everything myself.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
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I've never seen a Samsung device permanently bricked.

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I'm waiting on a replacement device, once I get I oem unlocked, I will be flashing
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
No, it definitely won't mess it up. As long as you can get to download mode you can always use Odin. Even on a worse case scenario situation you just have to flash stock again.

Just don't flash the China firmware or you will lose signal. Haha
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jrkruse:
I personally would flash or try anything [MENTION=4168602]klabit87[/MENTION] makes without hesitation
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
lol ive personally hardbricked a hard brick more than once.. killed at least two g955u and 3 tab s3 (SD).. EDL couldnt even save em
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Trying to flash a custom recovery though? You're going to have nobody wanting to try it. I'm sure you were doing quite a bit more than flashing a recovery image.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Exactly
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] klabit87:
The custom recovery will either flash or it won't.

It will also either boot or it won't which is fine because of it doesn't boot then we can debug it and get it to boot but I feel that mine will boot with no issues.

If all else fails I have a tar with just the stock recovery. And you could flash that and go back to stock.

I've never had issues with flashing a custom recovery.

Only time I have is when I've been messing with edl things.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
haha of course.. i was using edl and flashing bootloaders from other variants on locked usa variants lol..was just sayin anything can happen but should be safe flashin via odin/heimdall and its just the recovery lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] elliwigy:
imma b doin that on a s8+ today :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] _Dennis_:
I've seen people with both the SD and Exynos claim great battery life (8-9 hour SoT) and claim "terrible" battery life (5-6 hours SoT). I think it's personal usage that had more to do with this than SoC.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Has anyone reached out? Being that it takes 7 days for OEM unlock to show, if you guys don't help test it will slow the process down considerably. It seems everyone wants TWRP but nobody wants to do anything to help when someone is nice enough to compile us one.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
Bunch of *******
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mentalmuso:
My n9600 arrives on Friday, I'll flash it.

Edit.. providing I have the oem unlock available.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am assuming you will be making a custom rom??????:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I am back in!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] klabit87:
Thanks! Glad to see more interest in this device.

As I stated before, I don't have this device but was asked by a friend if i would build TWRP.

TWRP boots but partitions are janked right now.

i will make the device tree public and update this post with the link so you can take a look.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mentalmuso:
Excellent. I'm glad it boots, that's a good start huh. ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] klabit87:
First build booted so it's always nice haha

https://github.com/klabit87/device_samsung_crownqltechn.git

here is the repo.

pm me here or on telegram if you want. i've got the tester pulling a log right now

but i also have some homework to do which shouldnt take too long this evening lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Where did you buy from? I bought from Amazon and ended up with a Hong Kong model. There's no signal with that firmware, but OEM unlock was available right out the box. It also doesn't appear to have an RMM-prenormal flag either.

It is still a 9600. Just with the Hong Kong firmware/bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mentalmuso:
No signal? That's really strange. What network are you on?

Anyway it sounds like we can just flash the other firmware through Odin. And if your bootloader is unlocked maybe it's as simple as the modem. But be careful of losing your efs

Edit.. I got mine on eBay from a seller in Houston that I got my Note 8 from.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
No signal on Verizon. Other fw's don't get it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mentalmuso:
Well that'll be interesting, I'm on T-Mobile. Have others on Verizon confirmed it working on other firmware? If the devices are hardware identical, then it's gotta be workable. [MENTION=4107827]TEKHD[/MENTION] may be able to shed some light.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] suzook:
We both had phones with Panama FW(tpa) and we had lte and CDMA working on Verizon. Once we flashed China FW, CDMA(calls) we're gone for good, no matter what FW was reflashed. Lte, though, still worked. But with vz, CDMA is needed for calls, because no volte is working as of yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mentalmuso:
Ahh, I'm not too clued up on Verizon, but don't you just have to get on to Verizon tech support and get them to re register the device or something?

Edit.. so in short, I'm probably going to be fine with CN firmware as I'm not cdma reliant.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Im on Verizon. We had the same issue on a Latin based device. The device got signal and CDMA on Verizon (TPA CSC), then we flashed the China firmware to get OEM unlock to appear instantly and it killed signal. I'm not sure if it is a partition problem or what. Even flashing back to the original firmware didn't fix the signal. The original CSC can't be changed without root, and I'm guessing some of the APN settings associated with the CSC can't as well.

So I returned that device and then I received this one. I guess the Hong Kong firmware is the same way though, as the signal is behaving the same as with the China firmware. I haven't tried to flash a Latin Firmware this time though as I am the only one testing TWRP right now. The Hong Kong firmware doesn't make you wait the 7 days in between each try nor does it have the RMM-prenormal problem that the Latin Note 9 firmware has. So I am able to test each build as soon as it is compiled. I don't want to mess that up right now so I haven't tried anything with the signal. Lol

I plan on trying to sort the signal out after I obtain root. The hardware is exactly the same, so it has to be a partition, or CSC change that is causing it. I'm not really sure. Maybe you have some ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mentalmuso:
Well flashing with Odin won't touch the efs partition. So maybe the csc got reset to something else in the firmware but still has the entries for the original csc In efs. And maybe it's Verizon that doesn't like that. I dunno. What does it say for your csc in that phone info app for Samsung?

Edit . But yeah once you have root you'll be able to fix it. I'm 96% sure.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
*Double post*
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
This is currently what it is showing up as.

This device came with Hong Kong as the original CSC and the signal is doing the same thing. Like I said though, I haven't tried to flash anything else yet.

Can you modify the efs partition with root? To possibly mimic the other devices that do get signal (if that is the issue)?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mentalmuso:
Yeah there are things in efs that are good to change to match whatever csc you are running. You still have an imei right?

Edit. You flashed the home_csc in Odin as well? On first boot it should reset csc and wipe your data or something.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Awesome! Yeah, I have the imeis (it's a dual SIM). I haven't done anything at all but flash TWRP to test it. With he last device I did try flashing the CSC file. I don't think I tried the home one though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] dr.dido89:
Guys, what about Samsung Pay on n9600, is anyone able to figure it out?

I live In us and i really need Samsung pay working

I would appreciate any advice from you