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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] sputnik767:
The simple answer is that you can't unlock the bootloader on the US market phone. You haven't been able to do so since the Galaxy S7. I think it likely has a lot to do with KNOX integration for security reasons. The complicated answer is that there were ways to root the S7 by flashing a developer bootloader (engboot or something like that). The catch is that while you could root it, the phone would run like crap, overheat, bad battery life, etc. Some claimed to have decent success with it though. Likely something similar will happen with the Note 9 as well as. An unlocked phone is carrier unlocked, meaning you can activate it on any supported carrier. It has nothing to do with the bootloader.

Long story short, no, you can't unlock the bootloader, no, you can't flash twrp, and you'll find actual development for the US market phone to be essentially non-existent. If that is important to you, return this phone. Coming from rooting and flashing all of my phones prior to the S7, I honestly don't miss it. IMO, there's nothing to be gained, and it's a huge time suck. Life is too short and I'm too busy to spend an evening setting things up for the 5th time, troubleshooting battery life issues, etc. Not to mention that my job related security apps aren't going to work on a rooted phone.

Now, as far as "junk apps" not sure what you mean. These phones are now pretty clean actually, and most things can be uninstalled or disabled from within stock android. And as I found out many times in the past, if something is unable to be disabled, it's probably for good reason.

As far as ads, also not sure what you mean. Web browser ads can be blocked through extensions that Samsung browser supports. In app ads can be eliminated by paying for the app. Really, if you can't afford $3 for an app that you frequently use, I'd question how you can afford a $1000 phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] entropism:
That's incorrect. The unlocked version is fully compatible with T-Mobile.

Samsung has been locking bootloaders since the S7? It's been a few years. Even when someone found a way to beat it, it was severely limiting to your device. You said you're not new here. This is pretty common knowledge with Samsung devices.

Uh, what ads? That's not a samsung thing, I think you just installed some ****ty apps.

Hoooo boy. You might want to look into HTC phones before you buy one.

Yes. And they've been working on the S9 too, which still can't be beaten. And a proper way to unlock the S8, without limiting your battery to 80%.

And why exactly is T-Mobile "junk"? Maybe you need a different carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] MerlinTT:
I hate pink and that dam t mobile jingle i got rid of the jingle with an app silent boot but sorry that pink ***** boot screen????they added

that has to go

Grumpy
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] entropism:
If a color is challenging your sexuality, you have deeper problems than an unrootable phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] sputnik767:
I think your problems go well beyond the color of your boot screen. Seek help. The kind of help you need we're not qualified to provide here. How often do you see the boot logo screen anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Zacharee1:
There are two types of "unlocked": carrier and bootloader. BestBuy meant carrier unlocked, or the N960U1. The hardware is equivalent to the carrier version (N960U; there's only one model now for all the carriers), and the only software difference is that it doesn't come with the carrier bloat. Same hardware and firmware means it supports B71. However, it cannot be bootloader unlocked.

You have two options if you want a bootloader unlock: the N9600 or the N960F. Neither supports B71, but both do support B66. Remember, B71 isn't all that important yet. It's only been rolled out in a few places and TMO is concentrating more on 5G right now.

The N960F has a mod you can flash to enable TMO WiFi Calling and VoLTE and the other carrier features. I'm running it now and it works fine. It did sort of convert my phone to a Chinese variant, which meant I was stuck with the super aggressive Smart Manager instead of Device Manager, but I modified it to let me use Device Manager again. I might be posting the modified version if I can get permission.

The fact is that, yes, Samsung kind of beat the rooters. However, anyone who really wants to root usually just gets the F or 0 variant, and those who can live without make do with the plethora of non-root tweaks. There are actually quite a few adblockers and package disablers designed for TouchWiz that work without root, such as DNS66 or notSABS.

I don't know anything about flashing modified TouchWiz ROMs on the U variant, but it might be possible. It won't have root though.

Really, if you want a rootable Samsung, go with the N960F. You can get it on Amazon new with Prime for under $900 (without Prime it's $800). It has TWRP and Magisk works fine. If you want WFC PM me so I can share my modified mod (heh). I'll also be working on a set of other miscellaneous modifications to TouchWiz.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] MerlinTT:
SM-N960U

So in old slow world of us phone dummies that try to keep up with all the brain power that this site has been good for in unlocking phones over the years, oh ya and when you all talk that doctors language and write it

to where us dummies have to read and reread over and over again and again to unlock are phones after you all figured it out!!

So what you are saying in the current Samsung world rooting is a thing of the past! Samsung won the hacking war!!! and us pe-ons are mostly stuck with carrier banded phones or unlocked that loses carrier bands and options!

Unless we pay some merc to kidnap you and have some doctor transfer your brain power into are brains so we have the brain power to hack and mod are locked phones then if we are kind have that brain power transferred back to your brains!!!!

I should have stayed with my note 4

oh ya my man hood is just fine they hang lower then yours but that happens with old age how low??

it is great with the younger ladies big is a big deal today

like older ladies with big you know what age affects them to and the younger guys can not stop looking

just do not like pink

:) Grumpy ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] glberg17:
Just keep telling yourself, "It's not pink, it's magenta. It's not pink it's magenta. It's not pink it's magenta." And you'll be just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] IFireflyl:
It would have been better for this thread to never have been revived.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] alher591:
return your tmobile note 9 and buy the unlocked one from best buy. I actually sold my ocean blue for 900.00$ after getting the 500$ tmobile discount promotion and akg headphones :).

I then went into best buy and bought the unlocked midnight black 512 GB version, best buy also gave me a free 32 inch Samsung tv with my purchase. Also sold my note 8 for 450$. So at the end of the day I got paid to buy the note 9 lol and got a few incentives

I just did this over the weekend. after multiple research, I have confirmed that all bands work on the unlocked version as well. (including 71)

I also have wifi calling and visual voicemail working without an issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] IFireflyl:
You're replying to a month-old thread that someone just revived for reasons that are beyond me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] alher591:
Did you just revive this thread even more
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] IFireflyl:
Clever.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] trinilu27:
I for one love rooting and I for one love figuring out the battery issues and twrp issues and and everything thing else that goes along with it...I don't know why everyone is still beating these locked down Samsungs to death....one plus is the the only way to go in This day and age....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] coupedeebaybee:
Bro, Halloween isn't for 2 more months.

So, why you tryna turn dead threads into zombies?

Especially this one, of all threads...

:good: :eek: :good: :silly: :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Since the OP's question was answered almost 2 years ago, I see no further use for this thread other than to promote "Trollbogies"!!

Therefore......Buh..Bye!!

Thread closed!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
In my old S7 I was able to freeze many Samsung apps with excellent results and I was wondering if it is also usable in my Tab S 8.4 with android 6 MM. Can you tell me something?

Regards!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
I have been using this version on my T800 10.5" for years with no problems, be careful what you disable though, each app is a different colour so you know which apps are safe to disable.

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

John.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
Hi John, you know of any thread where you can see those apps that are safe to freeze

Regards

Edited. This app is 100x100 functional in our Tab S with MM 6.0.1?

Is much money

thanks!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
I am on the stock MM 6.0.1 and it works fine.

You can get a refund if you don't like it within 15 minutes, maybe longer see link below.

https://lifehacker.com/you-can-still-get-a-refund-from-google-play-after-the-1-1579659666

watch youtube video click link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBvXUJH1x0

John.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
Hello John,

Do you know any thread on our tablet where i can see frozen apps using this app? Are some of your captures possible?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Below is a link to what is safe to disable though not specific to the Tab S.

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-note-7/help/q-package-disabler-pro-apps-getting-rid-t3443355

John.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
Thank you, John. I want to ask you 3 more things since it seems that you are one of the few that remain around here. 1 Can I use themes on the tablet ... like? 2 I have been using my second-hand Tab S for 2 weeks and it suffers a reboot when I do not use the battery saving mode, with the saving mode, everything is ok!... why? 3 My tablet is almost 3 years old and I was very scared about the battery, especially the first day I did not get more than 4 hours but based on freezing apps from Samsung and google and only using it to watch movies, Netflix, series, Youtube etcetera, I have managed to get more than 8 hours of screen and once I got to 9 hours ... Today I have 5 hours of screen to 50% watching 2 movies and a series of Netflix ... you think that this indicates that my battery is ok or with a new one would get better consumption?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
1: I have never used a theme

2: The saving mode most likely draws less power from the battery`s you tab s, most likely needs a new battery or the battery connection have become loose (very common) on 8.4" does you screen flicker?

3: how long your battery lasts depends on how much power the app is using, the screen brightness and how light the image being shown is.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
Yes, my screen suffers those flashes when I do not use the saving mode and then it restarts. The battery correctly measures the percentages without jumping as I have read from other colleagues. I have also read that removing the battery and replacing it in its place can correct these restarts.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Yeah, screen flickering is a bad battery or a bad battery connector (poor connection) many owners have had this problem, especially the 8.4" Tab S

Some Samsung service centres have admitted it`s a bad connector and have installed a more heavy duty version according to one owner, some people have soldered the battery wires directly to the motherboard.

You can try disconnecting and re-connecting the battery, check youtube for a guide.

I have an T800 10.5" 4 years old this November and touch wood no problems.

If you do a search for "flickering screen" you should find lots of thread on the subject.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
Thank you very much John, but being a bad connection, why does not it happen using the saving mode? I guess it will be something technical that I do not know but I find it very funny ... I will try to open the tablet to get the battery and then replace it, I hope to be lucky :):)

Soon I will give news if this corrects the restarts. Very kind for all your answers John

Regards!!!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
Everything has gone perfect. I have frozen all the Samsung bloatware, a total of 150 apps or processes and the tablet works much more smoothly without delays, very smooth with an excellent deep sleep and the best thing is that the restarts and blinks have disappeared in the performance mode ... Thanks for your advice on this vital app ... greetings John
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E--Man:
Would you mind sharing a list of APKs you froze to debloat the tablet? Thanks

Please use the QUOTE feature when replying to me to get my attention. Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Princeland:
The same program freezes all the Samsung bloatware to which I have added these ... Time, Samsung push, Samsung account, children mode and all google apps
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Android-Banjarmasin:
Why is any AOSP based lagging so much when scrolling, not smooth as stock

Any fix?
[Meizu Pro 5 Questions & Answers] mateo2249:
Hello everyone,

I have a big problem with the rear camera of my Pro 5, in fact it does not work at all, despite attempts to factory resets. The front works perfectly. For a while I managed to make it work by twisting slightly the top of the phone but it does not work and it's still not terrible to do that ... so I ordered and change the camera, but unfortunately nothing better . So my question is, how do you know where the problem comes from? it is probably the motherboard that is damaged, but how to be sure? Are there tests to perform? I hope to have been clear. Thank you
[Meizu Pro 5 Questions & Answers] ISCYamil:
There are a lot of applications to test the phone. I use this:

Phone Check (and Test) v11.6 [Pro + AOSP]

http: // www.filedropper.com / phonecheckandtestv116proaosp

Sensor Tools 1.7

http: // www.filedropper.com / sensortools17

Z - Device Test 1.7

http: // www.filedropper.com / z-devicetest17

I am sure there are newer versions of the apps, but those are the ones I have (Pro versions). Also you can find more using the PlayStore
[Touch GSM General] Paul_Days:
This could actually help others for I have read many threads and still don't have a clear HOW TO.

The Thread are for Elfs....from reading threads I GUESS I have an Elf(in)....My Box Reads:

HTC Touch [ROM: 256MB; SDRAM: 128MB DDR]

This is a Rogers branded Touch, grayish color. OS is Windows 6 Professional.

Now I have done some registry hacks, shut off animation and sounds (from TouchFlo too) and the Touch is far better than before, but I still find it somewhat laggy, when flipping through apps, eventhough I have the Task Manager off.

After reading many threads I have two routes that I would like help with:

- Being an Avid Palm programmer, who've done it all, including bricking one (lol), I know for a fact that a fresh, light ROM improves performance and makes the unit much zippier. So which ROM would be the best for me? There are so many around and i dunno which is best for my unit.

- Second, Should I just do the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade, and ride off into the sunset? will it make the unit much better than a custom ROM (i doubt it)...atleast the question is out here.

Lastly, I mainly use the Touch for checking emails, browsing on Wi-fi as well as my network providers'. I use the mobile office a lot, and the messenger as well. For internet browsing I use Netfront, but hope to compare it to the new IE. My aftermarket apps are: SPB Mobile Shell 2.0, Pocket CM, PCM Keyboard, SIP Change, and Advanced Config.

Hope this helps the more experienced members lend me a hand.

Cheers,

Paul
[Touch GSM General] Paul_Days:
Thank you very much Bereda, and thanks for such a warm welcome. My next question is....which of all the ROMS is the one that I want? I see several versions and only one says Touch on it, the rest say Elf, Elf(in), etc. Mine on the box says Touch, but in here it seems that the Elf is also the Touch, a bit confused...

Cheers,

Paul
[Touch GSM General] OmerS:
i also recomand this rom.
[Touch GSM General] Paul_Days:
I will go ahead and give it a go, as soon as I know which is the best ROM for my Equipment.

Thanks OmerS,

Paul
[Touch GSM General] AfflictedSatisfaction5:
Beginner

I have no idea what I am doing. LOL. Why would I do a Rom upgrade??? And secondly where can I upgrade to WM 6.1. I have the HTC Touch..Please help!!!
[Touch GSM General] Paul_Days:
AfflictedSatisfaction5, Welcome to the Club. A clean ROM eliminates many apps that one rarely uses, that consumes memory and normally are replaced by other third party apps. In General, a modified ROM runs quicker and better than the OE ROM.

You can find the WM 6.1 upgrade on the Microsoft Windows Mobile Site and take it from there OR Get a custom ROM with WM 6.1 already there.

I am just waiting to see which ROM is the one for my phone, since there are several variants of internal ROM memory (64, 128, 256, etc).

Cheers,

Paul
[Touch GSM General] evilmonkey1987:
If you have a Rogers branded HTC Touch, BEFORE you do anything, try to dump your ROM. (Read around, you'll find how to do it). The community, including myself, been struggling with this for months. Thanks. :)
[Touch GSM General] Paul_Days:
Evilmonkey...will search for ROM dumping...by the way, it IS a Rogers Branded HTC....BUT...my phone will not be used for Rogers network, but for a latin american company called Viva.

Cheers,

Paul
[Touch GSM General] Ameet:
after u dump backup ur current rom.. i suggest u make up ur mind what u want :) for instance, there are many many variants of touch roms around here ranging from bare naked clean bases to fat boy mem hogging bloated ones.. u can check my thread for a clean base rom or try kokotas's new rom (its fresh) blue elves and shadow ce takes the cake like always :)

happy flashing
[Touch GSM General] bereda:
i didn't dump my rom and i have a rogers htc touch aka htc elfin... not elf so paul you have a elfin... and trust me stick with the custom roms theres no need to dump your rom due to the fact that theres like 20 of the "rogers" rom on here already just download a copy of it and your set... thats if you want to step backwards and go back to stock...if you get a stripped down rom from the windows mobile website you loose out on all the features that make this phone a touch and a iphone killer... i think its wrong to take out the cube and other programs that are made for the touch! these programs are why you bought a touch in the first place... its like buying a Lamborghini and taking the five speed and the v12 out of the car and replacing it with a automatic transmission and putting in a little 1.8 litter v4... like what would be the point of buying a Lamborghini if your going to make it just like all the other economy cars... plus you could have saved your self a ton of time and just bought a 318i bmw... and for the people that do strip it down to nothing, why didnt you just buy the htc p3300 plain and simple htc ppc like all the rest.
[Touch GSM General] Ameet:
instead of making judgements, i suggest you read the specifications and reasons mentioned by the great rom builders of xda in their threads why they have striped down their roms. people may buy touch so they can get a faster 201mhz device at economy prices

i dont know anything in detail about cars but i'll still add my 2 cents. its more like buying a lamborghini and heavily tweaking it by stripping the parts and adding some, removing some and building a entirely new car out of that to suite each one's individual likes and dislikes. having done that you get a personalised car designed by your own hands and will n wish

two words for that one "MORE SPEED" i suggest you take a look at this http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomparer&id1=619&id2=947 and you'll find the answer why we dont buy p3300 against a touch. its good to retain the looks of the touch and have more speed like dual and more options for functionality as per our likes n dislikes

hope paul finds what he is looking out for. i personally dont advice and support picking up a rom from an expert and editing it to your tune. either use it as is or build your own rom :D happy cooking or flashing ;)
[Touch GSM General] Paul_Days:
Ha ha ha ha ha, thanks Bereda and thanks Ababrekar, and please...be nice :-P

Bereda: Thanks for the explanation NOW i know my is an "ELFin", LOL, only knew it as a Touch. Thanks also for the tip...so I shouldn't dump it, i don't have a lot of things on my phone....3 weeks old so..... the personal data or course is backed up.

Ababrekar: Thanks for the encouragement pal... Like Bereda said, I'd like the HTC pack that is offered on the Blue Elves ROM, plus if you read my initial post.. most of the apps i used (SIP Change, PCM keyboard,etc) are already in that ROM so....

I take it this is the ROM I want....right? :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=364901

Can never be too sure...

Thanks for taking the time.
[Touch GSM General] evilmonkey1987:
Can you please point me to at least one? Also, it's a "step backward" for warranty and de-bricking purposes. :)

Paul, it's okay that its from Latin America, as long as the phone says rogers. Thanks.
[Touch GSM General] bereda:
evilmonkey1987... umm im not sure but i think that flashing will void warentee iwith any rom even plain wm6.1 because the elf and the elfin and the voque(sprint version of elfin) are all standerd

wm6.0 but heres the good part you can allways flash back for warntee purposes say you need to send it back and they cant

tell at all hehehehe!!! its a sneaky move but its well worth it!!!

sorry i thought you ment point you to a plain wm6.1 hahaha sorry ill find one

PAUL... yea thats it had it when i first flashed to wm6.1 and loved it but make sure you flash a radio with it!!!!!! its very simple to do ... heres the radio link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=342265

and

heres a little step by step

1. connect using active sync (after youv flashed the new rom of course )

2.remove sim and sd card

3. locate elf uspl and open it it will bring you to a dos screen *(windows command screen)*

4.press enter continue until you get to step 2/3 press enter then your elfs screen will turn white just like when your flashing the rom then !!!!!!STOPPPP!!!!!!! do not continue to press enter make sure your screen is white!!!!

(####****if your screen doesnt turn white start proicess again****###)

5. open up the radio folder while still keeping the dos screen up

6. youll find a operation call ruu which stands for rom update utility start that

7. follow the on screen steps and it will work fine :)

8 enjoy :)

*****#### in bothe the uspl unlocker and in the start batch file it will say elf... dont panic you have the RIGHT!!! FILE AND OPERATION....####****
[Touch GSM General] Paul_Days:
Will do it tonight, btw.....STUPID QUESTION NO.1:

What is a Radio?
[Touch GSM General] bereda:
the radio is what is used to get your calls its what gives you your signal and there are every now and then a update for the phones which will either give you more signal or better call quality
[Touch GSM General] spookydownunder:
Thanks for asking these questions, I had the same ones in my head :)