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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PiArc:
Been on CRK3, and there are far fewer issues than the first available build.

One rather major problem I've had, though, is with my S Pen connection. The new features do not work anymore. That is, my phone has not been able to connect to an S Pen at all. I've tried with another Note 9's S Pen, and the best I get is a screen with the text "Connecting to your S Pen. This may take a while." after tapping the notification to reconnect the pen.

Other than that, everything seems rather stable and OK.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tonsa:
I just tried opening a picture using Samsung gallery. It said unsupported files, but when I open it with Google photo there is no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] cyberon:
New Samsung Internet icon/version?

Currently 9.0.01.18 on my S9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Check out the apps forums for the note 9 for the new versions of stuff.

Here ya go:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/themes/samsung-apps-icon-ui-alternative-source-t3853301/page9

Hope that helps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] cyberon:
The version I have installed is newer than the one on that post.

Can someone share the new version please?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] yoda16:
It's missing for me also
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
I dont have it as well on my Verizon variant. Now I odin'd down to ARJ7 and Back up to CRKE from CRK3 without wiping. (Only wiped cache)

How about you guys? I was gonna factory reset, but didnt want to waste my time if I didn't have to.

Edit: I left out I dont have it when I use Nova. If I dont use Nova it is present. But I cant stand that I cant hide the navigation bar and pull it up while using the Samsung launcher (the dot to the left is still gone to disable it) I use Nova 100% of the time but the home gesture hasn't worked on Pie, so I tried using SE launcher but really dont like the constant nav bar.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Just check apk mirror. Not trying to be rude but this isn't an app request thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] saintx20:
How can I download CRKE beta? when I click the Fota link it gives me an error about denied acces, can someone pos it please?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] spimonkey34:
The link is a few pages back.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78225886&postcount=997
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Did you reset your pen?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] henklbr:
Galaxy Note 9 Android 9 Pie beta program hinted at by test firmware

See this article:

Galaxy Note 9 Android 9 Pie beta program hinted at by test firmware
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jldr:
The issues I have with CRK3 are almost all SD card related. I get a SD mount error pop up telling me to reformat (an issue I had going from a S8 to S9). My gallery also shows every new picture in a separate folder called Camera on the internal storage, but when I try to move to external storage it shows that it's there already. Weird.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Life Companion:
Battery icon got changed in 9.0 as 8.0?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] PiArc:
I tried, but to avail. Kept checking with the other S Pen as well to be sure it's not my original S Pen's hardware. I can live with this until the next update. It was nice to learn I'd incorporated the Pen into my day-to-day, though, seeing as this is my first Note.

I think I was on the first build when I was having my SD card issues. Random unmounts and stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] moe2021:
Having trouble getting my watch to pair even with downloading the latest plugin from apk mirror. I notice my dark mode doesn't stick randomly switches back
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
On crke?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] moe2021:
Yes I decided to take the plunge and install it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] netnerd:
this latest crke is the worst ! it's should be the first alpha !

i cant play facebook video, youtube video, tried with wifi and 4G LTE, all videos, all i get is spinning circle.

also, clockface which let you use different always on display clock wont work.

also no "close all" on task manager using Nova

i going to flash back to crk3
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] spimonkey34:
Videos work fine for me.

Clockface doesn't open. Not sure if it did before as I've never used it.

I like the gestures, which only fully work with stock launcher so no issue with the "close all". Though I don't see how that's a deal breaker. I've never used it, never needed to.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Has anyone tried a factory reset? Or is everyone one running on a dirty flash?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bhull521:
CRKE is working like champ. No issues to note yet, as I take it through its paces.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
Gotta say crke has been hanging in much better on battery for me so far.

None of the video issues reported above for me and I still have close all for apps
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Waynestuckart:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dcaJLIuDy0S29qYGmaMgupYs_gDmtIxr/view?usp=drivesdk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Did you wipe/Factory reset? And what carrier?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
No wipe and T-Mobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] moe2021:
Thanks that worked. Does Samsung pay work for anyone? I reset and cleared cache but still can't get past the welcome screen
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gino79:
Use the 3.2 apk from apk mirror
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] moe2021:
Thanks almost everything working now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeldenW:
I must know, what say ye on CRKE? Is it Daily Driver ready?

Are you experiencing any video playback issues that were mentioned a couple pages back?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] moe2021:
I am on Crke for the most part everything is working for me besides darkmode randomly turning off and the issues I got help with earlier. No playback issues or anything. I did have to factory reset when I installed and I'm not using a 3rd party launcher.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
I went from.crk3 and downgraded and upgraded with no wipe. Definitely daily driver. Great battery life and no issues so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
The close all isn't absent because of the gestures. Even with the navbar close all isn't present with third party launchers.

I think it's because of how pie let's the launcher handle elements of recents.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] spimonkey34:
I know, I didn't state that right. I use the stock launcher because I like using gestures. In turn, I don't have the "Close All" missing, so it isn't a big deal for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Oh, they fixed gestures for other launchers too

Well other than close all of course. Finally glad to have options with gestures.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
CRKG on FOTA for all carrier models. ZRKG on FOTA for U1 models.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Waynestuckart:
This up on firmware science yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkjedi:
Nope.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] shockngage:
any news for the exynos version? *keeping my finger crossed ?*
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tailgunner9:
Note 9 UI Beta N960U1UEU1ZRKH https://www.sammobile.com/2018/11/23/galaxy-note-9-android-pie-beta-firmware-usa
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingVekxin:
Well that's great news this morning lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
I don't know. Have you looked?

---------- Post added at 08:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 AM ----------

Yup, to confirm the Sammobile article, U1 shows ZRKH this morning on FOTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Waynestuckart:
Ahhh

A smart ass..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Not trying to be O.o
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jellybear456:
I had the night mode issue on CRK3. Enable it in developer settings and it will stick, at least it did for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] inspeckta_dek:
On crk3 I can't play YouTube videos. Besides that everything else is good
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
You know we're on crke right
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] inspeckta_dek:
Sorry typed the wrong one I'm on crke.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
did you clear data on the YouTube app?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bbayer:
So far CRKE is running great. No issues with Samsung Pay. Had to grab the gear s plugin off apk mirror and now my watch connects. Only app with an issue for me was Samsung+, but do we really need it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gino79:
I've been experiencing random reboots...even while on a phone call...I'm on crke
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] inspeckta_dek:
Thanks that worked
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jldr:
So no way of going from CRK3 to E without odin'ing back down to ARAJ? That sucks. You can't do that without losing data, right?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
No you don't. Have you tried the newer versions off of apk mirror.

---------- Post added at 07:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:05 PM ----------

Well you would want to Odin back down to a build that can flash to arj7 (ari5) or Odin to arj7 directly.

You might be able to preserve your data if you:

Turn off auto reboot in Odin

Download crke to sdcard

Odin arj7

Reboot to recovery (do not boot into android, don't think it makes a difference but let's minimize our margin of error)

Flash crke from sdcard in recovery

If it works, you keep data. If it doesn't you were gonna need to wipe anyways just to downgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] revisioncuda:
crk3 or crke?

no problems much on crk3 for me , worth the switch ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kany3:
What been working for me is not loading that home user data. When it reboots it will load to recovery and from there clear cache and upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkjxda:
Yes! The new gestures work much better in CRKE, it has less bugs, super smooth, and it's giving me outstanding battery life. Better than Oreo right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hutchjim:
Hi could I flash this on my us cellular variant
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] slimc84:
I am on ARJ9 and having issues getting this installed. Is there anyone that can point me in the right direction? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Why couldn't you? All the US Note 9 models are EXACTLY THE SAME.

Go back and read through the thread. All your answers are contained within.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] flipperg:
Do the gestures work on CRKE with an alternate launcher,

or are we still stuck with the Samsung default like in CRK3?

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
I had no luck with Nova on CRKE. And was having issues with videos on FB/IG . I had less issues on CRK3. I even factory reset to see if that would help but it didn't. I was still having connectivity issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Waynestuckart:
No issues here. Gear watch working. Samsung pay working.

Only Samsung + won't open
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ivo777:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Yes the gestures work fine now with third party launchers.

The only thing you will be missing using a third party launchers is the "close all" function in recents.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
My gestures worked perfectly when I used stock launcher. When I used Nova the home gesture didnt work. It would bring up recent app list. And most of time it wouldn't let you touch them unless you used the recent gesture, then you could swipe them.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Nope you're right.

Before I couldn't get the root less pixel launcher to work and then I tried a few others with the same results for the home and recents issues.

This build the root less pixel launcher works fine so I assumed they fixed whatever it was. But I did download Nova and I made a mistake. It's doing the same thing it was doing on other builds. My bad.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] inspeckta_dek:
You gotta be on arj7.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
You need to Odin to 1ARJ7 can get it here.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/stock-official-attodinn960usqu1arj7-t3866875
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] slimc84:
It took awhile and multiple reboots of the phone and computer, but it finally took ARJ7 then flashed the update.zip for CRKE. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jldr:
Without a data wipe? Cuz I'm sitting here currently watching it reboot, I think this is round 3 lol. I really don't wanna wipe data!

Edit: Nope, you have to overwrite userdata in odin. It won't boot otherwise.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] enzyne:
You can downgrade to ARJ7? I thought rollback protection was on these devices? Since this is an AT&T build is it ok to flash on a Verizon branded device?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yes! You can flash it on any N960U you want. It doesn't matter the carrier and it will keep the Verizon firmware. If you read the thread many other people wish non-ATT phones have successfully done this.

Rollback protection only comes into play when you upgrade bootloader version. As Android P and Oreo are both on bootloader v1 for the time being, you can bounce back and forth all you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] slimc84:
Anyone having issues with notifications randomly not working? Aside from that, the beta has been pretty solid.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] moe2021:
Anyone having issues with connectivity on Crke? Everything thing was working normally now I'm have this problem out of nowhere
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gizm0luvsu:
kind of. I will loose my lte internet and have to reboot to get it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
Yeah I've seen that will all these betas at times. Wasn't sure if one of my custom led apps was to blame or not and haven't investigated because I'm on the phone too much as is.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KnightStar:
Is it normal for the CRKE update to rebrand the phone as a T-Mobile device? My Note 9 was originally a Verizon unlocked model before I installed the beta.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
Yes because you now have installed branded firmware on the device with BYOD capabilities. It will show the branding of whatever SIM you insert.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KnightStar:
I see. So there isn't any downsides to this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyApe18:
Other than lots of apps you'll never use and a carrier splash screen, no there are no disadvantages to it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
There's actually not many apps with the T-Mo firmware. It just installs like three or four T-Mo apps which can all be uninstalled or disabled. The T-Mo splash screen is annoying though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] slimc84:
Any advice for getting YouTube to work? I've cleared app cache, app data, disabled the app,reenabled the app, rebooted the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
I haven't had a problem, but I use Vanced You tube app. It cuts out the advertisements and allows it to play when screen it off/locked. Also let's you set what resolution you want to play at and options for light and dark mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] slimc84:
​

Downloaded and installed with microg as well. Still won't play videos and randomly locks up. Cleared cache and data, as well as disabled the normal YouTube app

Edit: rebooted a few times and it's good to go.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] moe2021:
Has anyone with a gear vr been able to use it on CRKE? The application won't install gives me a network error.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gizm0luvsu:
I have no issues with the YouTube app. I just tried.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kany3:
I wasn't happy with a dirty upgrade so I didn't a factory restore and I got no issue. You can give that a try
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] DanC4250:
Clear cache partition
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Duper00:
Is anyone having problems with Sprint Voice Networks Wi-Fi Calling, VoLTE working? Every time I click on it using the CRKE version it doesn't load. Do you think it's because this is a generic update not specific to Sprint? I've wiped phone and started from a fresh install to TS as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
That's very likely
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Just making a statement on my experience with these leaks. So I had a crappy experience recently with the CRKE build. Factory reset and everything and didnt help it. I choose to give it a chance again after a couple of days of being back on my variants most current Oreo build (ARJ9 Verizon)( And the biggest reason was the camera app would keep failing on the stock oreo for some reason if you tried to zoom). Went down to ARJ7 and up to CRKE again. Worked perfectly. Even gestures running Nova worked (with the exception of close all missing) but like every build for the past couple of months, once it is running for 3-6 days it starts to degrade/brake down a bit. (Things that worked fine start to fail or brake) and where usually a wipe if the cache partition would make everything golden again, it did not. In fact it would in some cases make things worse. So here I am on CRKE for a couple of days and the gestures have broken again. (Home gesture is working as recent apps while running nova.)

Anyone else seeing this trend?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Video keeps breaking.

A reboot fixes it and then time passes (hours maybe?), and then I'm back where I started. Video doesn't work in YouTube, IG, Twitter, Tumblr, etc..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkjxda:
Not really. CKRE has been running very well for me. It's not perfect, but it's the best of the betas so far. If you run the stock Samsung experience launcher, the interface is fluid and fairly bug free. But of course, since it's a beta and an unofficial one at that, bugs are to be expected. This is definitely a daily driver though for those who want to be on the latest version of Android.

No complaints here. FYI... Gestures have been working perfectly for me. The system freezes now and then, but it's random and not very often. Have experienced zero random reboots. I did a wipe and fresh install after installing the beta. Also battery life has been phenomenal on this build. That's been the biggest bonus for me. I get 6-8.5 hrs of SOT daily.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pcriz:
Either the builds get worse or I just don't notice what's broken immediately because of how I use my device but I'm going back to stock. Video breaking is annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bassman418:
Yes, CRKE is daily driver worthy and works best to date. My post started about this build, but as a whole was referencing all of them, since the first leaks. I'm just disappointed the gestures had work perfectly running nova and now stopped. I've been using nova for more than 6 years and I'm too use to the way I have it set up (the dock, gestures, nova companion, etc) to use the stock launcher. I tried for a couple of days and I felt like I didn't know how to use my phone lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaime3344:
Yep I definitely noticed this trend, now when people say this build is way better than the previous one, I wait it out a couple days and then people start posting their issues. Almost did CRKE last night but I will wait for the next build and see if they get any more stable!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowsami4:
hi ! i can see alexandr and others have made customs rom for g960f on android pie beta ! Maybe it's possible now fore our beloved n9 to have a port of theses roms ? the difference between s9 and n9 is just kernel related if i'm right ? thanks and i'm talking about exynos variants
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Ok...and what does that have to do with the Android Pie leaks for the Snapdragon version? That's what this thread is about.

There's a whole forum for custom ROMs and development.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/development
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowsami4:
i thought it was a thread for Pie beta as the title said ! not especialy for the snapdragon sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yes it's a thread for the Pie beta for Snapdragon. Not a thread looking for custom ROMs like ports from other devices. I linked you to that forum. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
Never seen anything like this before on a stock rom with no tweaks. Battery life is crazy.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hkjxda:
Do you have auto brightness on?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
Yes I do

Hell I was even using the flash light for like a half hour last night trying to find where the wife put the elf on the shelf
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] herandy:
The problem is we can't unlock the bootloader. So, unfortunately not gonna happen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaime3344:
Hahaha! I had to use my flashlight last night for the same thing! But it was to find where I myself hid the elf after last Christmas!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] clshores:
Okay I have downloaded the ARJ7 and Odin referenced a few pages back. I haven't used Odin in many years so can someone refresh me on what to put in the boxes to downgrade and not reset my phone?

Thanks for helping an old man. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dottat:
First four choices only. No userdata
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] clshores:
Thanks... Going to backup messages and give it a go.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @BB:
Hey theme lovers! It looks like Samsung has some themes that should work properly with the Pie builds. Just go to the Theme Store and search for "HQTEST" (without quotes) and you'll find some basic looking ones. From the screen shots, it shows the OneUI interface though. Testing them out now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] brushrop03:
Was thinking about flashing this. How would I go about reverting back to stock Oreo? Using an unlocked US model.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowsami4:
Bootloaders are unlocked on exynos version. So that's not the problem but thanks i ll post in the right section.