[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] BigCountry907:
I have uploaded a full backup from my device.

The bootloader rev is U2.

The device was running COMBINATION_FA71_N950USQU2AQK2.

So any of the partitions that come from the combination rom are the bootloaders in this package.

The files in the backup that do not come in any odin firmwares are from my device.

Feel free to use the files as they are.

Your device will end up having the imei and hardware information from my device.

The board that these came from is dead now so there will not be any conflicts.

If anyone other than you uses this backup entirely or the first person who uses it will be ok.

After that there may be a conflict because there will be multiple devices with the same imei.

You will need to build a full edl rom.

You need to edit the rawprogram.xml files so that the addresses and the sizes match the rev 5 bootloader.

Unless you have another way of flashing the full backup.

Remember VERY VERY important.

Only use the files from this backup that are not in any of the odin flashes.

So download the carrier firmware.

Unpack the combination rom and any partitions that are in there move to the edl flash.

Then unpack the carrier firmware and any files that are in the carrier firmware that are not in the combination firmware need to also be moved to the edl flash.

There should be roughly around 20 partitions that no odin package will have files for.

Move the files from my backup into the edl flash. Only the ones that have not been moved there yet.

If you flash any of the bootloaders in my backup you will have a anti-rollback BRICK.

You will need 4 rawprogram.xml files. One for each.

/dev/sda

/dev/sdb

/dev/sdc

/dev/sdd

/dev/sdb and /dev/sdc are both "xbl".

There is no xblbak partition.

They are both labeled xbl.

/dev/sda and /dev/sdb will be the most work.

Here is how the rawprogram.xml files line up.

/dev/sda = rawprogram0.xml

/dev/sdb = rawprogram1.xml

/dev/sdc = rawprogram2.xml

/dev/sdd = rawprogram3.xml

You also need the gpt files.

Those will have to be from a good V5 device.

Here is what you will need.

/dev/sda = gpt_main0.bin gpt_backup0.bin

/dev/sdb = gpt_main1.bin gpt_backup1.bin

/dev/sdc = gpt_main2.bin gpt_backup2.bin

/dev/sdd = gpt_main3.bin gpt_backup3.bin

Chances are you will be unable to get them backups for V5 because of no root.

If you had root you would do this.

dd if=/dev/sda of=/sdcard/gpt_main0.bin bs=1024 count=20

dd if=/dev/sdb of=/sdcard/gpt_main1.bin bs=1024 count=20

dd if=/dev/sdc of=/sdcard/gpt_main2.bin bs=1024 count=20

dd if=/dev/sdd of=/sdcard/gpt_main3.bin bs=1024 count=20

The backup gpt is the last 20 kb of the /dev/

So you have to calculate it.

Total /dev size - 20kb

20kb = 20480

Your command would be

dd if=/dev/sda of=/sdcard/gpt_backup0.bin bs=1 skip=(Total size /dev/sda - 20480)

dd if=/dev/sdb of=/sdcard/gpt_backup1.bin bs=1 skip=(Total size /dev/sdb - 20480)

dd if=/dev/sdc of=/sdcard/gpt_backup2.bin bs=1 skip=(Total size /dev/sdc - 20480)

dd if=/dev/sdd of=/sdcard/gpt_backup3.bin bs=1 skip=(Total size /dev/sdd - 20480)

The only other way to get the correct GPT.

Flash Rev5-EDL rom. ( You need it. If you have it share it )

Boot to download mode and flash full carrier firmware. (BL AP CP CSC UMS) All in 1 shot.

Settings should be erase all, repartition, update bootloader, auto reboot, reset time.

After odin flash device will not boot properly yet.

You need to get into edl mode using testpoint.

Build a edl rom using the backup i uploaded.

This EDL rom should only flash the 20 or so partitions that are not in the carrier firmware.

The rawprogram.xml files you will only use rawprogram0.xml and rawprogram3.xml.

The rawprogram.xml files will only have entries for the missing partitions.

You need to edit all the addresses and the sizes in the rawprogram.xml files to match the gpt of the rev 5 package.

The rawprogram files included in my backup are for rev 2 only. YOU have to make them correct for rev 5.

After you flash the edl package.

Boot into download mode again.

Flash full carrier firmware (BL AP CP CSC UMS) in one operation.

Reboot and everthing should be ok.

Only difference is your device will now be a clone of the device I killed.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/nd03du81k8wk36k/N950U-U2-Backup.7z/file

Post a link to the rev 5 combo please.