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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Dirty Unicorns Semi GSI for Samsung Devices

By CodeFox & OpenSauce9810
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What is this?

This is a Semi Generic System Image. That means it's a generic system image that's been optimized as much as possible for our Samsung Devices.

How the heck do I flash this?

It's slightly different than flashing a zip, so here's what you need to do.

Download the image file

UNCOMPRESS IT .xz is a compressed file. So you can uncompress it with zarchiver from the playstore or 7zip/winrar.

Flash the ARH6 Vendor Image to your Vendor Partion from TWRP (Press the Install Image button at the bottom right of where you usually select a flashable zip)

Flash the System Image to your System Partition

Optional if you want root (but reccomended): Reboot to recovery again then flash your choice of Magisk. I use 17.1 as I can get galaxy wear to work with that version.

Reboot your device and you should be good to go! No need to flash gapps as they're included.

03.12.2018

Initial Release

05.12.2018

Updated sources to 9.0 r21 release. (December Security Patch)

Gapps included, (dialer and messenger also included so you won't start without a phone or sms app)

Bootanimation changed to reduce boot times

Tweaks to ambient play ticker so it clears when you clear media notifications

Further performance tweaks thanks to @malinathani animations transition smoother now.

09.12.2018

Keystore fixed - You can now use fingerprint within apps (once you've passed safetynet with hideprops module)

Screenshots

[YOUTUBE][YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

Video Review Thanks to @vmb265

Click here to view video review

Downloads:

System Image GDrive

Vendor Image

Support & Feedback

I'm happy to provide as much support as possible. Through XDA here or you can get in touch with me and the rest of OpenSauce9810 + our community at our Telegram group here

Our telegram also has a bot which will provide you with the latest builds.

If you're happy with the work I've put into this (endless amounts of hours trying to perfect GSI building) then a simple thanks here or clicking the thanks button below is very appreciated!

Credits and Thanks

Dirty Unicorns (The best ROM ever)

Ivan - Thank you for helping me out every now and then when I'm being stoopid.

Rainbow_Dash - Pointing me in the right direction with regards to fixing the errors.

malinathani- For the UI Jank Fix (Used widely in other GSI's now)

GRaf - best tester

The guys in telegram as a whole, thank you for the feedback and support.

phhusson - thank you for your work on project treble.

XDA:DevDB Information

[Discontinued]Dirty Unicorns[UNOFFICIAL][09.12.2018][S9/S9+/N9], ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Contributors

CodeFox, Rainbow_Dash, malinathani, phhusson, Dirty Unicorns, Ivanmeler,

Source Code: https://github.com/DirtyUnicorns/android_manifest

ROM OS Version: 9.x Pie

ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x

ROM Firmware Required: Vendor ARH6

Based On: Dirty Unicorns

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 1

Stable Release Date: 2018-12-03

Created 2018-12-03

Last Updated 2019-01-07
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] PieceofSlice:
First! lol

Still on stock ROM but i'd love to flash some Dirty Unicorn goodness.

Any bugs to be aware of?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Fingerprint doesn't worth within apps. Other than that though everything's pretty much good I think.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Techvir:
[MENTION=6022102]CodeFox[/MENTION] Thanks for this rom. I used to make my own Du builds for nexus device. It was sucha an amazing experience.

Would love to try DU for note 9.

Just a couple of questions -

- Does any of the Touch wiz features like, pen related features ( bluetooth control work ) ?

- Phone related features by flashing csc files for specific network still doable ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] PieceofSlice:
Pretty much all Samsung features are lost on AOSP however there are a lot of alternative apps that can "revive" the Spen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Techvir:
That is what I thought... Thanks for answering
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
I flashed this twice. Both times I couldn't get the setup wizard to show up. There are no gapps in the app drawer either.

Can someone confirm? I'm pretty sure I did everything right with the flashing process..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Gapps aren't included. You'll need to download a package from opengapps. Arm64 9.0. I recommend nano.

Don't forget to download a phone and SMS app too.

I copied and pasted from my PE thread so I need to take out the gapps included part. My bad, sorry about that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
No problem. Also, the .xz file needs to be extracted and the IMG file in it needs to be flashed to the system partition. I noticed you haven't included this in the flashing instructions ;)

Thank you for the ROM btw
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
I'll update the posts tomorrow. I'm looking after 4 threads at the minute as there's 2 more in the s9 forum ? it's proving to be challenging haha.

You're welcome. This one is a lot smoother than pixel experience.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
Haha I can understand. Btw I just restored the galaxy wearable, Samsung accessory service, gear s plugin and Samsung health using titanium backup and I didn't have to reset my gear. It just connected right away and it's working fine now. The backup I made using titanium backup was on Pixel Experience right before I flashed this rom.

I hope it doesn't do a freak reset later.. Too good to be true? :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Hmm thanks for letting me know. I'll give it a go. I really do need to start using titanium backup more often. I usually have problems with apps not notifying me of new posts anymore or them being stuck in the past though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
I agree with you on those issues. Apps like whatsapp are affected with the delayed notifications so I avoid backing it up with titanium backup. Still, the fact that Gear doesn't need to be reset is a big thing. I even toggled Bluetooth on and off multiple times and it still connects to it without any prompt for reset
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Leeum:
Damn just Flased PixelExperience last night. Will definitely be installing this. I found pe was smooth enough so the fact that this is a lot smoother is really nice. Thanks mate
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Techvir:
The ability to restore gear with titanium is something new ... I could not do that till very recently but last week when I did a restore, there was no need to reset the watch and I was amazed..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
Glad to know it's not just me :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
New build released. see OP for details.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
You're on fire! Thanks ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
i love dirty so much

great to see this
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Imr76:
Hello there. Iam new to. Gsi roms. Needed to ask the flashing steps. Iam on light rom right now with dual sim model.

1. In twrp clear everything. Cache data system

2. Flash vendor image

3. Flash system image

So i was able to boot this rom and everything was working included dual sim. then i downloaded viper for android ,flashed in magisk, restarted and kept in boot loop since.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] monkey hung:
Would there be an issue if I flash this over the Samsung Pie 9 Beta? It appears that I am having a boot loop no matter what I do. I wiped the internal storage, cache, etc and formatted it as well in TWRP. Installed vendor image then the system image and rebooted and I get a boot loop.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
Probably because of different bootloader. Not sure though. You may have to flash stock firmware, then recovery and then try getting this installed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] monkey hung:
Yeah that's what I'm doing now. it's a pain in the butt to find the stock firmware though. Either the websites are hella slow or SamFirm doesn't decrypt automatically or Kies/SmartSwitch doesn't recognize the phone no matter what, ugh.

Weird thing I didn't back anything up but when I go to backup I see the system image at 4.7GB and everything else that takes storage space.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
Try updato.com I've heard that website is fast
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Yeah the pie kernel is incompatible. I use dash kernel. I'm not sure if theres a download anywhere but it's in our telegram group linked in the OP in the shared files. Endurex is a kernel our team have built but not yet posted to XDA. You could use that too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Good news, the next build will have "PHH Settings" removed. All appropriate Samsung settings will now be persistent at all times and won't need to be activated. Looking into a fix for themes persisting now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] vibrantliker:
where is the ARH6 Vendor Image?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VwIfnbO1WDLubw0cm7sBXvEsjbfK_jEp

I've updated OP.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] damir831:
How long did the installation take you guys? I've been sitting here for about 15 minutes with the colorful Google logo and the progress bar underneath it...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] damir831:
Finally booted up, but it's not recognizing either of my two sim cards. When trying to go into sim settings, it keeps foreclosing.

Really wanted to like this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Imr76:
Yes the device will ask to set it up. At least I had it in notification. And during that setup sims will recognized and you will be asked to setup calls and sms priorities.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] rowihel2012:
Fingerprint working or like pixel experience?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Fingerprint works. If it doesn't you're on the wrong vendor. Fingerprint doesn't work in apps though. Only works to unlock device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Corrupted files:
Working fine and fast on my side
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] rowihel2012:
Thanks my friend
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
Safety net can't pass using magisk config with this rom.

I lost my sim card connect when delete s9 plus on the list.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
All you needed to do was reboot. The SIM always drops off for me after hideprops. Reboot and it comes back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
I

Thanks.

Didn't know that.all good
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] vibrantliker:
Anyone get Viper4android working?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
It was working for me using the magisk module.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] rowihel2012:
Flashed rom and vendor

No wifi working

No sim card working

Fingerprint not working

No camera app

No Google play

Coming from doctor ketan pie rom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Your Bootloader and Modem are pie based because you've come from the pie rom. They won't work. You need an oreo bootloader and modem...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
There are some random freezing.

Also call app froze after taking a call.

So can't hang up after until I close the screen and open it again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
how did you manage to get it to restore ?

i just restored everything and still couldn't get it to work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
Pair with Bluetooth first and then restore the apps. It worked for me on this rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
you still have to reset the watch in other to pair it right ?

so reset and pair it with bluetooth then restore apps after without opening the apps first
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Nasty_z:
No no. Right after flashing the rom, you can pair with the watch from the Bluetooth settings. Aosp roms don't prompt you to download galaxy wearable. Once that's done, restore the galaxy wearable, Samsung accessory service apps. Then open the galaxy wearable app and it should show as connected. It will work just like normal after that.

It did work for me this way. I'm not sure if it will work for you though
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Enddo:
I am unable to get this to flash onto my device. I am on the latest version of the international Exynos firmware (November security update). I have installed TWRP.

I download both of these files, copy them to the Galaxy Note 9 and then boot up into TWRP.

- I flash the "vendor.img" to the "Vendor Image" partition

- I flash the "DU091218.img" to the "System Image" partition

And then I reboot since it tells me that Magisk is optional.

However, I'm just stuck there at the G boot animation loading screen for 10+ minutes before giving up and starting over fresh with Odin+TWRP.

I don't get what I'm missing here. The same thing happened to the Pixel Experience Semi-GSI Treble ROM that I tried yesterday.

- https://imgur.com/AIfmupp
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
I recommend you flash this kernel
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Enddo:
Flashing that ZIP file will be step 3 in the guide that I included in my post?

What is this kernel? Where did it come from? And if it's needed/recommended, why isn't it included in the OP?

I see you recommended it to someone who was running Pie here. . .

- https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78349159&postcount=25

But I've never had Pie installed on my Note 9.

btw - sorry for all the questions, I'm just curious and trying to learn the underlying issue of what is going on
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Imr76:
I need to report mr. Fox that there are no Google apps as well as messaging / calling apps embedded in the latest built.

1.Which calling app do in med to download.?

2. Google apps nano 9.0 won't work with this built as of my experience.

3.Sim setup was not present as well.. Please guide.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
yeah the new build is vanilla and doesn't have anything

should probably wait for fox to update it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] harise100:
... or download "Aroma" and install only what you need... (Large download, but worked perfectly for me.)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
breaks wifi and data
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] harise100:
Not for me... got a S9 with latest Vendor and Firmwares
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] TheUndertaker21:
it's my fault

i had tekhd detentor thing from pie rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] kevinspeed15:
Is there a mirror download for the img file? Downloaded it a couple of times and always says file is corrupted. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] blogbytes:
So whats the status on this rom? Gapps, phone and sms pre installed? Or not?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] feimummy:
Emmm...when to fix fingerprint on note 9,please?

It looks like your Rom Pixel Experience works now .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] mankadronit:
Rom link not working, 404 error
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] thekidelvis:
same for me man
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] PieceofSlice:
Any updates?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] CodeFox:
Discontinued as we'll be releasing device specific roms as soon as we can get our hands on the OneUI Kernel Source.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco] Justiz5533:
Will you open new threads for every device, or will you just go on in this thread?
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] pjsnyc:
Figured I'd post this since it seems to have changed a few things.

Today I got an update notification and the size seemed a bit large (~900 MB). I kinda was hoping it would be a surprise Pie update, but alas it is not. Still 8.0.0 oreo, but there are a few new things I noticed.

Calling Plus is no more. Appears to be replaced with VoLTE capabilities. Phone tried registering on the network, but I got an error. Regular calling seems to be fine.

Always on Display is different now. Similar functionality, but fewer options.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
I know you're probably joking, but PIE is not going to show up as some random update. It's going to Korea carrier variants first. Maybe Q1 2019. Then everyone else. PROBABLY Q2 2019.

We will have plenty of notice about Pie, when it starts happening.

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] pjsnyc:
In any case, functionality has changed a bit. Just a heads up.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] jjairal:
After update phone no longer has lte. Stays on 3g. Not sure why or how to fix it. Reset networks, Rebooted, updated prl and profile but nothing has fixed it so far.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mukeshp7867:
Sometimes updates create issues on a phone running stable and fine with current rom and we wonder why we updated?

I bought this phone a month ago (living in India) and I find that phone is running absolutely fine, with great battery life and no issues whatsoever with August security update.

Now -- may be I will update to new update (whenever released for India phones) only after couple of weeks after going through feedback from users who updated.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sabarixda:
I have read that lg v30 is part of google enterprise recommended which need to be regularly updated every 90 days for atleast security patch. I am from india and i got last update at end of august but till i am posting this message i didn't got any update which shows avery pathetic promise breach. Which not good for brand like lg i didn't expect from lg???
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] mukeshp7867:
Don't be concerned on not receiving update. From what I am reading on some other threads for V30+ -- believe me, you are saved from issues in new updates released in other parts of the world for our phone. Phone is running absolutely fine with last update. We should wait for an update which will not give us any performance issues.
[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] pjsnyc:
Strange, I havent had problems with LTE after update.
[HTC Startrek] Wyverex:
hy there,

so i have a problem with my startrek.

when i start with romupdateutility, i became a message like this:

Error (270) : Update error

The image file is corrupted. please check your update utility.

So does it means, that the cidunlock or application unlock does not work at my handy?

greats

René
[HTC Startrek] slavix:
What o.s. are u used? Vista or xp? Because with xp there is no problem, with vista you must change the spl or change the driver of the device in the pc...

If u use vista,search in the forum..the problem is solved
[HTC Startrek] Wyverex:
Hey Slavix

Thank you for the answer, i have found the thread, and installed new drivers, yet it works. Thank you so much.

greets

René
[HTC Startrek] jose_quan:
I can ROM my startrek

I have the same problem, I used XP and the messege is the same. I don´t know what to do.
[HTC Startrek] Wyverex:
Hey,

So i explain to you, how i did it work.

First i made sd application unlock, and cid unlock again, maybe it has not worked at the first time.

After that i found this thread and installed new drivers on windows vista. so yet it works.

i give you the link to the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=288753&highlight=usb+driver+bootloader

greets

René
[HTC Startrek] Erofich:
it is not necessary to make a CID Unlock (SuperCID) again
[HTC Startrek] lewnetoons:
Try sd card

Look for post titled "Flashing ????????"

it should help.
[LG V40 Themes, Apps, and Mods] fclifton:
I have the T-mobile V40 and I use the LG Messaging app. I am using one of the LG themes and in the SMS messages both the sent and received bubbles are the same color. I have looked for a way to change them but have not found it. Am I missing something or does it not exist on for this app?

Yes, I am open to using another messaging app. Suggestions?

Thanks!
[LG V40 Themes, Apps, and Mods] guytano86:
Probably the theme does change the sms bubles try installing one of McKenzie's theme from the themes section.
[LG V40 Themes, Apps, and Mods] fclifton:
Thanks for the suggestion. Which themes section are you referring to?
[LG V40 Themes, Apps, and Mods] guytano86:
This thread

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v40/themes/mark-bencze-premium-themes-support-t3874832
[LG V40 Themes, Apps, and Mods] fclifton:
Ah, got it. I didn't equate McKenzie with Mark Bencze. Thanks!
[LG V40 Themes, Apps, and Mods] guytano86:
Sorry that was an error on my part. Lol