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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
DRL6 is Android Pie.. The DRL5 and DRL6 were the testing upgrades and are still in the testing phase and after they figure out what problems it has they'll fix them all and then put another update out that should work better than the last one. That's always how they've done this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Appreciate the explination. First time doing the beta. I know I was on pie. Was just wondering how to check for an update to this pie beta. So I followed your instructions and it did not show any of the pie updates. So was wondering if they had a new update to drl6.

Edit do you know of any gcams that can work on our phone with this rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
You'll just have to keep posted on this thread for updates and check that website periodically. I just did the trial and error and found this gcam version to be pretty stable on my VZW Note 8 on DRL6.

https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_6.1.021_BSG_Arnova-based_v.1.3d_TlnNeun_2.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Thank you worked for me. Feel it's a little sluggish compered to stock. But I like the portrait shots. Hoping Samsung adds that on the final version.

Side not I just read they released a new note 9 and s9 version of the beta.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] stevedrz:
Is there a way we can keep an original post here of current issues with the build? Big one for me right now is Samsung pay and not being certified, but the certified thing is par for the course with these beta builds. Often they eventually do become certified, even the betas.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] scottsdca:
Hi all,

I am currently on the unlocked version firmware on a Verizon phone. When I went to the website to download the beta, it asks for current phone and setup. The numbers didn't match mine. See attached photo of what I have. Can I safely update this? Any different instructions from what you have been talking about in this post? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
This is not for N950U1 it's for N950U ONLY! So no you can't use this with that.. However, you can go back to the LOCKED firmware and then this will work.. But if you don't want to go back then you need to wait until they're ready to release Android Pie for N950U1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Just read an article that Samsung might be releasing pie beta to the note 8 for public use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] scottsdca:
Thanks.... That was the dilemma. I went to the N95OU1 because it allowed me to use the hotspot feature on the old unlimited plan. I had to root it when I bought it to use the hotspot but it limited my battery charge to 80% (weird). So I unrooted and flashed the N95OU1 which works fine. I just wanted to try Android pie. Someone in here said they were in the same situation with the hotspot and I didn't see a clear response to whether or not it would work with Android Pie and the very old unlimited data plan. (It's so old I'm limited to how many calling minutes I can use!). Does anybody have any insight to this situation?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] jimmydene84:
Been running since last night. Overall very impressed...love the new UI.

anyone else have Samsung app issues? Samsung notes wont open...live messages wont open. I've force stopped and refreshed them but still no no avail. Am I the only one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
None at all on my end. I backed up everything, flashed version DRL6 in recovery, no problems to speak of. At least for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
My only issues are 1) Inbox App....emails will not appear Read after opened. 2) Samsung Pay doesn't work on phone and won't install for my S3 Frontier. 3) Bluetooth cracks and overall volume is low. Bass is anemic... Aside from that its great with the Night Mode colors. Decent battery too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] HipKat:
I don't use Notes, but Live Messages has not had a problem. Nothing has, tbh, and I've been on it for about a week. Battery life has improved a lot. No charge all day,, using my phone for work and it was at 66% when I got home
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] ro2themax:
has anybody updated the new version that went up today N950USQU5DRL7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] HipKat:
Didn't know it was up, but I will when I get home from work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] ntrain2k:
Anyone tried it out on the Verizon note 8 yet?

If so, impressions?

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FYI, firmware.science seems to be slammed right now. If you want DRL7 someone uploaded it to google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xvFJC0-a-7w53Uwdit6kmn6qCMjx4PJR/view?usp=sharing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] capt730:
I use Samsung Pay everywhere. That would be my biggest hangup upgrading. I've generally had a good experience with Oreo but want some Pie lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Is it possible to flash DRL7 in recovery as I did with DRL6?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
I just tried to upgrade to the from drl6 and it would not flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] ntrain2k:
Have to revert back to CK1 before doing DRL7.

At least according to the people on reddit who have done it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
That's bs. There has to be a way to upgrade without reverting
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
What's the easiest method to revert back to CK1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] ntrain2k:
Load CK1 through ODIN.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Android.Ninja:
[MENTION=2463490]scottsdca[/MENTION]

If you are on Verizon and you have the Verizon model Note 8 device which is the 950U then this version of pie CAN be flashed on the device but YOU WILL NOT be able to use the hotspot feature unless you subscribe. I tested this on 7 different Note 8's. All of the them are the Verizon model device. If you flash the 950U1 firmware which is the unlocked firmware onto the device you CAN use the hotspot without any issues or having to subscribe to something that should be already available anyways. HOWEVER, of you flash this version of PIE you will jot be able to turn on the hotspot, unless you subscribe to it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] ro2themax:
does anybody have the N950USQS5CRK1 uploaded to google drive or another cloud to download? other free download sites take almost 2 days for me to download.

thanks in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] baz2a:
I'm gettin a pretty decent download rate from https://www.theandroidsoul.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-firmware/ so far
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
That version of CRK1 is the T-Mobile one (TMB)... VZW doesn't have a CRK1 on that site... I'm assuming I can't flash it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
You can flash any version it'll still use your Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Is there anyway to upgrade without reverting back to CK1 as that will wipe the phone clean.

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Just curious can the update. Script file just be changed to reflect drl6 to drl7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
No because you'll ruin the signature and then it won't work at all.. No choice but to revert back I had to do it too.. Sorry there's no other way... This is what we deal with if want to play with the beta firmwares.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
Let me know if Samsung Pay works for the phone. If it does I'll deal with the hassle. If not I'll wait for a few more betas to arrive. DRL6 is pretty nice as is. My Bluetooth issue stemmed from enabling Dolby Atmos and the built-in EQ. Volume is still weak but I'll deal with it. Give me SPay and I'm all in. Ty for your help fellas.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
OK Thanks. Can you help with backing up the phone. Or is there a way to revert without losing everything.. I am not novice to flashing or flashing firmware. Just have always done it with root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
Reverting back might factory reset the phone and it may not but I would still suggest making a backup using smart switch from the play store to save the backup to SD and even drag the backup file to your windows PC so you don't inadvertently lose it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
I looked up smart switch. But it shows me Samsung smart switch and does not give an option to back up just transfer from one phone to another

Edit. Nevermind. I see the SD icon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] capt730:
Bit the bullet and installed the DRL7 beta. Everything is smooth so far. Will test Samsung Pay and my Bluetooth headphones when I get off work. Notifications are fine, calls (reg and bluetooth car) are fine, gear s2 is connected no issues and getting notifications. Not that it may matter much, but I wiped cache before running the update.zip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Does it matter which crk1 file I use. Does it have to be sprint. And only the 950u tger is a sprint 950u1 file for crk1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
Only use N950U and not N950U1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Were you on DRL6 prior?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] capt730:
No, I was still on stock Oreo. I hadn't installed any of the previous betas.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Which carrier are you on? I'm with Verizon. Anything noticable coming from DRL6? I'm asking because if there isn't I won't revert back to CK1 just to install version 7.

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Which carrier are you on? I'm with Verizon. Anything noticable coming from DRL6? I'm asking because if there isn't I won't revert back to CK1 just to install version 7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
Not much of a reason to do it yet. I don't see anything important or crazy done. I'm on Verizon to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Thanks for the info and heads-up. Where did you get your Verizon CK1 from?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
I downloaded it about a week ago it was on android file host. But even if you can't get that you can still download the t-mobile or at&t version and they'll still work just fine. This one https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603879881
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Much obliged ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] capt730:
On DRL7....I may be just blind, but I can't see where to put location services into battery saving mode. When you long press the location icon in the quick icons it brings up a menu and you can either turn it on or off. No option for gps only, gps with wifi and mobile or battery saving which uses wifi/mobile network only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Was three any change to the camer in the DRL7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] capt730:
I was on stock Oreo so DRL7 is my first beta. The Camera app seems to have cosmetic differences but has pretty much the same options in Pie.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Thanks I was the same but updated to crl6. Looking for the update to the portrait on the camera
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
It's been a long time since I've actually downgraded a Samsung device using ODIN.

If it's not too much to ask can you share your method of doing so? I downloaded the Verizon CK1 file you gave me the link to and figured I'd revert back to 8.1 then flash version 7 tonight.

Thank you...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
It's basically the same process as updating. You unzip the download and then inside your folder you should see all the files you need for Odin the AP, BL, CP CSC I personally delete the .md5 off of the end of every one of the files because then Odin won't sit there and freeze forever. After it flashes I factory reset then let it boot one time and then go back into recovery and upgrade and then factory reset once more and after that I just set everything up and I'm done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Very cool. Thank you for helping me out ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] scottsdca:
Did you happen to try FoxFi? It's for tethering... I purchased it a while back and it worked, up until the Note 8 I think. I don't know if they've updated it or not, or if it will work with this Pie update. Are any of your Note 8's still on Pie? Maybe you can test it for me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
I followed your instructions and it worked like a charm. There is definitely some improvements and noticable UI differences coming from DRL6.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
Any confirmarion that SPay works yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
I don't use SPay since Samsung doesn't recognize nor allows my prepaid debit card to be used with their service. Which I find absurd.

Hopefully another member can verify that for you?

Regards...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Did it wipe your phone. When you flasher with odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
I followed [MENTION=6221912]MrMike2182[/MENTION] instructions and wiped so I wouldn't have any potential issues.

However I used SmartSwitch and backed all my stuff up then it reinstalled everything back for me, eg; apps data, SMS, etc.

I used Bluetooth headphones a lot and I can testify that my battery drains far less on this version than the previous.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
OK. So all your Gmail accounts went back and everything was like you never flashed or did you have to set some th ings up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
SmartSwitch saves everything. Home screen settings, apps data, calls, etc. I would probably say about 95% was restored to previous settings.

Gmail, etc restored properly.

Give DRL7 a try. I believe it's worth the effort.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] bigpappapuff:
by any chanced where i can get drl7, also can i run it on tmobile note 8
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
url]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xvFJC0-a-7w53Uwdit6kmn6qCMjx4PJR/view?usp=sharing[/url]

Compliments of [MENTION=2004589]ntrain2k[/MENTION]

From my understanding as long as it's a Snapdragon Note 8 you can flash this beta. Research it just to be safe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] capt730:
Samsung Pay has worked for me.

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Outside of not being able to put location into battery saving mode, DRL 7 has worked great for me. I would imagine based on my experience, that we are closer to getting an official update rather than further away. That being said, Verizon could very well wait till May to push it LOL.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] jimmydene84:
there are 2 different CSC?

did you use normal CSC or HOME_CSC ?

I used HOME_CSC and am now in a bootloop....

*EDIT* - that was it...used regular CSC and booted right up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
If your phone is a snapdragon board, N950U then you'll be able to do it just fine. Just be warned that you may end up having to flash backwards to N950USQS5CRK1 firmware version in order to move forward if they put out another one. It also will not get OTA while on beta versions. You'll need to manually flash the next update that t-mobile puts out.

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Apparently https://firmware.science had a pretty bad hardware issue and that's why they're down.. Quote from them,

[MENTION=1069538]firmware[/MENTION]Science

"We have determined the outage is due to a hardware failure; we are currently provisioning a new server & restoring backups and hope to be back in the next 24 hours. Thank you for your patience."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
Well I did it and none of the app data was saved or just not restored and accounts were not restored. Oh well. So setting up a new phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Did you backup everything on SmartSwitch before downgrading? That's what I did then reinstalled SmartSwitch after upgrading to DRL7. Restored my backup from within SmartSwitch and as I mentioned in my previous post about 95% was restored successfully.

I'm sorry it didn't work out for you as I'm perplexed that it wouldn't restore anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] lbcoach3347:
I did and it is not your fault. I will try again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] pettigrew95:
I am on Verizon with a completely stock unrooted/unmodified in any way Note 8. My software version is N950USQS5CRK1. I went onto the firmware.science site and input my model # (SM-N950U) but in the current version dropdown I do not see N950USQS5CRK1. Is there some other process I need to do to get Pie on my Note 8? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] HipKat:
It's the 11th one from the top in the drop down
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
Weird because I see it in the current firmware version dropdown menu.. Try moving the dropdown menu up and down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
Works now... could have just been an issue with them getting their new server, or hardware up and running. I'm going to install DRL7 now..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] pettigrew95:
Ok, I see it now in the dropdown list. Weird, yesterday I could not. If I install this build, how easy is it to go back to my current build? Also, since I am not rooted and don't have a custom recovery is there a way to backup my system and restore should I need/want to? Lastly, when VZW releases their official Pie update will I have to go through some complicated procedure to receive it? Thanks guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
Going back is as easy as flashing the N950USQS5CRK1 firmware in Odin and to backup everything to save on the SD card use smart switch from the play store. In order to be able to get the next OTA you'll need to flash back to N950USQS5CRK1 anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] pettigrew95:
Awesome thank you. Now does flashing to the new Pie and back to Oreo when I want the official VZW update retain my apps and settings or will it wipe everything?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
It shouldn't wipe anything if you're just updating to pie but when you flash with Odin it usually does wipe everything so either way make a backup we preach making backups around here because things just go wrong some times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] pettigrew95:
Ok, so flashing to Pie and it won't wipe. Using ODIN to go back to my CRK1 build would cause a wipe, is that correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
Correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] pettigrew95:
I've been doing some research before I dive into this and I see that depending on what phone you have determines the correct version of ODIN to use if you want to flash back. However, I don't see what version I should be using for the Note 8. I downloaded 3.13.1, will that version work with the Note 8?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
That is correct...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
So I finally got around to installing DRL7 and it was the smoothest process. I Odin'd and after it's initial reset I got it to go into Recovery. It never fully booted into the OS. From there I updated from the SD card to DrL7. Once it booted I had everything on my phone still. Apps, accounts, SMS everything! I did back up with smartswitch but never had to restore anything nor factory reset. I guess Odin never touched my data folder but it worked and I'm def on DRL7. Samsung pay now installed for my Gear S3 watch too. Glad they are finally getting this closer to final release.

FYI, I used Odin v3.13.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
It really shouldn't mess with your stuff when you're just upgrading.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
Doesnt Odin erase the data folder?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
It depends on what firmware you're flashing and flashing the file named "HOME_CSC" usually causes it to delete everything. The CSC file contains all the data junk and bloatware so when it's flashed it wipes everything and resets.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Nickitt:
Note 8 Sprint.

I went from CRK1 to CRL6. When CRL7 came out, I downloaded CRK1 ODIN files.

Extracted CRK1 into NEW FOLDER. Opened up my patched ODIN, un-checked auto-reboot. Loaded up all files with HOME_CSC.

Once success, I held VOL DOWN + POWER. Once it vibrated I held VOL UP + BIXBY + POWER. Went into recovery and updated zip (CRK1 UP-TO CRL7). Rebooted, all is well with NO data loss.

Went through recovery once more and cleared cache.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] benhidalgo:
SOLVED - I'm having trouble installing apps manually. The screen gets stuck on "install" - it never finishes my installation. Any walk-around this?

clear cache/data solved this problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] pettigrew95:
Anyone know how to get the clock to go back to the right side of the task bar? Not a fan of it on the left side. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] cbucz24:
I cant find it either. Doesnt seem to have much custom edits you can do.

Side note:

Now that I am on DRL7, how to I update to the newest versions as they come out? The firmware.science website only lists the older basebands. Does the update feature work?

Edit:

I see now if i select the original baseband i can pull up all the updates. my bad lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] moralesd66:
The whole clock thing is a Pie feature to accommodate the many "notched" phones. Doubt we can change this but hoping we can in the final build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] d9700380:
i having and issue i am in DRL6 trying to downgrade to CRK1 so i can update to the new beta build DRL7. I am using odin 3.13.1 to downgrade to CRK1 i put all the 4 files in Odin( BL, AP, CP, and CSC) after i hit start starts loading and then it says falied or sometimes it just gets stuck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Da Baron:
Try using [MENTION=6221912]MrMike2182[/MENTION] method. I used his method and everything went fine. Delete the .md5 at the end of each of them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] d9700380:
i did delete it and follow the steps and still not working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] MrMike2182:
Incorrect Odin use 3.13.1 not the patched Odin. Just download the normal Odin.