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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rancidm:
tmo note 9. backed up then did sd card update..worked fine..didnt factory reset.. seemed to get stuck at this mess for a bit but after a while it finished ,

"Patching system image after verification"

TY
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] AndroidUser00110001:
I am pretty sure I do not have digits on my plan but under Pie it shows that app. Never looked for it before so not sure if it was on Oreo or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hayabusa1300cc:
Sprint. Has anyone gotten VoLTE working?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] my_handle:
Same thing I'm wanting to know. I'm using csa7 beta and can't get it. I haven't upgraded to official yet. My gf won't update unless that's working.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hayabusa1300cc:
Oh is this CSAA still beta?? Lol if so that makes sense. I just came from unlocked firmware, thinking it's time to get those carrier goodies back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] boomny:
I'm on TMobile CSA7 currently, if I odin to arl1 without factory reset or wiping anything and then run the CSAA update without booting into OS will that preserve all the app data? I have a lot of custom configurations that usual backup maethods don't pick up so it's a pain doing backup/restore for each app manually..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Psyscope:
Anyone find the Odin Pies?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duffman452001:
Would this work for an Xfinity Mobile branded Note 9? I just bought one yesterday and I'm waiting for it to arrive. I've never had a Samsung phone, but from what I'm reading this should work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tx_dbs_tx:
Yes it will. However, when the official Verizon/Xfinity Pie becomes available you might want to run it incase you don't get your carrier OTA updates with this release. I haven't seen any confirmations on whether other carrier OTA's work on this official "AT&T" build, which is supposedly identical across all U.S. carriers. Keep this in mind.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rtarv321:
I loaded the AT&T update on my Note 9 from Spectrum. Xfinity & Spectrum both use Verizon as the cell provider. From what I understand, the update is universal. Although I installed the AT&T download, the Spectrum apps & startup splash screen are there. You should be fine

I would install using the SD card method. This will preserve all of your settings & apps just as they were when running under Oreo 8.2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
That is because you are trying to flash it over the wrong build. You have to be on N960USQU1ARL1 for this to work. No other build will work. This has been stated clearly in the OP.

No. This is the official public build being pushed by carriers now. So far ATT and Sprint have pushed it OTA to their devices. VZW and T-Mo shouldn't be too far behind.

You can try it and it SHOULD work. Just realize that if anything goes wrong, you'll need to wipe. Also. Some people who were dirty flashing the leaked builds were getting lag and other issues and forced them to wipe their data. It's just part of the fun of flashing leaked builds like CSA7. But at least with CSAA you'll be on the official update path.

Not yet. I checked SamFirm this morning. It tried to pull CSAA from SPR, but then said it couldn't find and instead oulled ARL1. It shouldn't be long before they are released.

Yup! It's universal firmware. All the carriers' data is included. Samsung started this BYOD carrier switching firmware on the S8+. Not sure why they waited until Pie to introduce it on the Note 9, but it works the same way now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] cam30era:
Thanks for this feedback. So you believe that flashing this via SD card method on a carrier locked version, will not prevent installation of future OTAs pushed by the carrier?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
It won't. Every carrier should be pushing CSAA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dayocksta:
So I just flashed this update on Verizon locked Note 9. I'd like to swap the phone over to T-Mobile. Any ideas on what steps to take? Would I need to odin the unlocked Oreo firmware first, and then install the tmobile sim, boot, and then update to ARL1, then flash this?

Edit: Looks like I'd still need to SIM unlock the phone first.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BubZX:
Downloading OTA now. On Sprint
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
The Verizon Note 9 should already be carrier unlocked. Verizon doesn't SIM lock their phones.

If you're running 1CSAA on your Verizon device, then you don't need to ODIN or flash anything. Just put your T-Mobile SIM in it and watch the magic happen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CCJ22:
What is that? Do you have an example of what you're missing? Did the lights just move to the music?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Scsmartt:
Anyone else unable to enable hotspot after flashing this? I keep getting an error about data connection not being available.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] DannyJames84:
I have a SM-N960U1, running N960U1UEU1ARL1. I've downloaded N960USQU1ARL1 (thanks to SamFirm), Odin3_v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD, and N960USQU1CSAA. I am OK with Factory resetting my phone and have it backed up already.

Would someone be willing to walk me through step-by-step what I need to do to install the ARL1 firmware? I get that I can just install PIE via SD card update once I'm on ARL1, but I'm not entirely clear on what I need to select in Odin to install the N960U firmware over the N960U1 firmware. Kinda don't want to mess my phone up either.

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] chavist:
I just did this update, I thought this was an interesting message that said the software was not supported. I'm not sure if this means this of on Tmobile will need to flash the Tmobile software. Also I noticed video conferencing is not available on Tmobile
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Unzip the ARL1 firmware.

Run ODIN as administrator.

Factory reset your phone in settings.

Boot to download mode

Connect to computer.

In ODIN place the files in their respective slots. I.e. click BL. When it opens file manager browse to the folder you just unzipped and choose the file that starts with BL. Do the same for AP, CP, and userdata. For the CSC slot. Use CSC_OYN. Ignore the HOME file.

Click start.

Wait.

Drink a beer.

Wait some more.

When it's finished, let it boot.

Don't worry about setting up the phone.

Boot back into Recovery.

Choose Apply Update from SD card

Browse to the ARL1 to CSAA file and select it.

Wait.

Play Red Dead Redemption II

When it's done, set it up.

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I don't know what message you got, but this is the same exact firmware T-Mobile will be releasing. There isn't a T-Mobile version of it, or an ATT version, or a Sprint version.

I'm using it on T-Mobile right now without issue. Never got a message about the software being unsupported, and I have the video call button on the stock dialer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] DannyJames84:
[MENTION=2925132]Mr. Orange 645[/MENTION] - thank you! I'll try tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] my_handle:
If you haven't tried yet the answer is no. No there's no VoLTE stock or work around ice seen yet. The one from oreo aren't working. I loaded official Ota today to try. Closest you can get is connecting a call on wifi then disconnecting wifi and for that call you'll still have lte. I can't get lte+ to show. I live in Seattle
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hayabusa1300cc:
That reminds me, on Oreo I did have to do a work around to enable VoLTE since we didn't have calling plus. I forgot and took it got granted.

However on pie beta, I received LTE+ mostly, and one instance of VoLTE, and I confirmed it worked. Here are my screenshots. I really hope they enable this.

View attachment 4700028
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] my_handle:
Lucky, only beta I tried was csa7 and I never got the lte+icon. Ran it for a week. If you find a way to get it please share. I actually like pie so I'm conflicted on suffering without volte and going back to oreo just to have it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hayabusa1300cc:
I was on unlocked pie, this is why I suspect that I was about to see the icon, since I believe that stuff is carrier based. However I know 95% I'm on LTE+ even though now I can't see it on official Pie.

For sure I'll share if I can make something work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] TrofeoSC:
I did the download to SD card and installed from there. Works on Verizon.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ken2736:
Installed note 9 update on a Verizon model, however xda mobile app shows my device as an at&t Galaxy note 3. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Probably just an issue with the XDA mobile app. I can PROMISE you the update did not transform your Verizon Note 9 into an ATT Note 3.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ken2736:
Lol...let's hope not
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] FtaWolf:
Go back to that screen & fo search for Samsung Note 9. Then select it..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Man, the battery life sucks on pie. I'm not even getting 6 hours of SOT. On oreo, I always got 8. Anyone experiencing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Same here on the T-Mobile US Note 9,using the XDA Labs app.

I'm on 8.1 still,so,yeah,it's just an app oddity,does the same thing,misidentifying the phone,on other models as well.

FWIW,the Swappa app used to do this as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
The common consensus, and my personal experience, is that battery life has been much improved on Pie. I'm getting much better battery life compared to Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ssgunner20:
Maybe that is the reason TMO is holding off on the pie update. Seems all other US carriers released pie already except TMO. I wonder if multiple people are experiencing the poor battery life on the snapdragon.

I tried doing this universal update yesterday but it failed. Maybe cause i downloaded from the phone itself vs pc or mac.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Not me. It sucks

That could very well be it. I'm going to Odin back to oreo. Do I need the regular Odin or the patched one?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Red3482:
Mine did too, just search for note 9 and change it. :)

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I did the update too from my phone, Verizon hasn't released it yet for my note 9. It acted like it was hanging up for about 10 minutes then it proceeded flawlessly. Verizon has released pie for the S9+, I updated my bf phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] DannyJames84:
Worked like a champ! Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ptko15:
I used the unzip from sdcard and now I can't get the wifi calling to go away or be fixed. I'm on Verizon. Everything else is working beautifully.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
It has been released by ATT and Sprint. That's hardly every other carriers, LOL. I'm not sure why any of the carriers are holding off. They will all release the same exact version of Pie.

Depends. Are you flashing U1 firmware to a U device, or vice versa? If you are, then you need patched. Honestly I use patched for everything.

You are quite welcome! Glad it worked!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I have a tmobile note 9 which is a U. I need to either factory reset the phone and try or flash oreo back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
If you just want to go back to the T-Mobile Oreo, regular ODIN should be fine. You will have to factory reset first, otherwise you'll bootloop when you load up Oreo. So you may just want to try a factory reset first before downgrading. Seriously, Pie is running amazing for me on T-Mobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zedwards:
I'm not in my phone all day but did use it casually. Going to bed and it's at 66%, optimized, wqhd res, with 2 hrs ost. Pretty much the same as Oreo from what I remember.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] StewartJG:
Advanced messaging on T-MOBILE

Can any T-Mobile users confirm if this release still includes advanced messaging features in stock messaging app (typing indicators, read receipts etc)?

I previously moved my locked phone to pie beta using ODIN and unlocked version. That was a big factor in being a missing feature for me that caused to me move back to official TMO Oreo. I am eager to get back to Pie though and tired of waiting on them. If this update gives me that feature, still I'm ready.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Appaloon:
I'm on N960USQU1ARL1 on Verizon. I downloaded N960USQU1ARL1-to-U1CSAA-UP.zip, copied to the SD card on my phone and renamed it update.zip. I keep getting the error: E: Footer is wrong E: signature verification failed

I searched the thread and don't see anyone else having this issue. Did I miss a step somewhere?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] vboyz103:
Confirmed all rich features are working
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ptko15:
If you're already on the correct software, just download the software for pie, move it over to your sd card and boot into recovery like the instructions say. Maybe try re-downloading it. I don't see anything saying it needs to be renamed so I wouldn't.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Probably a bad download. Occasionally my phone would stop downloading the update.zip but tell me it completed.

1. Make sure you are on N960USQU1ARL1 (NOT N960U1UEUARL1, they are different firmwares)

2. Download the N960USQU1ARL1-to-U1CSAA-UP.zip to your external SD card

3. Leave it as is. Don't rename it. Don't unzip or extract it. Just leave it be. Its perfect the way it is and you should learn to accept that fact.

4. Boot into Recovery

5. Choose Apply update from SD Card

6. Browse to that perfectly name 1.83 GB large update zip that you downloaded from Firmware.Science and select it.

7. Now go have a cup of coffee (or beer, no judgement) and wait, patiently

8. Leave your phone alone! I said "wait patiently" Dammit!! Some people :rolleyes:

9. When you see its rebooted, enjoy Pie.

10. Leave me a thank you.

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By the way step 10 is very important. If you don't follow it, you're Note 9 will go full code red Note 7 and detonate.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Appaloon:
Thank you and thanks, ptko15. My issue was that I'm on an iMac (I know, I know) and it automatically unzips downloaded files. I was recompressing the folder and then moving it over. I downloaded on Windows and that solved my problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Glad you got it figured out. In the future you can also just download it directly with your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ken2736:
At 67% and shutting phone off over night just to see what screen/battery life is, over 3hrs so far. Night mode and screen brightness turned down. All on 4g lte. No wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Redeye Dog:
Gave this the college try after reading through the entire thread so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

I'm on csa7 and would like to go to csaa. The problem at this point seems to be that Odin fails the step of going back to arl1. Some message, can't open file.

I d/l another copy of the firmware and extracted. Same result. First I tried from scared straight but failed. So I blew my installation, f/r, and tried again. No dice.

So nothing seems to be working for me, except csa7. Anyone found a firmware which will take me straight to OP's csaa?

BTW, this is an unlocked 960u. When I boot, the att jingle happens and I'm using att through Red Pocket. Appreciate any help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Here you go

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/stock-official-android-pie-t3897339
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] schwarma:
Went from ARL1 to this CSAA without an issue on my TMobile N9. Didn't wipe or anything and nothing was lost. All good. Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sullytrny:
No spectrum mobile yet either!

Photo's[emoji2398] by Sully using SM-N960U or SM-870A
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rtarv321:
Works fine on my Note 9 with spectrum. Dow loaded to phone, moved to SD card, renamed & installed. No factory reset. All spectrum apps & splash screens intact
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] FtaWolf:
Why change setting in ur imac to not unzip downloaded files.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] razzrmaxx:
I have the Verizon OG Grand father unlimited, which i can only tether for free with this model i bought at BestBuy, I am afraid to do this because for what i understand this update might pre-load verizon settings and it might block me from using my hot spot and that is the reason why i bought this unlocekd model at bestbuy, has anyone in my same situation tried this? or can anyone confirm if its safe to use this update please? and thanks in advanced
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
This is carrier firmware and will definitely install Verizon apps and settings. You need to wait until Our gets released for the U1.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] razzrmaxx:
Thank you sir ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ken2736:
How did you get your fonts in blue?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sullytrny:
Does wifi calling on a spectrum device work with Pie?

And what did you rename it to?

Thanks

Photo's[emoji2398] by Sully using SM-N960U or SM-870A
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rtarv321:
Renamed the file to "update.zip" per the install instructions from this thread. Wifi calling is enabled-see screenshot
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
You don't have to rename the file. Just install it as is. I think renaming zips to "update" died out around Jellybean.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rtarv321:
Maybe renaming the file procedure died with jellybean as you stated. I was o ly trying to help, using the steps outlined at Firmware.science. This is where the OP listed as a source for downloading the update. As for me, anytime that I am installing a new firmware, I use the instructions as outlined so that I get the best results. This is my personal choice. You have the option to install using whatever method you see fit
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Well, you seemed to take that unecessarily personal. Like you, I was only trying to help.

Maybe switch to decaf?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duffman452001:
The update worked fine for me. I skipped all the ODIN parts and just used ADB to sideload in recovery since I was already on N960USQU1ARL1. Everything seems to be working fine. It added all the Xfinity apps etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidkid27:
As won't mount.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sullytrny:
I appreciate the help from all.

Photo's[emoji2398] by Sully using SM-N960U or SM-870A
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] razzrmaxx:
i bought this theme from the theme store. ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigMosley:
I am on T-Mobile and am getting tired of waiting for the update, I have a few questions.

1.) Will this look like the identical update coming from T-Mobile regarding all of the T-Mobile apps like Visual Voicemail, etc?

2.) When the official T-Mobile update comes out, can I get that on my device by hitting "Update Software" or is it more complicated than that? Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] carrilloevo:
Yes everything works on tmobile you'll get the tmobile apps as soon as it detects tmobile sim card

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I Odin this firmware and was working fine with all the tmobile apps pre-installed, I read about tmobile bringing rcs 1.0 to the note, wondering if that's why it's taking longer....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] *Hooligan*:
I upgraded my Verizon Note 9 following the instructions and everything went smoothly. No issues, so far...

Loving Night Mode!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigMosley:
Awesome, thanks for your reply. Do you know about switching over to the official from T-Mobile when its available?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] joshbennett925:
i have an at&t branded but had it unlocked and use metro i havent received any ota updates would this work?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rdmpe:
Thanks for these instructions sounds very easy. Can I do this without doing a factory reset first? I would rather preserve what I have set up and typically with OTA updates we don't end up having a factory reset phone. So I'm hoping I don't have to do that here. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] *Hooligan*:
It worked fine for me. I didnt do a factory reset. The only thing I did was wipe system cache after the install was completed. I'm on the Verizon Note 9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
This will be the official T-Mobile firmware. Just like the Note 8, the Note 9 is now using BYOD firmware. Meaning every carrier will release the same exact firmware. It reads your SIM card and activated the appropriate carrier app and bloatware.

The only thing would be if T-Mo skips this update and waits to release next months update with the other carriers, which will be a CSB* build. In that case there will be an OTA from firmware.science to download and flash.

Either way you will end up back on the official OTA path with this firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] TonyGzl92:
I just downloaded the update and at some point something went wrong, it installed the update and all, but when it rebooted it never passed from the Verizon logo, it was on a bootloop and eventually it gave me the prompt to start in safe mode and do a factory reset, so I did. Thankfully I did a backup minutes earlier, so now I have pie but I ran into some troubles lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidkid27:
I don't have ass card but I put the file on the main storage, in recovery it's not find the file to be flashed. Any help?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] barondebxl:
This post is gold.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dugryce:
Without a doubt, you should perform a full factory reset of your phone before this. You might catch a bootloop. Works perfectly for the T-Mobile Note 9!

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..."ass card"?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidkid27:
Lol sorry. SD card. Auto correct
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ldkud50:
Any having issues with MMS on TMobile using Samsung messages? Google Messages works fine just not Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
If you don't have an "ass" card, you will have to use a PC and apply the update with ADB
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dwertz:
SDCARD encrypted? It needs to be decrypted.