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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jlopez0109:
Ok, Im home for my break before work again.....still trying to do this lol....So I downloaded this file N960USQU1ARL1-to-U1CSAA-UP...is that the correct one? Because this one does not seem to have any of the 5 files needed. Please correct me...I know im probably doing something wrong or got the wrong file. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
That is the zip you would flash in Recovery. It should work if you're on N960USQU1ARL1.

Otherwise you will need to find Venom's post and download the CSAA file he linked to flash in ODIN.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jlopez0109:
Oh ok, yes so then I want that other CSAA file..let me try to find..ill post updates. Thanks

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Dang, Im sorry for so many questions but that CSAA file from venom...once installed will it install the tmobile apps and all like the official pie one would?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yup! It's the carrier firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
It's universal for all Note 9 carriers Snapdragons, the simcard is what provides your bloatware from carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jlopez0109:
So, I tried downloading again the file and putting it on the sim card with same error message. I gave up on that, and just right now it finished putting in the CSAA file with odin. It sent me back to recovery and I manually clicked reboot system now. I saw the att logo so I do not know if it works. I still havnt put in the tmobile sim card. I do however at this moment see...Phone is updating ….optimizing app 94 of...etc etc....ill be back to edit this message....Let me try putting sim

Ohh man Im thinking I finally did it....YESSS!!!!! I put sim card and said something about restarting and now I see TMOBILE pink screen.. Darn..I am so glad I finally got this to work...Thank You guys a million..wouldn't of done it without yalls help and pushing me to do it..lol….one last question...will this update now through tmobile for future updates?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Yes if TMOBILE threw that as OTA Official Pie you will get Official OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] serendipityguy:
Followed the steps at the science link and updated with no issues.

Wow how simple and no more waiting on Tmobile

Thanks a bunch!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yay!!! Yes, it's official and universal. It's BYOD carrier switching firmware. So if you switched to say Verizon, and popped in your Verizon SIM it would reboot and switch all the T-Mobile bloatware and boot animation to Verizon's.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jlopez0109:
Oh ok that sounds awesome.. hey bro thanks man..u pushed me to do it w that....don't give up remark... appreciate it bro.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Toad:
I have the unlocked U1 running on the Pie Beta. I am on AT&T (Firstnet). I would like to get VoLTE working. Does this software still have the secure folder? I believe I also lose the Samsung Caller ID, are any other features removed on the carrier version?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] About7Narwhal:
Can anyone tell me what happens if I sideload this, then flash the CSC for ARL1? I have a Spectrum phone and the time zone information it completely wrong when I sideload the OTA. I wouldn't think the CSC would change from version to version, but wanted to play it safe.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rtarv321:
If you install from SD card, it works fine on Spectrum. Works for me
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] krazyq:
So if I have the T-Mobile variant

I just need to flash the one zip file right nothing else?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
What build are you on right now?

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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*

9. When you see its rebooted, enjoy Pie.

10. Leave me a thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
U1 firmware - unbranded, bloat free. No carrier apps or boot animations. Also means no WiFi calling, VoLTE, RCS texting.

U firmware - carrier branded firmware. Carrier apps, bloat, and boot animations. Support for WiFi calling, VoLTE, RCS texting, visual voicemail, and other carriers goodies.

Secure folder is included.

I also looked into FirstNet, but we have 7 lines, and even with my discount on the other 6 lines, it was still more expensive than my current deal on T-Mobile.

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What does the guide in the first post say?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlackKnight23:
Wifi calling does work

Digits does work

Correct me if I am wrong but my understanding is due to Project Treble this is possible since you are not touching the carriers section of the firmware or the other sections just the Android section.

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as stated in the original post U1 firmware is not supported, you have to have the U only.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] datbeuuu:
I just read the reply that post before me, sorry ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Toad:
Yeah, I only have two lines. It was worth the jump from Verizon. I going to flash the carrier U version to get VoLTE. From what I read, with the S9, when the offical Pie update comes out for U1, I might be able to get VoLTE working.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
I am probably mistaken here......

I thought T-Mobile US was the one US carrier where their Wi-Fi Calling & Vo-LTE worked on the US Unlocked version of the Note 9 (SM-N960U1) & their VVM will work if you d/l T-Mo's VVM app.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
T-Mobile still hasn't pushed the update yet! I really hope they make it worth all that wait :/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Toad:
I am trying to flash ARL1 on my U1. I finally got ODIN to work, two computers and two cables later. ODIN says it flashed the file and when I reboot I am still on the U1 software. The Zip file I downloaded was "SM-N960U_1_20181217094214_tjg2gb1esx_fac" anyone have a suggestion?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
You are correct. But the person I quoted is on ATT. Well FirstNet, but it's serviced and provided by ATT.

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It will be the same build as everyone else. 1CSAA, so it won't be any different than what I have on my T-Mo phone now.

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Did you download N960U1UEU1ARL1 or N960USQU1ARL1?

and what is your goal? To get on Pie? Cause this thread is for people trying to install Pie (N960USQU1CSAA)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Then why is it being delayed. If I'm not mistaken they were gonna release it Feb 14th
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] carrilloevo:
They're adding rcs 1.0 to the upgrade, maybe will be a different version
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
All this time for RCS? I'm on T-Mobile and RCS is already there. Well, on Samsung to Samsung only. I can see when the other person is typing and if they read my text or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] N4Solomon:
I'm getting high battery usage from Google Play Services, better battery stats days NLPWAKELOCK AND WAKELOCKCOLLECTOR are the culprits.

I've Googled it and it seems to be a common issue on some devices but most of the threads are a few years old and none Samsung specific. Is anyone else experiencing high battery drain from Google play services and any ideas how to fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] carrilloevo:
That's only on samsung tho
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
The Note 9, like the Note 8 now, will be on Universal BYOD carrier switching firmware. All carriers will push the same build. If T-Mobile pushes a different version, then they will have to wait until the next version is pushed by other carriers.

And adding RCS won't affect it. They will just include that in their CSC data, which is already baked into the firmware. I'm guessing they are getting RCS ready server-side. They also added RCS to the S9/+, and they did it without changing the version number.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tone_Capone:
Quick question to all before I push this update:

I have a Note 9 on Verizon. After I flash this, will I then receive OTA updates? I want to make sure I don't break anything since I plan on reselling my device.

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] t83wood:
Having more disconnects on Bluetooth than on oreo with this, anyone else experiencing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
No issues at all here AT&T Note9 512GB 1CSAA. Bluetooth works perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
That's about what I'm getting on 1CSAA on T-Mobile. I get about 1/2% per hour drain on standby, and I've been getting about an hour of SOT per 10% battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidkid27:
Successively updated my T-Mobile note 9 using the SD card method!!!!!!!! Now we just need a security update and maybe a few but fixes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MicroMod777:
Is it possible to Odin flash to N960USQU1ARL1 on my U1 unlocked version that's also on ARK1 without it doing a factory reset then update to Pie?

Seems us unlocked U1 guys won't get official Pie till 2040! lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Why not just ODIN straight to 1 CSAA? If you're downloading firmware and firing up ODIN anyway, just jump straight to CSAA. Ans several people have reported doing it without a factory reset. As always, back up everything first just in case. I recommend a SmartSwitch backup to the SD card.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] serendipityguy:
I have it on T-Mobile and there were a couple do times when Pie noticed that there were some apps using the battery and wanted to put them to sleep.

This is just another feature in Pie to optimize the battery life.

Note that when I updated this rom, all of my apps were on the OREO platform.

So when you go through the update processes, the PIE release ROM will attempt to optimize the currently installed rom apps for PIE to make them work better.

So of my apps were not developed for PIE platform.

Word with Friends

Doubletwist Alarm Clock

PowerAMP

Alarm clock

There were a half of dozen others, but those don't get used daily like the ones above.

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I am curious, what type of Bugs are you experiencing ??

Did you noticed any funny or different than normal??

I have updated mines the same way and I am sure there is something not being reported because the battery doesn't seem to last the whole day prior to this update.

But this has only been 4 days, so there is more of a learning curve for me to figure out how I want to use this phone and the way I use this phone on a daily basis.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
I never will take oats in Hope's for root one day
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidkid27:
I don't think I have noticed anything major other than a few features removed from the multi window feature. maybe the battery isn't as good as Oreo but is also not terrible I still managed to get through a day with heavy use but I do keep my phone on power saving mode. As far as using phone it's super smooth and almost iPhone like with consistency.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Not sure why some of you think Oreo battery life is better than Pie, If anything it's the other way around Pie battery life is way better thsn Oreo, on 1CSAA Pie AT&T Note9 I'm on i get almost everyday 1 day and 9hrs with no charge and my SOT is 8 , 9, 10 hrs , so something is eating your battery if it's bad for yall could be a app or something killing your battery no way i ever at least have any bad battery life.

2 different AT&T Note9 phones on those battery life stats, no complaints here.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Here's one more.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] eNubiX:
Does anyone else with a Tmobile Note 9 on Pie notice the keyboard shifted to the left?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Nope never seen that issue at all.

On AT&T Note9 512GB 1CSAA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] grv00711:
[MENTION=4631220]Venom0642[/MENTION] >> sm-n960u running january security patch ___ n960usqu1csa7.... i have tmobile software currently >>>>i have to go back and clean flash 8.1 android and update ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
You can just Odin straight to Android Pie 1CSAA https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/stock-official-android-pie-t3897339/page12
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] branmuffin82:
Anyone else having terrible data speeds after this update? I have a Tmobile Note 9, and after flashing the zip file from firmware.science, my Note 9 is now getting less than 2mbps speeds...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] eNubiX:
I figured it out. I guess Pie doesn't like high DPI. Or should I say Samsung Keyboard on Pie... Haha!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Nice at least you found what was causing the issue. ???
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] drylightning:
Hi,

Potentially dumb question, but why are there 2 files (in addition to Odin) in the detailed guide you linked to below but only the one file here? I really want to update my Verizon Note 9 but don't want to brick it!

Thanks!

Dan
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Goneeuro:
So android auto follows what ever you set the phone too. Any ideas when we will be able to schedule the change? A white map on my kenwood ant night in the car is blinding. Haha. I have to switch the phone to night mode manually.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rascal9:
Has anyone ran into their Google playstore not loading icons?

I side loaded through ADB over : N960USQU1ARL1 and ever since my playstore wont load icons.

When I wiped cache partition and rebooted it worked for about 3 hours and now not loading again.

SM-N960U

Android Version: 8.1.0

Samsung Experience Verison: 9.5

Baseband: N960USQU1ARL1

Service Provider: VZW
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] deanjen:
One quick question. I have a factory-unlocked edition of Note 9 and my SIM is T-mobile. Shall I use this firmware update, will my factory-unlocked Note 9 be filled with T-mobile apps afterward?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yes. It will be "filled" with all three or four apps from T-Mobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ssgunner20:
:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimd1050:
If you have "Developer Options" turned on in "Settings", there's a new line for "Night Mode" - it gives you a choice of "Always On", "Always Off' or "Automatic (based on time of day)" - I set the last one and it comes On at Sunset and shuts Off at Sunrise, every day... slick!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Goneeuro:
These are my options in android auto.

Edit: I think I found what you mean. I see it in phone settings now. Let's see if it works. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] N4Solomon:
What exactly do you use your phone for? Do you read a book per day?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] skersh:
I have an interesting question. I used the Android Pie upgrade to my unlocked Verizon Note 9 (I have switched to Total Wireless now). Anyway, the update went just fine; however, there's one little problem. I can send texts just fine, but when I try to send a picture WITH the text....I get an error message that I was trying to send the text to an "Invalid Destination Address". I called Total Wireless customer support, but all they suggested was a factory reset to fix this. It's not a big deal, but it's irritating as well. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ssgunner20:
Tried doing update but failed. Not sure what went wrong. Now I'm stuck on ARJA when I used to be on ARL1. How can I go back to official tmo version?

Samsung health wont work now because it thinks my phone is rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] boomny:
Try removing the conversation in messages and reedit contact number in contacts. Happened to me too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Maybe if you came across a little nicer rather than insulting. The OP put a lot of time and effort into this guide and many, many people have read it, understood it, and used it to update to Pie. Rather than calling it stupid AF, why don't you politely ask for clarification. Or, you could try reading through the thread, where all of your questions have already been answered instead of rudely demanding to be spoon-fed.

All you have to do is download the firmware version you desire, whether that be N960USQU1ARL1 or N960USQU1CSAA. Extract that zip file and you will end up with four or five files inside.

Then use patched ODIN 3.13.1 To flash those files. The files are labeled so you know where you can stick them.

As far as your phone showing rooted, that has nothing to do with any of this firmware. You have some other issue going on.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] luckyconverter:
Hey this may be a question way off the mark, but thought I'd ask.

I have a Samsung Note 9. It is a Verizon version. I'm in Nicaragua.

The version I'm on is: 8.1.0

Baseband N9600ZCU1ARK1

Is it possible to update this to Pie yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I get more than that on Oreo honestly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
If your baseband is N9600ZCU1ARK1, then you don't have a Verizon Note 9. You have a N9600, and this update is for the N960U.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] luckyconverter:
OK. It says it's Verizon but given that it's a N9600 I guess maybe Verizon just shows up there for some reason. Thanks for letting me know. When I look up N9600 it seems it references China.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] toshik1:
Would it be possible to downgrade 9.0 N960USQU1CSAA to 8.1 let's say to N960U1UEU1ARL1?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] AndrewM3:
just a quick quesiton. So I had 960U and I flashed 960U1 firmware then updated to pie via the samsung plus pie beta ota.

I have been stuck on 960U1UEU1ZRLL

for a month with no updates. Can I flash the latest build via odin, also which build is the latest that I should flash I have tmobile sim?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] serendipityguy:
AndrewM3, If I were you, I would sit tight where your at.

I was not on that 960U version, and out there with the rest of them with little to no updates.

Flashed this Pie version ahead of the unknown OTA schedule and I am happy, but I could have waited . . .

The OTA release may be a couple weeks out, so I would wait it out.

If the OTA drops and you did not get it, then come on back here and I betcha that there will be some other members posting this Version.

Wait it out, We would not want you to Brick your Note!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jaydreamz:
Since sideloading the pie update on my Verizon note 9 I now have my Samsung cloud gallery functioning. Wondering if it's a fluke from doing the update manually or if Verizon finally enabled it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
This is a thread for upgrading, not downgrading. The answer is yes you can, but you need to go to one of the half dozen "downgrade" threads already here and read up there. So we don't hijack this thread.

That's because there's been no updates released to ZRLL.

Yes you can.

1CSAA is the latest build, and it comes with carrier bloat.

It doesn't matter what SIM you have.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] imanony:
Folks, i'm trying to update my TMobile Note9 to 9.0 using SD card method. I have N960USQU1ARL1. But the update fails immediately with error 21: E: Footer is wrong E: signature verification failed. What does this mean? Did I download wrong zip file? Sorry i'm a newbie to all these. I did search for this error but didnt find any relevant info. Thanks for your help in advance.

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Never mind. Downloaded the package again and used a different SD card and the update is going on now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] hawk2018:
On Tmo note 9 and works great thanks !!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] aergern:
So you are saying if TMO let them throw in the boot animation that we should get whatever OTAs they push? Am I reading this right?

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I just wish Samsung would update their own apps so that when using dark mode .. the settings menus and other bits would actually BE in dark mode. It hits my OCD when I open a menu such as in Samsung Music and it's bright white.

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Go in and remove the cache for the Samsung Keyboard app and then put it back to QHD. I bet this fixes it. I just *shudder* switched to the Samsung keyboard to test it and I don't get this weird reduced size. I've used GBoard since it was released so I've never actually used Samsung's keyboard. hah.

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This affects any phone running Pie for some reason and it's just worse on a Samsung with OneUI. I use dark mode all the time so I'm stuck with dark mode AA all the time which isn't THAT big of a deal but the bug is Android Auto and how it handles how it inherits the launchers theme. My wife has a OnePlus6T and she uses the dark theme in their launcher .. she has no issues and the 6T has been on 9.0 since launch. This was a f*** up by Google and the AA team. AA should not inherit theme properties from the damn launcher. :/

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Sounds like your APN settings are off. Google the correct APN settings for that carrier and then you can go in and change them. A ton of info on this on the Intardwebs so you should find it quickly enough. :)