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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
This is not a complaint. It's a reminder that we need to take our questions somewhere else where a thread is made for those questions. A ton of people are waiting for root and a lot of them (myself included) are actually subbed to this thread. Any post comes to life here sends us a notification. If it's not contributing to root or helping in anyway, it shouldn't be here at all. If we all just "move on" then no thread will ever be relevant nor useful. There is a huge section for questions and help on every device's forums. I hate these arguments because they're also not relevant and clutter the thread and make me sound hypocritical, but some things need to be brought up every now and then as a reminder. That's all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] The_Keeper86:
Yep. Every time I see an update for the thread it's always a question or something else totally unrelated. I've already reported it once before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] /laron.m.s.08:
one of my security sys/has been blowing my phone up several times a day...for months now(since last sec.update)its a Verizon app with a Backdoor..any pentest.people around? ;)this private vender app.is getting a patch soon,according to the sec.sys Rep..I tried to sploit just the app. but wasn't alloys to move or copy it to androbug..BUT still can read and write on its manafest.anyone who cares pm.SOON
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] axioneer:
Merhaba , N960U cihazımda farkettiğim bir durum var, bunu sizlerlede paylaşmak istiyorum, bu konuda bir fikre sahip olan tüm arkadaşlarla cihazımı test etmeye hazırım.

Şöyleki;

Kombinasyon dosyasını uyguladıktan sonra oem kilidini açabiliyoruz malumunuz. Daha sonra yeniden yazılım yükleme sonrasında oem kilidinin kapandığını sanıyordum. Fakat yeniden kombinasyon dosyasını yükleyip oem açmak için geliştirici ayarlarına gittiğimde oem kilidinin açık olduğunu gördüm. Bu kısımdan sonrasında cihaza twrp yapılabilecek herhangi bir ekleme yada benzeri bir işlem varmıdır. Burdan hareketle cihazımda test etmeye hazırım.

Kötü ingilizcem için özür dilerim

Saygılarımla.

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Hi, I have a situation I noticed on my N960U, I want to share it with you, I am ready to test my device with all the friends who have an idea about it.

Namely;

After applying the combination file, we are able to unlock the OEM. Then I thought the OEM lock was closed again after the software installation. But when I went back to the developer settings to install the combination file and open it, I found that the OEM lock was on. After this part, there is any addition or similar process that can be twrp to the device. I'm ready to test it on my device.

I'm sorry for my bad english

Yours truly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] honam1021:
The OEM unlock toogle on US Snapdragons only turns off factory reset protection (FRP) and does not allow the bootloader to be unlocked.

The best you can do now is not update beyond CSD1 and wait.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nochlab1:
You will probably be able to update past csd1 as they are still developing bootloader rev 1 builds whoever said they are doing bootloader rev 2 probably saw a international build which was doing bootloader rev 2 from the beginning
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 215Aphillyated:
So its safe to take the cd1 update then correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Yes. Ls"1"CSD1

The 1 I have in quotes shows the bootloader version
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ITSALLPOSSIBLE:
more than willing to test

Hello, havnt really posted here on xda but ive been following for years. I'm more than willing to test in any way that i can. Bricking a 1,000 dollar phone is ok with me for you all have helped me learn very much here throughout the years. Ive been programming for 25 years, but of a different type. CNC programmer/ Machinist. Im nowhere near the level of you developers here, but not naive with android by no means. ive rooted note 5, s8/s8+, note 8 using sampwnd, and samfail without a single problem. Im very interested in this and i am familar with more than a couple computer languages. As a machinist we have to pay attention to super fine detail as we deal with holding tolerances of up to (.0001). Thats one tenth, of one thousandth of an inch. i have taken apart many phone and put them back together. Basically reverse engineering is like second nature to me as ive been doing this since i was 12. im 35 now. please let me know if there's anything i could do to help.

I'm impressed by what the things you guys make possible here. Currently own a Oneplus 6t, Note 5, Note 8 still on bl-1 rooted, note 9, s10+, moto x4

Again thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
I will be posting tonight although its not too useful for everyday users. Hopefully some devs chime in and can get it to the next level.

I wasnt planning on releasing yet but unfortunately there are ppl in the world that like to steal others hard work and threaten to post as if it was theirs to do so (issues with people not on XDA)

Basically have to release it before someone else does and takes the glory. Last time I use public servers to store test builds shared with my fellow devs. Someone somehow found my files and before i realised they were public they were downloaded lol. my mistake.

I'm also 99% sure Samsung has found a fix and it will be implemented very soon. This also means (i assume) they will be incrementing the bootloader to prevent downgrading to a vulnerable firmware.

The post will include a terrible technical write up (i suck at these) and files to get a form of root with supersu.

I will make it as easy as possible.

You will need a vulnerable combo firmware (i use 1ARG4) and a pc with adb installed. I recommend having stock firmware ready for when ur done playing.

This will be a standard su install to /sbin. installing magisksu or using bindmounts to install to xbin etc. will not be covered. If you are somewhat knowledgeable on root processes, once you see the writeup and files you can figure it out.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i will be releasing in a bit so u can have at it when i release it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Does that mean you've actually achieved root or are you talking about releasing your exploit to developers to mess with it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
ive had root on combo firmware for months now lol

that is what im gonna release..

unfortunately system vendor and odm partitions are write protected so so far have been unsuccessful turning it into root on stock firmware..

so root apps and root shell work fine on combo firmware NOT STOCK. This is why i say its not for everyday users.

I wasnt planning to release yet but some internet trolls found my files on a public server (my fault) so i am going to release it as is.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Well, that's a bummer, but at least we have hope :/

I'll go through your write up and see if I'm able to do it then test it out.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] just4VP:
and Knox isn't tripped?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
outside of odin to get to combo im going to try and make it a 1 click so shouldnt be hard lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
no.. bootloader is locked but either way this doesnt involve anything that could trip knox as ur not unlocking the bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CynicalHeight00:
WIll you also release the method for Exynos model?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] just4VP:
exynos can be rooted, what are u talking about?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
I dont own a Exynos device but ppl i had testing for me found it worked on multiple devices on exynos and sd devices.

I believe after running the script he did an "adb root" and it went to a root shell but either way, i only own a N960U so that is the only device I can support.

You will just need to try it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
This works without tripping knox on Exynos.. keep in mind I dont own any Exynos and most likely needs to be on a combo firmware on Exynos as well.

I assume N9 anyways has same protections unless it is unlocked but who knows lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CynicalHeight00:
Well elliwigy, here, said: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/n960u-u1-t3897797/post78977860

So elliwigy knows of a method of rooting a exynos that doesn't involve tripping knox at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] just4VP:
ok this may be a stupid question, but, will Viper4android work with this root, because this is my main reason why I'm rooting a phone:silly:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Will titanium back up work and will we have tarp via the app like the note 8 I forgot the name
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] just4VP:
flashfire?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
Any chance that a similar method may be used to achieve root on the Snapdragon Note8 as well?

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] reV17:
If I'm understanding correctly, if Viper4android writes the system then that's a no no.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Safestrap
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
you could install it, dont know how good itll b on combo tho lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
yes and not at this time unless someone can get it to work..

to be rooted you HAVE TO BE ON COMBO FIRMWARE folks lol.. why i been saying its not for the average user yet
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
FF is hit or miss, i flashed some stuff but still couldnt flash system
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
it might work, i only have n960u so any other devices i have no idea and will not support
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
technically you can use bind mounts to make changes to system systemlessly.. i installed xposed even at one point this way..

you just need to modify the root script to do the bind mounts on each boot.. not too hard but sort of useless on combo as far as v4a is concerned
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i tried n tried but no luck.. would get splash then freezes when id select recovery.. hopefully someone can get it working tho
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] just4VP:
but is it stable, I can live with it if it has some bugs, instead I get root
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CynicalHeight00:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION]

Why did you not purchase the N960F?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
as stable as combo firmware is.. i mean you cant make calls or text or consistent signal without a hassle lol root is stable.

i was able to send sms sideloading an sms apk and u can sideload a 3rd party launcher etc etc
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
crappy credit, dont have full amt and vzw had a killer deal lol

if all goes as planned ill have an s10+ from vzw tomorrow to go with my n9 lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
fyi

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9...s-recoveries--other-development/root-t3927413
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ITSALLPOSSIBLE:
kool deal
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I honestly don't know what a combo software is. You mean safestraping?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] RogueList:
Its pretty much factory software to pretty much to test and make sure the phone is working before it goes out for retail
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
And where do we get that from? And no, this is the only phone I have as my daily driver. I'll wait[emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
then u should prolly avoid my method
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
theyre all over the internet for just about every samsung in recent existence... theres prolly more factory firmwares than stock in the wild lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I am. I need this phone to check on the two little zombies I have. Lmao

Now I feel like newb. Thanks lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] /laron.m.s.08:
if you2 would like to try the expout I found ..let me know, I'd be happy to share ..update on my last post about it,,, the security comany that pointed it out sent me a link to AIDA64 ..they want a full system report to analize and fix the problem, but I was hopeing one of you dev's.could use it for root purposses ..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i mean its nifty for device info but thats all it is from what i see
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CynicalHeight00:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION]

Which of your Exynos testers can I talk to make this root method possible on Exynos?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i didnt have any "testers" really.. just a fellow dev.. hes not on xda.. he also gets a lot of SD devices too.. ur best bet is to read the thread in dev section and start learning lol

i dont own any Exynos so I do not provide help/support for these devices
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ximenxiaobing:
good job
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CynicalHeight00:
I'll check it out. Is it doable on a Mac or is Windows the way to go? Anything to start me off? Which combo firmware for the exynos?

Once I get root in the combo firmware, how do I take it to stock rom -atleast in terms of snapdragon?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
you should read the actual post he made in the release/dev thread.

you'll see that you cant get root unless you figure it out on regular firmware.

on a side note:

its going to be a hard few weeks of repetitiveness for the dev because people dont read.

they all think North American note 9 have a fully working root method for standard firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
You need to read the post in dev section. Again, I do not own any Exynos devices and do not support them so I have no idea if or which combos would work.

Also to add, my method only works on combo, if I knew how to turn it into stock rooted I would've posted that instead of combo root lol.

Basically root on stock is not possible right now on snapdragon, only combo root.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] RogueList:
So due to we have root on the combo firmware is there way of installing the default apps like a stock would due to we have root permission
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CynicalHeight00:
I understand what you are saying. I had only asked a hypothetical as in if on snapdragon all went as planned, as in system is mounted rw, then how could you close the gap towards magisk and stock rom, but I should have put my foot in water before jumping in lol.

Secondly, my apologies if I'm asking the same fundamental question, but I'm trying to understand what this means

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/n960u-u1-t3897797/post78977860

*S9 Exynos we are able to get a root shell and mount system as rw without a crash. I dont own a exynos and my tester is doing more research now. I do not plan to release the details until we also gain root on SD. Just my luck that exynos pans out first lol*

*Running the script and doing adb root* without knowing if it was done on combo firmware and what script was used.

Btw, I read your thread.

I also understand you cannot assist me with exynos but I understand that somebody you know made some progress with some script, which you stated. You must know something I don't know and that's all I'm asking to know.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] /laron.m.s.08:
pretty cool elliwigy,,,can't wait for the full root..many thanks for all your work..would having "keys or tokens help to get around not being able to write on carrier?I found them in an app that links directly to Knox and vendor..a pannic button per say?

---------- Post added at 06:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:15 PM ----------

also I have an exploit straight from kaspersky..if your interested.I don't have access to a CPU all the time to check it myself.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
you can already write on carrier lol.. u cant write on system odm or vendor
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] /laron.m.s.08:
just trying to help is all,sorry for getting the terms wrong,,ill just shut up and creep in the background lol :p
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
please link to these roms as i am very intrigued by s9 or note 9 n9xxu or u1 roms.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
oh you mean stock firmware and not a rom.

usualy rom refers to a custom dump of a firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
both signify the OS on which the phone runs on but firmware usually refers to untouched straight from the manufacturer where as rom usually implies something customized/hacked home brewed( think of the good old game console days) the delivery method is also different because we can't sign the package like samsung does so instead of a tar or md5 etc.., roms are usually just zip files( yeah they can also be signed but not with official samsung keys)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
not sure wat u mean.

sammy security most likely isnt going to get easier with newer firmware lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BstabKillaR:
So my question is, is there a solid way to root the SM-N960U now? Would love to root it and have TWRP, maybe even xposed. If it could be done, with all 3 of those I would even pay for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
No there still isn't 100%
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
you should keep your money for a n960F or a n960n or a n9600, all of them rootable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] alvinator94:
I have a couple of questions. I've done a lot of work with Linux and am pretty familiar with modifying scripts, blahblahblah. There's a combo firmware for the s9+ G965 and I want to see if by following your methods I can get it to flash with Odin successfully. My email is alvisleet@gmail.com could you add me on Hangouts to give me a little bit more info or link me to a post in this thread where you describe which parts you've modified, or your methods for compiling the tars, basically I want to know how you were able to get the Tara to flash successfully, what your setprop commands are and a way to get the scripts to run. Also why isn't it as simple as removing the kernel flag. I would really appreciate five minutes of your time so I can help you get the su-binaries installed. I just need some more information on your methods.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
quoting a looong OP and posting your personal email address is not scoring alot of points regarding your skillset.

and from what i can gather, your just basically asking for personalized help for your own agenda on an other device than what is intended from this thread.

sorry if i sound harsh. but that's what it really seems like...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] alvinator94:
No its a fair assumption, really only one way to prove my worth I suppose. I'll leave that up to OP to decide, I figured his inbox would be flooded with pm's so I just cut right to the chase because according to his OP he doesn't have a lot of time. Besides if you think I wouldn't post a throwaway on a ad revenue site you're dead wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IDontKnowMang:
Well I hope you guys figure it out, I just can't bring myself to risk bricking my thousand dollar phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i was hoping more ppl would use combo root then get safestrap or something working but its been a few weeks now and not a single dev has tried anythingvto my knowledge
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IDontKnowMang:
The problem is the risk involved, without an unlocked bootloader there's very little chance of recovery in the event of a brick. I'll probably sell this note and get an unlocked version.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] clone1008:
My thoughts exactly!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
thats why i have the edl programmers lol.. 90% of any potential bricks can be recovered. The files are around if ppl looked.

i found something interesting today. AT+WPROTECT is in sammy documentation as the command that can disable write protection. I never really mess with AT so got a budfy helping me.. it appears its a high level cmd so u first need to do some msl stuff to get around the security..

lets hope it works!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Eudeferrer:
+1

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IDontKnowMang:
Can't you extract the PBL with the programmer?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dhart62:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] I apologize in advance if I missed the answer in previous posts. My question is: if you can modify some of the init scripts, can you possibly alter the build prop and/or csc and reduce the security? If you can keep the build prop from defaulting then bypass or set the security back a leg or 2 and gain root. Just a theory, I'm sure your knowledge and experience surpasses mine any day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Even if we could how would that help lol

PBL is programmed at the factory.. if we mess that up then we'd be screwed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Yes and no. With magisk resetprop applet you can change prop values but after a reboot they revert as well as it is most likely visual.

No because all the props are on protected partitions so they cannot be modified. If we had the ability to do this then root on stock would have already been done, that is the whole reason it's only useable on combo since it needs to be installed to sbin.

The init scripts we can edit are on persist partition and data/lab so there's no scripts we can edit on other partitions like system or vendor.

I did however find an exploit on s10+ that should work the same on N9 that allows a buffer overflow involving ro.boot commands that might help us.

Essentially I found a way to set something then behind it write androidboot.(property)=(value) at which upon boot the bl reads the value and parses it to kernel cmdline.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
You're a brilliant guy. Thank you for all your hard work!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Will11690:
All I'm gonna say is I got 100 bucks as soon as N960U has root
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pbedard:
Hell tell Samsung then they'll patch it again :laugh: