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[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] phositadc:
Thanks, one last question. I downloaded the SF6 "U" firmware and the SF6 AT&T userdata from the "U" link in the OP.

Am I correct that by flashing these, it should theoretically take me to the equivalent of a bone stock AT&T S10E running the SF6 firmware? And from that point, I should be able to receive OTAs to get me up to the latest October or November (or whatever it currently is) security patch version of AT&T S10E?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
As long as the instructions in the OP are followed, yes
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] chippee:
Downgrade Bootloader

I am out of topic but I just want to share my experience with the firmwares.

First im not against with any updates for the phone but I accidentally press the update for the latest which is the ASJA (Philippines Carrier) and i realize it comes with a new bootloader which is S3 and the stock is U1.

Is there anything I can downgrade the bootloader so I can downgrade the complete firmware also? I want the stock firmware the first one (March 2019) because of my own preferences and I just want to stay with it. Any ways to solve this even on the near future? Glad to hear some ideas. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
This thread is only for G970U and G970U1. Please post in a different thread, that corresponds to your model number
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] goat19990203:
Problems on flashing bloat free firmware to s10e(G970u)

Hi, i just got my hands on a s10e and wanting to flash the firmware to an unlocked version, but i have tried multiple times with modded odin 13.3.1, and the G970U1_SAU_1 zip file but it keeps saying failed(auth) while on the first step, can anyone walk me through on how to do it correctly ?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] ygnil:
I have a G970U unlocked with ATT firmware but I actually live in the UK and have an EE sim. Aside from the bloatware I'd like to get rid of, I haven't received any updates since purchase and it says the security patch is still from February.

Seeing that I can't install UK carrier firmware on a G970U model - what's the recommendation for the firmware to change to? I'd like to get rid of the bloatware and receive OTA updates (assuming there's no EE firmware available).

Baseband is: G970USQU1ASAT

Service provider SW ver: G970U_OYN_ATT_PP_0032

Any help would be really appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No idea if you'll get OTAs, but you can flash any version of the U1 firmware that you want. If you don't get OTAs, you can always manually update to the latest version at any time
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] burrzoo:
Put my ATT SIm in my new/used S10e. It is currently on the September 2019 security patch and firmware showing ATT/ATT/SPR and the build is listed as G970U1UEU2BSIA

[MENTION=3163377]iBowToAndroid[/MENTION] or someone,

Can I bypass the October firmware and update directly to the November firmware?

I'm going to use the (SF6 - 2) ATT userdata file =

USERDATA_ATT_G970USQU2ASF6_CL16154136_QB24242906_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.zip with the November if that will work.

thanks...
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
If you're looking to go to U firmware, then I have no idea if it will work, with the USERDATA not being the same build as the rest of the files. If it won't work, you'll need to flash all SF6 files and then OTA from there
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] burrzoo:
My initial process "seemed" to work (Odin showed Pass) but the ATT side of things weren't working (no visual Vm, no lte, etc.).

I ended up flashing the entire older package as you mentioned and all passed in Odin & ATT features were now working.

Surprisingly I was able to use the built-in Software update functionality (time after time) which brought me up to the November Security patch.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] hermy21:
I just got the same phone with the same firmware att/att/spr. I flashed the firmware from U1 to U with the ATT USERDATA , I am now able to OTA update, but the firmware still shows ATT/ATT/SPR. What is yours showing? should it be ATT/ATT/ATT?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] StHalcyon:
[MENTION=3163377]iBowToAndroid[/MENTION] So I finally purchased a brand new T-Mobile S10e (G970U) and got it network unlocked. I haven't updated it OTA yet, so it's still in BL1. From the many research and prepping for my first Samsung flash, it's my understanding that if the phone is in BL1, I can only change to another firmware where the files are still in BL1 (please correct me if I am wrong here). I've downloaded your G970U1 SAU_1 file. In it is just the AP file. Using the modded ODIN, will supplying just the AP file let me overwrite flash to U1, or do I still need to go get the rest of the files to match your version? Asking because when I use samfirm in manual mode and manually inputting SM-G970U1 model, XAA region, G970U1UES1ASDB PDA, G970U1OYM1ASDB CSC, and G970U1UES1ASDB Phone, samfirm redirects to BL2 download. (Reason why I have not updated OTA is because after going to U1, I plan to use your SAT BL1 files to go to Verizon.) TIA

Never mind: Since my research started nearly 2 months ago, I just realized that the userdata not found on samfirm is AT&T, not Verizon as I misremembered. So I think I have a clear path:

1. OTA my T-Mobile to BL2.

2. Download latest firmware from samfirm G970U1 XAA, and flash the phone.

3. Download latest firmware from samfirm G970U VZW, and flash the phone.

I think that oughta work. Wish me luck...
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
1. None of my files ONLY contain an AP file. If that's all you're getting when extracting it, then it was either a bad download or a bad extraction. Every single firmware upload should have all 5 files in it

2. Manual entry is only ever required in SamFirm if you're trying to pull VZW firmware. Auto will work for everything else

3. If you're trying to convert to VZW firmware and your phone won't give you the "carrier change" popup on the current firmware, I'd recommend just flashing the latest/newest U firmware because then you should get it afterwards - and then you only have to do 1 flash instead of 2. You should get the popup if you install the latest version. You just have to make sure that it's a version that Verizon has actually released, if you want to receive future OTAs.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] StHalcyon:
The download is good. md5 checksum matches. Please see attached screenshot.

I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip. Still learning the Samsung world after many years in Xperia world.

How do I invoke the carrier change pop up? Is it the "Carrier Switching" section found here? https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/snap-guide-flashing-standard-fw-carrier-t3625817

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
When I download that zip and extract it, I get all 5 files - not just AP. Idk what else to tell you.

You can't manually invoke it. The firmware will either do it automatically, or it won't
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] StHalcyon:
I found the problem. Back when I started researching and downloading files, I was working on my laptop. During extraction, I ran out of space. So I transferred the zip file and the failed extraction output directory to my desktop. Fast forward to today, I didn't re-extract. That's and ID 10 T error. Terribly sorry for wasting your time. Ugh. I feel bad.

Ah... Unfortunately, the "carrier change" didn't pop up after I loaded the G970U1 latest BL2 firmware. So I went to the 2 flash method. But surprisingly, after loading the VZW firmware and booting up, I was surprised that the T-Mobile splash screen came up, and 2nd Home Panel had T-Mobile related icons. Could it be because the latest VZW firmware I downloaded is from 20191028, and the latest U1 XAA firmware I downloaded is newer from 20191118? So now...

1. Is it me or is it really hard to get into Download Mode? I've rebooted about a dozen times now and it just keeps on going to Safe Mode. It is quite frustrating... Any useful tip to always get into Download Mode?

2. I wanted to double-check the firmware I downloaded, so this time I tried the auto method and it found nothing. (see screenshot) But the manual method based on VZW region and a known older version G970USQS2BSI4/G970UOYN2BSI4/G970USQS2BSI4 pulled up the 20191028 version I used (see 2nd screenshot). What could I be doing wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
1. Download Mode is Vol Down, Bixby, and Power - I've never had any issues with it.

2. You got T-Mo bloat because you didn't complete the carrier change. Not really your fault, as you can't force the popup if it won't automatically give it to you. But are you saying that you still don't get the popup even on U firmware? Because I've personally gotten the popup on an AT&T S10e that was running U firmware, when I inserted a Verizon SIM
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] StHalcyon:
So hold down those 3 buttons? One instruction I read is boot, then at the Galaxy logo, simultaneously hold down Vol Down + Bixby and insert USB cable. I don't know how I got that crazy process to work the first time, but shutdown, hold down Vol Down + Bixby + Power did the trick. I hate the Internet with incorrect information. Even one video was edited and the guy simply powered up the phone and went straight to Download Mode (first video preview result too!). Thanks!

Maybe I need that final step of inserting a Verizon SIM card? I've just reflashed to the U firmware again, and finished running through the initial boot setup. Do you think I need to insert the Verizon SIM card before first boot/before I flash to U? Or can I insert later? (I don't have the Verizon SIM card with me at work, that's why...)

Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
You're making things REALLY hard on yourself, by not closely reading the instructions in the OP. I think you totally missed the part where you need to insert your desired SIM after you flash U1
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] StHalcyon:
Fudge! I curated all the pertinent information after reading every post in this thread into my own readme.txt file, including post #19 in this thread. You're right. I missed the last sentence of step #2: "2. Upon boot, watch for the popup that says "your device will restart to apply new carrier settings", and do it. Make sure your desired SIM is inserted for this step."

RTFMSMH

My fault.

May I suggest something to prevent idiots like myself from making the same mistake? Perhaps modify comment #19 so that step #1 is to insert the target SIM card of choice, then shift the rest of the steps down. I left the Verizon SIM card at home and I really wanted to get flashing done at, uhm, extended work break. LOL

Thank you for all your help and the patience putting up with me.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] burrzoo:
[MENTION=10387319]hermy21[/MENTION], Yes, that is to be expected! The phone seems to always show the original Phone Model in that 3rd spot.

ATT/ATT/SPR is accurate.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] burrzoo:
I bought a Used S10e that apparently was a Sprint Device but had the UI software on it. Settings displayed XAA/XAA/SPR. I successfully flashed the ATT UserData and BL2 from post #1 then got the OTAs up to Nov. (also shows as ATT/ATT/SPR).

I am now going to return the phone because when I'm on call or when texting the phone gets un usually hot. ...Probably why it was a returned device in the first place.

I downloaded the SM-G970 U1 / XAA firmware from Frija but when I successfully flash it, the phone still says ATT/ATT/SPR (now Dec sec. patch). Shouldn't I now see XAA/XAA/SPR?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No, not necessarily. To get XAAs back, you would need to insert the SIM of a carrier that doesn't have their own S10e and then watch for the carrier change popup, and do the restart
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] burrzoo:
I do not have any Sims like that but would a non-functioning/non-active Verizon ot T-Mo SIM work for this process? If not, I'll just return it with the ATT/ATT/SPR showing & at least the Model Number showing is SM-G970U1. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
"the SIM of a carrier that doesn't have their own S10e"

So no, a Verizon or T-Mobile SIM wouldn't work, because those carriers DO have their own S10e.

Regardless, I really don't think the 3 letter codes are going to matter to your seller in this case.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] Casper5point0:
Is there anyway to get firmware with usb debugging pre-enabled?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] burrzoo:
Can you tell me why you would need it pre-enabled? It's so easy to enable Developer Options once you go through the initial phone setup then turn on USB Debugging.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] Casper5point0:
My brother had his google account hacked and deleted, he mad a bad call and did a factory reset and got locked out of his phone. I was going to try to bypass frp through adb.

If I recall correctly, it has the G970USQS2BSIV_VZW firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No, you can't enable ADB without access to the Settings. If you can't crack it yourself and end up needing professional assistance, I can make a recommendation
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
AT&T USERDATA added for build SKP (Android 10)
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] Kingsobguru:
Do I need new firmware for V10?

I see the user data for V10 for ATT which is awesome. Do I need to wait for the V10 firmware to root?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
This model can't be rooted, and probably never will be able to
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] ygnil:
Just a reply on this - ran patched Odin to install G970U1 firmware from OP. Everything gone smoothly so far, - got an OTA update straight away. Now on XAA/XAA/ATT. Just in case anybody using the G970U outside of the US had any hesitations :)
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] madhits45:
Hi All,

Hope I can get some help, I read 17 pages of this thread hoping someone might have this issue. Here goes.

I have an U1 model XAA/XAA/XAA. My phone got locked to metro and i got tmobile to whitelist the phone server side (metro and tmobile share the same unlock tool and servers I believe). So my unlock is done except the phone needs to update to allow the unlock.

Anyway I have been trying to convert the U1 to metro and check there unlock app to get the software to update my phone to push through the unlock. However I'm starting to wonder if its a sim lock issue I am having. I get "call not sent" as the message when I try with my verizon sim (also flashed VZN same message). Seems like an unlock issue right? However it seems like my phone is not completely taking the firmware im installing.

Anyway I got patched odin 3.13.3 and flashed SAT with TMK firmware but almost nothing changes, Still XAA/XAA/XAA I dont see bootscreen change and all i get is 1 metro app. I get no errors in Odin, so it seems the flash is working and the phone resets.

So my questions are these?

1. Does call not sent a sim lock or not? I also dont get data. Other odd thing is when I first run through the setup data and calls work, but after phone fully boots sim is then locked, very odd.

2. How come the CSC is not changing to match my userdata and carrier sim? I am using CSC_OMC and not HOME_CSC. Should I try Home_CSC?

I'm about to take this phone to samsung to get it repaired cuz I have no idea why I cant make calls, for the record U1 firmware does appear to change CSC (but only under software info, nothing else changes) when I swap sims but U firmware does not, but I need U firmware to change CSC because I need carrier services.

UPDATE: Went to U1 fireware and I do see CSC change in software but still no boot screen change etc. I guess there is some bloat but not a lot. It seems the carrier software will simply not work on U1 fully.

Update 2: I believe call not sent is not a sim lock issue. Its something else. Messages for sim lock are "invalid sim". I never see this message so I do think I have either a defective phone or something else software related. I am going to update to android 10 to see if the issue persists.

Update 3: Samsung went ahead and replaced my motherboard, so whatever this issue is it will be gone now with a new logic board, basically a new phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] filipelss:
Can I turn my g970u into g970u1?

My cell phone is ATT, and I live in Brazil, it's full of bloatware.

I wanted a clean rom.

I tried, but I get:

<ID: 0/007> NAND Write Start !!

<ID: 0/007> SingleDownload.

<ID: 0/007> abl.elf

<ID: 0/007> FAIL! (Auth)

Android: 9, Base Band: g970USQU2ASGC
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] glopken:
hello, my current firmware is g970uSQU2ASG8, i have ATT boot screen and bloatware. securtiy patch on june 2019

i want to update to lastest ATT firmware since i live outside US and can't get OTA update (sim unlocked)

1) i use samfirm and ATT list under g970U1. should i just flash it? i cannot find any ATT under g970U.

2) if i want to be bloatware free and unlocked, i should just download g970U1 XAA version and flash it?

*i'm new here
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Failing on abl.elf means that you're trying to downgrade the bootloader, which you can't do on Samsung devices

1. You'll never find any ATT under G970U because their firmware is never made public - that's already explained in the OP.

2. The great thing about universal firmware is that you can download ANY G970U version and flash it - assuming that you're not trying to downgrade the bootloader. That's already explained in the OP as well

3. If you want to have a bloatware free firmware, then yes, you should download a bootloader 2 version of U1 and flash it
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] slicetwo:
I'm about to purchase a used s10e for my wife. We'll want T-Mobile firmware on her phone. I'm not sure if it's going to come with Android 9 or 10. If it comes with the latter, can I still use these files and then update via OTA?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] bailey boy:
My phone is already updated to Android 10, what is the procedure in that case? Can I run the procedures in this OP?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] charter3554:
First off, big thanks to ibowtoandroid, this is an excellent thread.

I'm going to try to flash a T-Mobile G973U to U1 (XAA)

Question (likely an easy one):

I downloaded samfirm from the link in xda where it says the tool is deprecated. Anyways, it seems to work fine. But it wants to download only the latest version of the firmware (I'm on version 2 and don't want to update to a different bit version than 2 because otherwise I can't downgrade easily).

How do I download other versions of XAA firmware? Specifically I want: CSC G973U1OYM2BSI4

I tried selecting manual but I'm not sure what to put in phone.

I also tried putting in the model: SM-G973U1 and Region as G973U1OYM2BSI4, then clicked Auto, but I received this message: Could not fetch info for SM-G973U1/G973U1OYM2BSI4. Please verify the input or use manual info

In manual mode then, I assume I should put

PDA: G973U1UES2BSI4

CSC: G973U1OYM2BSI4

Phone: not sure what to put here.

I could just download it from sammobile but it's apparently way slower from there so, can anyone help on how to get the specific firmware above?

And regarding Odin, I was planning on using: Odin3_v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD does that sound fine?

I have flashed before but it was just for a software update, not switching from U to U1, and I used sammobile for my firmware but everyone says to try samfirm because it's so fast. (I can confirm it was fast because I inadvertently downloaded the latest firmware: (G973U1OYM3CTA3)

This is where I got my PDA and CSC numbers from: https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s10/firmware/SM-G973U1/XAA/

Thanks all for any help you can provide!
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] charter3554:
UPDATE in regards to my post right above: looks like the Samfirm tool can still only deliver the latest update (something to possibly be careful with if you need to go back to a lower bootloader bit number). And the sammobile site keeps downloading a '2.0GB' empty zip file that cannot be unzipped. So I finally just went to updato and am downloading the 4.5GB file that way. I want bootloader version 2.

And regarding Odin, I was planning on using: Odin3_v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD does that sound fine for a flash for a T-Mobile G973U to U1 XAA (unbranded)?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] KB Smoka:
Is it possible to use these firmware images to downgrade from Android 10 to 9? I'm using the G970U variant straight from AT&T. Wireless Mirroring is broken on my Kenwood radio in Android 10 so I'd like to get back down to 9 if at all possible.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Yep you can flash SF6 from the links in the OP
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] charter3554:
I used: "Odin3_v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD" to flash a T-Mobile G973U to U1 XAA (unbranded) and it seems to have worked fine. I used a firmware on bootloader version 2.

I downloaded bootloader version 2 files from updato.

Once I am happy with everything on U1 I will update normally via OTA or Samsung Smart Switch, but for now the reason I used a bootloader with bit 2 is because sometimes with newer bit versions it's harder to cross flash between U and U1 and vice versa. At least this was the case last time I was flashing with snapdragon S8s.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
For anyone who's feeling brave, bootloader 3 has been released for the U1 model, available via SamFirm and Frija (build ending in TA3). Be aware that at this time, there's nothing else that you can flash if there are any bugs etc
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] charter3554:
I thought samfirm only delivers the latest software available, which in this case is bit 7, not 3...
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Bit 7???? Nooooo. You must be thinking about a totally different model
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] slicetwo:
Posting this again since her phone is coming today: I'm about to purchase a used s10e for my wife. We'll want T-Mobile firmware on her phone. I'm not sure if it's going to come with Android 9 or 10. If it comes with the latter, can I still use these files and then update via OTA?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
I wouldn't bother with any files unless/until you see that the device doesn't have the newest version and will not update via OTA
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] burrzoo:
Will it make a difference on your phone (like missing out on a feature or a specific security software) if you jump from (let's say) the December 2019 Security patch and ODIN/Flash to the February 2020 Patch?

I was getting the AT&T OTA updates up until the December Sec. Patch. NOw when checking each day I always get the "Up To Date" message. AT&T website shows that the January 2020 security update is their latest. I was considering just installing the TMB Feb 2020 Patch and by-passing the Jan 2020 Sec. Patch. I have an unlocked S10e with the ATT UserData flashed onto it.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] xronikus:
Damn, i missed the bootloader number and updated. No problems so far
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Good to know!