yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Seananigans:
When doing this method it wipes clean your operating system.. This is fine however because with safestrap you always have a way to mount and flash roms which is what step 8 implys..

Even though the link says Verizon roms they work for all carriers and even the s8+ roms can be flashed into the standard s8 since they're the same hardware. I just flashed my s8 (sprint) with the Verizon s8+ rooted nougat rom in that list after completing this tutorial and all's been good so far (except my accelerometer axis are flipped and my fingerprint scanner isn't working anymore)

Anyway this tutorial was for only safestrap as the UP says.. But luckily all the roms have their own instructions too.. And with the safestrap versions they're all literally 3 steps. Step 3 even failed for me (flashing the BL file) and everything is still working fine for me anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
Change USB port , cable , rebòot computer .
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
Nope, didn't work.

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well, it sorta did.

I just get a new error:

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
Which Odin are u using. Try modded Odin and make sure you have USB debugging on
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
I have modded 3.13.1

And USB debugging is on.

Unmodded odin gives the same error
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
When u open Odin see partition or repartition is not checked. Change USB cable
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
I've used 2 usb cables,

re-partition is not checked.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
I don't know what to tell you.

I have done this on 3 different phones & worked

Try different computer
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] seanskiT!:
Yes, you are on v5
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bangbusdriver:
Is it possible this whitelist you mentioned is standard dm-verity/selinux implementation?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
Ok, i'll try on a different one.

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not working on my other computer,

could it be i'm on 8.0?

or that my carrier is sprint (Isn't the roms verizon?)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
No it doesn't matter I have flashes this from pie

And carrier doesn't make any difference

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Can you boot your phone
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
Yes, it still works 100% normally.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
You can try flashing stock system with Odin to see if flashes & then try this
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
same thing, just instantly get this

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> Total Binary size: 4713 M

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] seanskiT!:
Have you tried downloading all the files in case you had a bad download?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
I've tried 2 different updates,nothing
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] seanskiT!:
At this point I would delete all files, odin and drivers.

Reboot computer, reinstall drivers then fresh downloads.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tinhsoftware:
Guy, my s8 is on firmware version G950U1UEU5DSC1. Can i use this method?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aeonspace:
950W

would this work on G950W or would i need different files?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Yes

Yes but more than likely it will change your model to a 950u but you can convert back any time. The w and u models are identical
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] aeonspace:
issue

Ive just tried (on my desktop and 3 laptops with 4 cords including the one phone came with) tried redownloading aswell and keep getting:

<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> Total Binary size: 1986 M

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

(Step one fail)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
same, if someone could help that'd be great.

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Nope, Same thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheGhost1951:
Looks like this would work for G950USQU5DSC1 PIE rom on a Bluegrass cellular carrier. Correct?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
Correct.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vietnam1:
Does anybody know why my phone won't let me flash anything with Odin (firmware, combination etc)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
No.... You haven't given us any details to help you. At all.. your first post was literally "does anybody know why *xxxx* isn't working?" with no prior context whatsoever.. we can't help you if we don't know anything. Just saying.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yu jiang:
hello

I want G950U to flash G9500 ROM in 9008 mode, but I don't know how to modify system. img to make it compatible.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] youmbi:
hi brother thanks for this post

i try to unpack edit and repack N950U system.img with superR kitchen but after flash via edl i face kernel panic error please can you help me how to unpack and repack N950U system.img?

thanks for replying me.

[IMG="n950u kernel panic IMG"]https://scontent.ffjr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/56970971_569068226923584_4068040388223434752_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent.ffjr1-1.fna&oh=eec5618c531f9f39dbd545d5dcb6708f&oe=5D38F20F[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
You can't flash ROM's for different hardware... If you thought this was a method to go flashing different ROM's from different device models.. you have been severely mislead.... You can modify system.img's to flash but ONLY if it is for 950u/u1/w and NOT 9500 .img's.

If you need help with superR's kitchen, this isn't the thread to ask for help with that... You should really be trying to find superR's dedicated thread in XDA about the program so you can get help from the guy who made the program himself.. jrkruse simply used his stuff and I don't think he'll be more help than just asking someone more experienced in superR's thread or just superR himself.... And a side note, for your sake and mine, can you please not quote the whole OP as that is hugely unnecessary and clogs the thread. You won't get a faster reply doing that. Just saying.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] youmbi:
Thank for reply

1- I don’t use rom from another hardware is original stock system dump for g950u u5 that I’m trying to edit

2- I say I use superR for unpack and repack the system and i face kernel panic error if any one have another way for edit g950u u5 system.img EDL flashable I will be greatly any method is welcome for edit g950u system thanks

Best regards
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
The first reply wasn't to you my friend.. it was to someone else that posted before you did.... Anyways if you read the second part of my post (which is directed at you), I'm telling you to go and search for superR's DEDICATED thread/forum in XDA about the program and to ask for help there... This is NOT the thread to ask about repacking and unpacking a system.img. Please reread what I posted again.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] youmbi:
Okay thank
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yu jiang:
Can G955U be root?

Can G955U be root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
Yes but ONLY on nougat (7.0) firmware. Oreo (8.0) and Pie (9.0) cannot be rooted on 955u.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yu jiang:
Can I make G950U flash by modifying G9500's system. img?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
No
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yu jiang:
Can you change the G950U to what you want?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hai Karate:
This does work on the G950W. The ROM isn't going to have the CSC (or OMC, as it appears to be called in the US firmware) for any of the Canadian carriers, but when I flashed mine once I was booted into recovery I changed the sales code located in /efs/imei/mps_code.dat from KDO (could be different -- mine was originally a Koodo phone) to XAA which is US unbranded. There are a bunch of places on the Internet that will tell you how to do this if you do a Google search. You'll have to reverse the process if you want to switch back to Canadian firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheGhost1951:
Possible to use custom bootanimations?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Yes

Omc folder then your carrier folder
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] crazysoccerman:
The only ROM in that thread is for the S8+

Even the SM_G950U_DSC1_SYSTEM.rar in [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] AFH is actually a S8+ ROM, which doesn't work correctly on the S8

After you complete the instructions in this thread, then I recommend you flash this ROM:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/development/rom-dream-rom-brb1-v1-0-t3908883

Thanks [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] for breathing new life into the S8!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tung2567:
has anyone tried this with the latest update Pie, 9?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
This method is specifically for those on Pie etc.... What matters is your BL revision and if you're on Pie, you have BL v5.. which this method was designed for.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hai Karate:
I'm not sure what you mean by this... I'm running this ROM on my S8 and it works perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] crazysoccerman:
my auto-rotation was backwards
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxazlonxx:
Tried following the instructions would always get a red screen that would say

"[SAFESTRAP : DISABLED]

would have 2 buttons that say Continue and Recovery?

What should I do?

SM-G950U
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
At what step
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Thats it. Thats safe strap. You can choose to boot safestrap or not. It always says safe strap is disabled. Or does on mine
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxazlonxx:
At step 6.

"6. Phone should reboot to safestrap"

The phone doesn't reboot to safestrap it has this screen pop up : prntscr.com/neyrwz

Then boots to this screen if I don't press anything: prntscr.com/neyrfi

Mine always boots to the blue screen listed above.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
1 did you wipe phone after flashing combo firmware if not force reboot to stock recovery wipe and reboot

2. Press power+ volume up+ bixby for 5 second release press again should reboot to safestrap

3 if nothing works something went wrong and you have do the whole process again and make sure wipe phone after flashing combo firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] crazysoccerman:
Same here. You were successful despite the screen saying disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jrkruse:
I would like too take a minute and remind everyone that the reason we still have development on S8 is mainly because we have safestrap. [MENTION=4770483]afaneh92[/MENTION] has maintained and made safestrap work for us he has worked very hard and spent hundreds of hours on it. Please consider donating to him.

PayPal.Me/mohammadafaneh

Or

mohammad.afaneh92@gmail.com

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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] umitn:
Recover_System taking a loong time

This all looks extremely promising (let alone exciting) for getting back root on the snapdragon S8.

Problem: The part where you enter the COM port. The Recover_System program just stays at it's blinking cursor and I can't tell if anything is going on. I've run it three times now, the first time for about thirty minutes and the rest for about 10 each. Am I doing something wrong? Or is my phone dead now?

(Edit: Odin does not recognize the device in this mode)

Please help!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
Can you see device Installed as Qualcom 9008 in device manager

And at com Port you enter only number ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] umitn:
Yes I can. I tried 2 different USB ports but I just see the command with the blinking cursor. I enter 7 for COM7, 6 for COM6, etc.

I couldn't see it at first so I had to install Qualcomm drivers for the 9008 device from online.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
It happened with me. Then you have to start process again from step one
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] umitn:
Ah ok. How do I make Odin see the device again? Do I just force reset with buttons?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
Force to download mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] umitn:
I did that and am now reflashing. I didn't know I could just reboot and start again, lol

Edit: Thank you, it's working now.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MalharB:
Glad it's working what step are you at now
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] umitn:
I have finished the process. Planning to go back to good-old Nougat w/ root and away from this One UI nonsense.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkicker:
How would I go about removing Safestrap and returning my Sprint S8 to stock pie?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Should be able to just download your latest firmware and use stock odin latest
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] awest1981:
Sorry if this has been asked or addressed before but I skimmed and didn't see it. My s8 came with oreo preinstalled does that mean that this method will not work. I've tried adb reboot edl on both 8 and 9 to no avail.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] awest1981:
Ok so I wasn't on a 64bit os that seems to be the problem but now the programinh seems yo be taking forever. How long should it take?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Superguy:
It'll work. Mine updated to Pie and I'm now rooted on Nougat.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] 82murphyt:
Hi. Read through but wasnt sure if this makes it have any battery problems like only showing 80% charge or any other problems thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
Help Please :)

phone keeps booting into factory binary ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sagoode:
Read step 8 of the OP's directions. This is not a usable rom. You need to flash a compatible system.img to your device.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
Help Booting please

Okay So, I've completed step 8 now.. and my phone will not reboot? it just shows the black and white Samsung Galaxy S8 screen?

I've tried everything... All I can do is get it to boot into "Upload Mode", "Download Mode" and Safestrap, nothing else seems to work for me.. I just wanna boot my phone to home screen..?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
Well of course you can't boot to anything silly... You have to install a ROM to boot to anything... Via flashing a System.img in safestrap + the BL in odin or just an Odin flashable ROM.... Those are the only things that will get you to a homescreen.... Just installing jrkruse's v5 EDL method doesn't actually install a bootable system.. just the necessary files to obtain root on BL v5 etc... Hence why your phone won't boot, you don't have an OS to boot to. Just pick a ROM, any ROM, flash it and problem solved.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
ROM

I Already have flashed a ROM over... I actually got it to boot now It literally just took like 15min to boot. i installed new version of twrp app and now am wondering why Super SU doesn't detect my root?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
Sometimes SU doesn't work on first boot. Just reboot phone. If SU continues to hang, reflash a system version of SU via safestrap and all should be fine. Root still works even if SU hangs. Also just letting your phone sit after a reboot for a minute can sometimes fix the issue as well. Starting SU immediately after reboot causes the app to hang about 50% of the time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
Testing

Okay I will try what you said and see what happens.. If it doesn't work I was reading through the comments and this may be an answer to my problem that someone said:

"This does work on the G950W. The ROM isn't going to have the CSC (or OMC, as it appears to be called in the US firmware) for any of the Canadian carriers, but when I flashed mine once I was booted into recovery I changed the sales code located in /efs/imei/mps_code.dat from KDO (could be different -- mine was originally a Koodo phone) to XAA which is US unbranded. There are a bunch of places on the Internet that will tell you how to do this if you do a Google search. You'll have to reverse the process if you want to switch back to Canadian firmware."
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
Root Access

Okay, so I've tried just about everything and don't understand why I still have no root access.. I've tested with apps like root checker and the terminal and definitely have no root access active. Unsure why I followed every step and installed the ROM in step 8. What could I possibly be doing wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] afaneh92:
flash system super su https://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/v2-64-2-66-supersu-mode-t3286120 if you want to keep combo

or install https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/development/rom-dream-rom-brb1-v1-0-t3908883
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
So after installing Super Su with twrp, I went to reflash and reboot and now there is this blue led stuck on my phone and it wont fully boot it gets the the black and white flashing samsung screen (only shows words samsung)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sagoode:
You are trying to root a Nougat rom, correct? Not Oreo or Pie, only 7.0 Nougat?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
No, I'm on 9.0 Pie
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sagoode:
There is no root for Oreo or Pie for our device at this time. You can only root Nougat using this method or have stock (no SuperSu) on Oreo or Pie but you will still have safestrap installed which means you can flash a few mod zips that are posted throughout.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiveRosin:
Oh okay, I must have misunderstood this post. Thanks for letting me know.. So any idea how I can fix my phone back to the Pie and twrp only state?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] afaneh92:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76074958&postcount=3
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] robin.kang63:
i completed my 4th step

But in 5th step as you mentioned "force reboot to bootloader" that means i need to go to download mode by pressing BIxby volume down and power button?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] bradical711:
Yes you are correct.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
So I finally updated. My issue is I'm trying to install a csc since I was on unlocked firmware open every bit 5 csc I flash comes up with signature verification failed in stock recovery. And then I kernel panik at the modem. I've downloaded several firmwares and all do the same thing
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]

So I got it my own brb1 rom booting But I have a u5 csc and a u15 csc and I cannot flash either one while running this method.

If i return to u1 or u rev 5 stock I can flash both of those CSC file no problem...

When im under root and rom ODIN passes on both and update fails at 25% and it says it cant verify the hash sigs I have tried these 2 different OYN csc I need Verizon lol Where is a legit non 5 hour download on a rev 5 verizon stock firmware

I need all the carrier apps for now and junk The hell of a predicament im in

I need a user data and home verizon csc

I gave up xfinity and got verizon. So my wifes S8 sim card in and bam good to go.csc auto selected please reboot,

All that good stuff

My S8 on the other hand did not reboot even though I had a multi csc

At first no signal invalid sims despite unlocked It just wasnt reading the sims from what I gather.

So with loads of work and CDMA workshop I swapped my subscription status from NV only to RUIM and

Bam I got 3g radio all provisioned Playing around with radio switcher and stock mobile networks I had LTE for a total of about say 28 hours

And it dropped out again So now I cant even get LTE which is ok As I am always normally on wifi and can use verizons wonderful wifi calling Which now brings me here to not being able to install a verizon based firmware User data or CSC

Any of you wonderful Fellars here IM not asking for a spoon out or special links But between updato sammobiles login crap and every website and his brothers Ive been downloading like crazy on a usb tethered of my wifi connection for my pc And Im at my wits end :p:p:p
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jrkruse:
Have you tried flashing the csc you want with flashfire and let flashfire process it not stock recovery

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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
I will tonight I flash a Verizon blq5 system and junk and half the apps force close or don't even work even play store apps

At this point I don't care what I do I need wifi calling apparantly my devices LTE radio is screwed over I cant see LTE at all anymore any rom any sim I've tried

I think I'm gonna end up piecing my note 3 back together and run that. I'm about ready to throw this thing

Now when I flash any u5 Verizon I don't have wifi calling advance HD calling won't activate and when I go into my Verizon app to add the free service and web view Verizon is having issues try again later

I had one flash where wifi calling worked everything was good but I got like 10 firmware now mix and matched I don't know what the **** I did to fix it
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jrkruse:
You may have to remove hd calling from your Verizon account then add it back sometimes it gets messed up on there end. I have had this happen many times

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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
Yea I read that I just called them and wifi calling is working. Now if I can get my lte issues fixed I'm gold ???

So I used cdma workshop. Noticed it was set as subscription type NV only. When I got Verizon I had no signal no sim recognized. I swapped the subscription type to RUIM. And it reads my sim. I had lte for about 28 hours and it dropped to 3g 1xrtt and won't pick up lte anymore. I've tried global. Cdma lte. Lte only cdma only. I even used radio switcher to swap them beyond factory. Problem I see now is possibly bad apn. But Verizon has it greyed out. I'm on stock Verizon pie for now. Till I get sorted out. Btw. Your safestrap method is awesome works absolutely perfect every time