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[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] equake:
Just a quick question will you be hosting FW for models G973U, G973U1, G975U, G975U1? Don't know if XDA will have separate forums for the s10e and s10+ models. Supposedly there will be a 5G S10+ coming during Mid 2019 which would have a separate FW section I assume.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Read the OP ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys:
Nice plan! Kudos
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Build SBA added.

SPR is the only USERDATA for this build so far - not sure if it will stay a Sprint-exclusive release, or be more widely pushed out. But like with any other build, it can be flashed to any S10e, regardless of which carrier it originally came from.

EDIT: Xfinity and Verizon USERDATAs added
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
I have the tmobile variant. Trying to flash and keeps failing for some reason. Trying to flash the U1 . Came with G970USQU1ASAT
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Can we get more details on that?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] blkghost22:
Hope u can get the att.. i want the video call and advanced messaging that is missing from u1
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
What would you like to know? I didn't get error codes or anything. Just failed. I used the csc and not the home one though.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
1. Don't quote the OP

2. What do you mean by "get the att"? There is an AT&T USERDATA for the U firmware

There might not be "codes" per se, but there's always a specific error that either shows up in Odin, or on the phone itself
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
Yeah, I remember on earlier phones there were errors showing. I didn't see anything except failed only on Odin. I'll try again later. I tried both the patched by raymond and regular Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
The only Odin that might work is the 3.13 patched (3B). But as stated in the OP, I have no idea if that Odin will work, or if a new one is needed.

If Odin fails, then we need to know on which step it fails, and what the message is. Probably best to just post a picture of it, or paste the log
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] freddie813:
Just to be clear, nobody has been able to flash U1 firmware to a U s10 device?

Considering ordering an s10e, but hoped that I could flash the U1 firmware to pass the provisioning check for tethering.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] blkghost22:
[MENTION=3163377]iBowToAndroid[/MENTION]

By any chance is there an AT&T userdata for the new SBA firmware? Sorry to bother

Nvm i just didnt check userdata and it worked
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] UniX1rm:
After i updated t-mobile firmware, i was able to flash with home csc. Stuck in starting android but will do a factory reset and will work fine. Will report back.

Should work. I usually use pdanet vs the native tethering because tmobile can detect native tethering and throttle (happened on my pixel) .

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Flash successfully and working now. Will test if anything is broken
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] Charkatak:
So all 4 main files are the same and there is no difference in T-Mobile's modem file versus ATT's? If I grab USERDATA file for TMB, it will flash all T-Mobile's bloatware.

As I remember flashing S7, S8 with a firmware that had TMB wording, where I could distinguish the firmware files. I mainly flashed 4 files on aforementioned models and skipped USERDATA and my unlocked U1 model became TMO and had all the features.

Soon T-Mobile is releasing firmware updates, will see how different they are.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] Xenshen:
So ive flashed the U1 firmware and it takes but the user data refuses to take and my phone is stil saying vzw/vzw/vzw

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Thinking im going to need a pulled pit file from someone actual tmobile s10e

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if i use the regular U firmware with tmobile it goes back to factory of verizon and logo comes back
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] lost_:
Could you clarify the exact actions you took, step by step? And which odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Here's the procedure that worked best on the S9s, to convert firmware on a U model:

1. Wipe in recovery -->reboot bootloader-->flash U1 firmware

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.

3. After that finishes, power off, boot to download, and flash desired U firmware with non HOME CSC and desired U USERDATA. That should give you all the desired carrier settings - and bloatware.

Also, G973U and G973U1 firmware is now live and downloadable in SamFirm. Getting U1 (at least for now) requires manual entry - Auto will not work. U firmware is up for these carriers:

Xfinity Mobile

Spectrum Mobile

Sprint

T-Mobile

Metro

US Cellular

Verizon (have to use Manual entry - Auto will not work)

So going forward, I'll only be adding full builds if I can get them before they hit SamFirm, and only if there isn't build for that month already (eg. I won't add any more February builds since SBA is already up.). I will try to stay up to date on USERDATAs for AT&T and Cricket, since AT&T won't let their firmware be put on SamFirm.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] GuestK00136:
I have an G975U1 and I attempted to flash the U1 firmware using 3.13 out of curiosity.

The first time it failed.

When the device steps through the necessary steps for Verified Boot, it failed.

VBMETA was referenced as was the partition table. So I can only surmise that the new VBMETA.IMG information doesn't match that which is stored within the device's partition tables.

I, unfortunately, didn't capture the the log nor the screenshot.

When I put the device back into 'Download Mode' and tried again, it passed.

I am going to try a CSC change from G975U1 to G975W using Odin 3.13B but I doubt it will work.

.....

And my attempt to change G975U1 to G975W using the Bell combination files failed. It provided the same error messages regarding VBMETA. See attached logs and screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] polepoe:
I downloaded the SM-970U1 firmware (from https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1395089523397902247).

Installed Samsung USB Drivers (from https://samsungusbdriver.com/).

Used patched Odin 3.13.1B (from https://xdaforums.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572).

Odin recognized my S10E (SM-GM970U) but stuck at <File analysis>.

[IMG="Odin"]https://i.imgur.com/FXF4em4.png[/IMG]

The phone is already in download mode.

I used the CSC file.

Please tell me if I did anything wrong here? Any suggestion?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] hasoon2000:
Try another USB port, try another USB cable, reboot your computer, try a non-3.0 port, try another computer. Have you also tried running Odin as Admin?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
If it hangs on "File Analysis" for more than 3 minutes, then it's a USB/hardware issue. All of the suggestions above are excellent ones, for solving it. One of them should fix the issue
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] polepoe:
[MENTION=848723]hasoon2000[/MENTION] [MENTION=3163377]iBowToAndroid[/MENTION] thanks for the solution, I will try to flash it again. It's no matter what OS you run Odin on right? I have the fear that Windows 10 is causing the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Has nothing to do with the Windows version
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] hasoon2000:
This is correct. I use Windows 10 with no issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] polepoe:
I'm already on download mode and the phone is connected.

Try again and now this error message appear.

Any solution for this? :(

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I found the solution in a reddit post, it worked!
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] grimez:
I just got the August 1st security patch last night on my G970U1, surprisingly fast turn around from the July 1st patch...
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] hasoon2000:
Thanks for the heads up. Just updated my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] droid void:
how do I know if im downloading the newest U1, how do I know it has bootloader 2?

im coming from tmobile with the newest july 1st security patch, I want to get the unlocked firmware, tried OP's method, did work i keep getting fail at (auth)

im using modded Odin, ran as admin, also not my first time using Odin so im not sure what im doing wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Where did you get the firmware from?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] droid void:
i got it from OP's first post
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Well that's why. Only the very first U1 version is linked in the OP - and that software is 6 months old by now. So you're trying to downgrade the bootloader, which is a no-no. The reason why I haven't listed any newer versions is because they're all readily available via other sources, as soon as Samsung releases them. Those other sources have been extensively discussed here in the thread. I only posted the first version because I was able to get access to it before Samsung ever released any firmware files publicly.

I would really recommend reading a few "beginner's guide to Odin flashing" type threads/posts - there are tons here on XDA. Identifying the bootloader version of a given firmware (to ensure that you're not trying to downgrade) is flashing 101
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] btrcp2000:
Confused. Bought a used s10e model g970u1 which I understood to be the unlocked version.. Verified clean/non-blacklisted IMEI and confirmed my carrier could activate it. It will not accept the sprint sim, complains that it is an unsupported carrier and I need to contact consumer cellular.

If i just flash sprint firmware, will that fix the issue?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Does the model number on the back actually show as U1?

I've never seen firmware give a message that says "unsupported carrier, contact (your provider)". Can you post a picture/screenshot of it?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] btrcp2000:
Model number on the back just says Samsung s10e.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] hasoon2000:
Did you buy it used? If so, the person could've flashed the phone to an unlocked firmware. Flashing an unlocked firmware does not unlock phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] btrcp2000:
Yes, bought it used, but unless they faked the samsung box too it is definitely the unlocked variant sm-g970u1. The "Payment Services" notification about the sim card not being supported has persisted through flashes to both the stock unlocked and sprint ROMs including cache wipes. I do not understand how an unlocked device can be carrier locked.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] Tron510:
Hi, just seeking a little help. this is my first time using a samsung (I've had xperia xz1 compact, z3 compact, the last few years) and I'm still figuring out the tools.

I'm basically following these directions : https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/bgblnw/guide_to_getting_faster_updates_on_us_unlocked/

and have a few questions.

I'm downloading (very slowly) from https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__S10e__/r7gy/SPR/G970U1UES2ASGF/G970U1OYM2ASGF/

because i couldn't figure out frija or sammobile. in frija, i enter sm-g970u1 (or u) and either spr or xaa or att and it doesn't find any firmwares. am i inputting the model number incorrectly?

Also, I am trying to switch from an att branded model (I'm assuming sm-g970u) and want unlocked firmware to use straighttalk (cheaper gsm/att through walmart) I thought I'd need a u1 firmware, but do ineed ot install the att version, or will sprint or any other still work?

my sim card worked w/ the original firmware, but mms didn't go through (even after fixing apns) and i want wifi tethering.

i believe i have all the drivers installed, and the patched odin is ready to go. just want ot make sure i install the proper firmware. also, I can do this on a locked phone, right? how do i check my phone's status?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Consumer Cellular runs on Sprint towers? That's news to me. I know they use AT&T for sure, but didn't know that they added Sprint support

1. SamFirm and Frija work perfectly fine. You might need to use caps when you type in the details

2. If you're going to use AT&T towers, I wouldn't recommend using any firmware other than AT&T or U1
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] Tron510:
Thanks, I think i need to update a few visual c++ redistributables to get frida working.

is there a csc version which has call recording enabled? the sprint csc seems to be working fine once the apn is updated.

my understanding is that the U1 versions are basically as close to bloatfree as possible? Also, wifi tethering is enabled (it was blocked on the old att firmware) so i'd just like to add call native call recording if possible.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Idk anything about that feature, myself. Maybe someone else can chime in with their experiences
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] tyrone1:
No way on a U or U1 model. Only on a F model with certain csc. Probably would never work in the US even with F model and correct csc but a US sim card.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
SI4 is available for the U model, via SamFirm or Frija - use TMB or VZW
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] slicetwo:
If I buy a US Cellular unlocked phone for tmobile, would it make sense to flash the tmobile software from here or should I flash the newer firmware from sammobile?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
All depends on which version you want to be running. But if you don't want to (or can't) use what's in the OP, never use SamMobile. Download speeds are like dial-up
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] slicetwo:
I plan on flashing unlocked or T-Mobile. Guess if I flash T-Mobile I can then get the OTA updates. Looked at Samfirm, too. Guess I’m ordering a new phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] slicetwo:
Pardon my ignorance, but it's been a long time since I've done any real flashing (Galaxy Tab 4 and Moto X Pure years ago). I'm getting my US Cellular branded S10E today but I use TMobile. I want to make sure I can tether and use WiFi Calling on my phone, but don't want any T-Mobile bloatware. I know I can do the ADB app removal process, but if I want to get my updates straight from Samsung, should I just flash the U1 firmware? Will that still include the WiFi Calling and allow me to tether? I assume if the firmware that is uploaded in the OP is older, that once I boot my phone I should be getting notifications for security and patch updates? I just want to make sure I'm doing this all correctly. If I need to flash the TMB firmware, I will do so, but I'd rather avoid the phone being tied to a carrier.

Thank you.

EDIT: I tried reading through as much of the thread as possible before I got overwhelmed. Here's what I gather. I can flash the U1 firmware and will receive OTA updates straight from Samsung. I should still be able to use tethering and WiFi calling via TMobile. I'm leaving this all hear in case someone else has the same questions.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Wifi calling usually requires carrier bloatware. I would plan on preparing to flash T-Mo bloatware in case those features don't work on U1. Also, make sure that your device is SIM unlocked before you begin
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] slicetwo:
Groovy. Maybe I'll just flash TMobile to begin with and then debloat it. THanks for all your hard work!
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] legojoe8:
Anyone here got links to the one ui 2.0 beta?
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] tinko975:
join beta program
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] legojoe8:
Can't. I'm on Verizon
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] tinko975:
than wait :D
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] StHalcyon:
TL;DR: If I outright purchase a provider locked S10e and flip the firmware immediately to G970U1, will Settings > Connections > More connection settings > Network Unlock > Permanent Unlock still be available once 40 days of service has passed? Or should I wait for 40 days of service on the provider firmware, successful unlock, then flip the firmware?

Hi. I've always been a Symbian user, and when I finally switched to Android in 2014, it has always been Sony Xperia's compact version of their flagship phones. In all my life, with the exception of the few indestructible Nokia candy bar phones, I have always bought factory unlocked phones. When the XZ2c came out without 3.5mm, I held out on my XZ1c. Then no more compacts after that. Now I'm considering the Xperia 5, but leaning towards the S10e. I have absolutely no experience whatsoever with flashing in a Galaxy world, but I think I've gotten enough info from the posts by the OP and Freddie here, as well as 3B's posts, to fully understand how to flash a Galaxy.

The S10e I am considering is going to be T-Mobile from Costco (buy 2 with a $750 rebate, stackable with 2 free Galaxy Buds), as the net pricing per phone will come out cheaper than BF price (assuming same as Prime Day pricing). If I do pull the trigger, I would want the G970U1 firmware on the phone from the start when I switch over from my old phone. Because T-Mobile won't let anyone unlock a phone even when bought outright until 40 days of service has taken place, my question is, can I still get it unlocked 40 days after I flipped to G970U1? According to T-Mobile's documentation, the unlock isn't like older phones where I can enter an unlock code given by a CSR. For the S10e, I would have to go to Settings > Connections > More connection settings > Network Unlock > Permanent Unlock. Will this option still be available in the G970U1 firmware on a T-Mobile branded, or should I wait till after I unlock before flipping to G970U1?

Thanks in advance...
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No, it won't be present in the U1 firmware. So you'll need to flash back to U in order to do the unlock, if you decide to stick with U1 for the first 40 days
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] StHalcyon:
Thank you very much for that information. Much appreciated.

In the Xperia world, whenever I flash or upgrade phones, I have never had problems with transferring SMS and MMS using Xperia Backup/Restore (phone and PC versions), or Xperia Transfer Mobile (equivalent to Samsung's Smart Switch on the phone), until I after landing on OREO. Thereafter, restores of my ~1.7 GB worth of SMS and MMS took days to complete, and the restores won't restore everything. So I have not flashed my XZ1c for a while now after initial landing on OREO. I wonder if the problem is with the sheer size of my messages (going all the way back to 2014 with my first Z1c) that the transfer can't handle, or if something is broken with Xperia Transfer Mobile. If it is the latter, I am curious if Samsung's Smart Switch is basically the same software underneath, and I would encounter the same issue. Playing with a dummy Galaxy using direct cable-to-cable (Smart Switch pull on the Galaxy and Smart Switch installed on the Xperia), Smart Switch estimated 7 hours and 10 minutes to transfer the messages (about the same as Xperia Transfer Mobile), but after about 9 hours, backup creation at the source is still in progress before the Galaxy battery finally died. Sigh.

All this to say because of the pain I've been having since OREO, if I buy the S10e, I would want to wait till I can unlock, flash to U1, and figure out a way to transfer my messages once and be done with this. The appeal of the S10e is that it is small and still has 3.5mm where Sony ceased making compacts and removed 3.5mm. The US variant Xperias disables the fingerprint sensor, so I always have to flash international firmware + US oem.sin to get VoLTE and fingerprint together with newer versions, which means constant SMS and MMS backup/restore fiasco. I guess I may have to finally use SMS Backup+ and store messages in Gmail which I have intentionally avoided for years. First world problems, right? LOL
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] phositadc:
Quick question. I'm trying to download the latest AT&T firmware, version G970U1UES2BSIV, for a S10E purchased from AT&T store. The only site I can find that actually let's me download it is "samfrew.com" (https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__S10e__/1sc9/ATT/G970U1UES2BSIV/G970U1OYM2BSIV/).

Does anybody know if SamFrew.com is legitimate? If not, does anybody have a better place to download the latest AT&T firmware for flashing with Odin? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Did you even read the OP....?

U1 is *not* carrier firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] phositadc:
I did read that. And apologies for my ignorance, but if what you are saying is accurate, why do both SamMobile and SamFrew list G970U1UES2BSIV as being an AT&T version?

https://samfrew.com/download/Galaxy__S10e__/1sc9/ATT/G970U1UES2BSIV/G970U1OYM2BSIV/

https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s10e/firmware/SM-G970U1/ATT/download/G970U1UES2BSIV/299451/

I see G970U (without the 1) versions for VZW, TMB, SPR, and others, but for AT&T they are all listed as U1. See link below.

https://samfrew.com/model/SM-G970U1/region/ATT/

I will admit it's been many years since I've had a Samsung phone and used ODIN to flash a Samsung firmware, but from what I can see, these U1 files appear to be my best bet for getting AT&T's latest S10E firmware.

Where am I going wrong? If you have a better place to download AT&T S10E recent firmware I'd greatly appreciate the link! I notice that in the OP of this thread there are some links but the most recently firmware is from July...
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
There are also U1 versions for all of the other carriers as well. All it means is that that firmware comes pre-configured for AT&T SIM cards - it does not mean that it's actually AT&T firmware, and does not include any of their apps and features.

As stated in the OP, true AT&T firmware files (U) are never publicly available online. You're certainly welcome to try to find it somewhere else, but if you can't, you can use my links to flash whatever version is posted, and then OTA until you get to the desired version
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] phositadc:
Ok, thanks for the info. So basically it's impossible to do a clean install of the latest ATT firmware and best you can do is a clean install of an older firmware and then OTA to the latest?

So those U1 firmwares are basically just the unlocked firmware that have the ATT APN preloaded? Is that what you mean by pre-configured for ATT sim?

Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
1. It's not impossible to do a clean install of the latest version. But the problem will be finding the firmware, because AT&T firmware is not available publicly for free

2. The APN and other customizations, yes