yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] 587.saboor:
idk about pie, ill find out a way once pie comes out officially for a530w

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maybe there might be no rmm lock on a530w like on oreo so i might be able to flash twrp normally like on oreo but maybe samsung will lock us canadians too no one knows
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
If I install TWRP on Pie 9, on SM-A530F, shell I have problem with RMM blocked. Can I install RMM State Bypass Mesa v2.zip?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] 587.saboor:
idk lol apparently pie has new sh** in it that prevents twrp and sh** like that lmao, maybe try flashing oreo bootloader and do the old method??
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Here is the bad news I think we lost are developer who made the rmm.

I have a person claiming he did root pie.

Most likely I will be selling this phone soon.

I'm tried of Samsung tricks that they play.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] 587.saboor:
who the developer
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Blackmesa123.

He done a ton for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] 587.saboor:
oh ye idk where he went
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
I have no idea I hope on vacation or something.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Abdullaharis:
Wow.. nice to hear that.

gona try soon.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] user31085:
Is the german language on board?

Can I do it on an SM-A530F/DS flashen?

Edit:

German language is on borad

It works with SM-A530F/DS

VoLTE works!

VoWiFi works!
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Yes. I have SM-A530F/DS. Pie working on my phone. In Pie have Deutsch language. Install Pie 9 with Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mindlery:
Thanks! I noticed the omc didn't take so if that happens you can just copy it into /system/ and if you have something like fx explorer just run these two scripts as root. So unzip them first. Probably better to do it in twrp terminal. Not too bad if you forget about the freeze you'll get after reboot. Just power/vol down and it'll work after. Just chokin' on pride.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] 587.saboor:
oh ye for some reason it doesnt go in /system
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mindlery:
Yeah had to do it twice. First install I went in hero mode and deleted too much. After chopping as much knox, samsung pay and many others I was informed that because I removed a paid app, my phone was now locked and... yeah ok. Re-flash!

So I am now carefully taking out chunks. But for that omc not taking, completely fixable. You pretty much nailed this a month early. (maybe 2). Looks like most of the csc stuff works. I've managed to de-Bixify and carve out a bit of security but making a back up every batch. Want to see how far it'll go. Running it with treble partitions too.

So far I have had no success altering outputs with the database editor. Not too bad but what's with the notification panel? What a frikken' nightmare. That needs some sort of diet. It was for a while something Samsung seemed to do better at. Now look at it... it's all dead and bloated. Gross. A few more pics for the gallery.

Yes the volume has a new and rather cool sound. But not every day all the time. Attached .ogg fixes that.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
I see that you have pie rooted.

What was your root process?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mindlery:
Ok so after getting things pretty clean and a back up i decided to see if i could hack away at some knox apps and get the Samsung wrist slap again. It was pretty easy. I don't know what the specifics are for this particular upgrade package so i can't be upset over it.

I also did secure folder at the same time. Might as well.

Anyway i restored my nano from just prior and it is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mindlery:
what an idiot. i did the csc after magisk. been up all night. careless for sure.

so switch the two. just don't rush. and read my post backwards.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] jalalrsa:
Updated today,everything working smoothly
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
I have a question you didn't flash the rmm ?

How did you flash twrp?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I can install TWRP with Odin, but I can not risk it.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Rur0uniX:
Samsung starts to release Android Pie for A530F for many countries:

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-A530F
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mindlery:
I always do it like it is explained in one of the threads in the A8 section. I did not flash RMM. If you have OEM unlocking you should be ok. It is best to follow that guide and my best advice is when you're ready to hit start to flash twrp you have already prepared yourself for immediately holding vol up + power the moment your phone shuts off. Just makes life easier.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mindlery:
You can see at the bottom i am of the pic i am using VMC.

So flashing the ROM provided by 587.sabour and making sure you have your stock OMC will give you what's suited for your region. You'll know right away of it's working in settings. If you have weird icons with t-mobile or something then after root manually place your OMC. If you want to further enhance features then look at my attached csc feature .xml and paste in things not in yours. Some won't work but nothing properly added will do any harm. Most of it is good. Of course if you're with virgin you can just replace it. Probably works for everyone but this comes from "W" variant. Also another member has provided a program that will remove the encryption from this file if you choose to use your stock omc. I have the program but it's not mine so i don't know if i am allowed to share it. Am i?

You can see path and location in photo. Fx explorer has 7 day free trial. Or buy as i did. And you run both scripts provided via fx as well. When you click the script in FX check the "root" and then run it. And keep the scripts! In the future just edit the path for any other group of files or folders you may want to alter.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I thought I could install TWRP with Odin on Pie, but I can not install it though I have OEM Unlock.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
What Odin build are you using.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
This the Odin that I have been using without issue.

Only use this for flashing twrp.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
It have on image. Odin v. 3.13.1. I've tried and this Odin 3.10, but the problem is not solved.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Are you sure you have oem check in the box?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Yes.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Do you have debugging check in development ?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I have this.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
I hate say this your locked.

Look at my picture you can see mine is on custom.

Your is officially only.

You do a hard reset to see if this fixes it.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I have officially Pie 9. Stock Pie 9.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Yes you read what your download mode says then read mine and see the difference.

Yours says only official bindery.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Yes. Are you installed stock rom Pie 9 as like as I?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
No I'm using treble aosp extended pie.

One person does have official pie rooted.

He just flashed twrp then booted twrp and flashed magisk then booted to os.

His post in threw pages back.

For me official pie is not worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Boiacane:
Guys I have installed Android Pie on my A8 2 days ago via OTA, and then I made a factory reset, but the youtube app has annoying lags when scrolling through videos or comments. This thing had never happened with Android Oreo. I tried to reinstall or wipe caches, but nothing. Can you also check if you have this problem?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I have both OEM Unlock and RMM State: Prenormal. I have thought that when I have OEM Unlock, there is no RMM State: Prenormal. I meet for the first time with something like this. Is there a way to solve this problem?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
This must something new in pie.

Their no root for pie.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] VDavid003:
So, I flashed it (not this Russian one, but a slightly newer one (it was German, I think)) and I flashed TWRP, and something seems to be changed 'cause I can't seem to mount or wipe the data partition.

Also, I've had problems with the phone freezing on the Samsung logo (it starts lagging then freezes, but if I hold down the vol down button (like when booting to safe mode) while the first part of the animation is going then release it, it boots up just fine, idk why)
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Now I installed SEE (South East Europe) Pie 9. Now not only do I have RMM State: Prenormal, but I also have KG State: Checking.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Flash back to what you had and wait 168 hours.

It can be rooted in rom section someone link a rooted pie.

Have you tried India?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I'm surprised to have OEM Unlock, and I have to wait 168 hours. No, I did not try ROM of India. I live in Europe, so I've mostly tried a ROM for Europe.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] the stranger94:
With oreo I use a lot this function:

Advanced functions > multiscreen > use recent apps button (long click on the button to go on multiscreen)

My brother has pie on s8 but I can find this option anywhere. Did Samsung get rid of it? :sad:

I'm interested in this too. Has anyone tried swift installer without root?

Tapatalked with A8 2018
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
To get multi screen when apps are push down click on left button and just choose multi-view.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] the stranger94:
Sorry I can't understand...

Anyway I found out a thread about it, the function is gone and for me is a bit of a dealbreaker

Tapatalked with A8 2018
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] virusdunil:
so...im from quebec canada...and simply by following the OP,ill get pie and everything will work...right ?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mindlery:
Yes it should. Just remember it's always risky. But i am sm-a530w and it works.

Also, i was able to eliminate the brightness warning from setedit. Headphone warning still the same and screen timeout works. Can't alter qs yet, not from here anyway. Posted 3 settings that work.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
I can root pie with old way, use rmm state by black mesa and no verity encrypt 6.0
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Okay I have a ab+.

This could be the difference.

Have tried to install twrp then just flash magisk 18.1.

This is how ab+ users are getting root.

The rmm is out dated possible.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
I dont know but i just root with old way, the different is I flash magisk 2 times.

First boot magisk not installed

And then i try flash again .
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Here is build and twrp I'm using
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
I use official twrp by blackmessa123
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Robin56000:
question

Hello, I'm French. I'd like to put my Samsung a8 days old. I'm not familiar with the environment so I'm wondering a lot. Are there any risks? (if yes, which ones) is the installation process very difficult? if you have any other information I am a buyer!

thank you in advance ?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Robert978:
Upgrader OneUI for Android Pie 9

I'm living in France but the csc of my phone is italian ...
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Which Pie? Stock Pie? Which country? On Stock Pie I have OEM Unlock, but I have and RMM State: Prenormal and KG State: Checking. Country is Germany.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] the stranger94:
Have you update and tried it?

Tapatalked with A8 2018
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
stock pie rusia . just try it
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
I agree that one is the best I finally got it rooted
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I had Rusia, but I had OEM Unlock and RMM State: Prenormal. I can not install TWRP in ODIN. Now I have Germany. Now I have and GK State: Checking. It need wait 168 hours?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Rhaziel007:
Good day

Did any of you lost the ar emoji. I can't dind it on the camera.:confused:

Best regards
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
no if u have oem unlock
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
How can I then solve the problem with RMM State: Prenormal and KG State: Checking? I can not install TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
I have never heard of kg state but the Prenormal is cause by when you put sim card that doesn't match country code.

I avoided by doing not putting sim card in until all hacking is done.

I have tried India, Russia pie and liked Russia so I rooted that one.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
u use odin 3.13.1?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Yes. And I used Odin 3.13.1. Which TWRP you installed?

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Need I install Pie 9 of Russia with out SIM Card? Can I activate Google and Samsung account after I installed Pie 9 or not?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Since your in Prenormal state already you have flash with Odin back to original country and do the 168.

Another thing to try is flash back to country then do a hard reset.

See in download mode what state your phone is in if you are no longer in Prenormal state remove sim and don't put it in until you done hacking.

I don't recommend ever flashing India pie it gave ton of problems.

These are ideas only I hope it get you back.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I have not original country. I am living in Europe, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not have Pie 9 for my country.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
What country did it come with?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I do not understand your question.

I bought my phone in Bosnia and Herzegovina from my operator. SIM card is from my operator. That's Eronet (ERO). The official Android is Oreo 8.0.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
i used twrp official blackmessa

i have KG state too before i root my device but i dont have rmm prenormal .
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
On Pie 9 Russia, I have OEM Unlock and RMM State: Prenormal. On Russia not have KG State: Checking.

When did you install Pie 9, did you have the SIM card removed before?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Is this a branded phone ?

And yes I had removed sim card during all hacking.

It very important to know original firmware with out it you likely will not be able to get rid of

Prenormal state.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I've already said that I bought the phone from my operator. My operator is Eronet (ERO) Bosnia and Herzegovina. I can only use my SIM card from my operator. At Oreo I waited 168 hours and then I turned on OEM Unlock, installed TWRP and routed the device.

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I installed Pie 9 Russia without SIM Card, but problem is same.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Until you get the original country in Oreo that you can down grade to you will not get rid of the prenormal state.

Bootloader xxs4 the four digits of the build Oreo.

You did not flash bootloader or modems right?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I do not want Oreo. And at Oreo I have to wait 168 hours.

I installed BL, AP, CP and CSC_OXM with Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Your stuck I don't know a way you can get rid of that state until your own pie comes out.

Your shouldn't have flashed bootloader and modem.

Their is nothing I can do to help you.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Androidscrusader:
Hello all, is it possible to root a8 2018 a530f on Android 9.0? If it is can you please provide me a link for that. Thank you all in advance
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Android 9 Pie SM-A530F
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] riesandyfr27:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-a8-201...de-root-install-twrp-samsung-january-t3760975
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] the stranger94:
Anyone who have already updated it can tell me if swift installer works without root and if app split screen shortcut works?

Tapatalked with A8 2018
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Androidscrusader:
Anyone know how to downgrade from 9.0 to 8.0,is it enough to use odin and flash 8.0 firmware from sammobile? I have unlocked A530F. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Tinup93:
what is your opinion on the update? is it worth it?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] kentax:
Hello,

Anyone managed to make AppLock working on Pie ? It is showing in the menu, it opens but when i try to activate toggle it brings me back to the menu.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Sc00pidyw00p:
Works well. Thanks. This saved me from a bootloop caused by SuperSU Beta
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
After 168 hours of waiting, I installed TWRP from BlackMesa123 and rooted Pie 9 in the same way as Oreo 8.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
why not use the Romanian image then? thats the closest geographically to you
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
The first Pie 9 was Russian. I installed it. Other Pie 9 are came out later. There is also closer to Pie 9, and it is South East Europe. This is just a trial. When Pie 9 goes out for my operator, then I'll install it.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
if i flash the UK tar.md5 on my phone, will it start calling me "mate" and so forth?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
i know the first image was the russian one, i was just thinking that since Romania is a neighboring country, perhaps the cell carriers share some of the CSC information as its common for inter-country travel in the EU countries. Might help with the prestate normal issue youre having since its not playing very nicely with the Russian CSC vs Bosnian sim card thing you have going on.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
Romania is not my neighbor country. Currently the best Pie 9 for me is South East Europe.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
one of your previous posts states that you reside in bosnia, and only serbia separates you around 156 miles at its thinnest margin.That wasnt the point tho. The point was that there are many tar.md5 files for countries that are far closer to you than Russia and the shared cell infrastructure of the EU countries CSC files (such as Vodafone) might help you get past the prenormal issue youre having. And yes, im an american, and yes ive spent a fair amount of time in southeastern europe on several occasions. Only trying to throw ideas out there...
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
And Croatia got Pie 9. I do not want to reinstall anything until I get Pie 9 for my operator, Eronet (ERO) in BiH. The transmitter of the operator in Croatia is far from me 15 to 20 kilometers.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
fair enough. i dont blame you, starting from scratch for no assured gain can be a pain in the ass
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] :
I do not understand you.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
what i was saying is that it is understandable that you dont want to install a different version of Pie until the version for your carrier is available because the potential of not getting any benefit from it outweighs the potential of it just wasting your time.

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so, i installed pie last night and i cant find in the settings where to change the background/foreground of the settings panel colors. Its set to card layout and the background is black with white cards and i hate it LoL anyone know where the settings for the settings menu appearance is?

nvm, it was the cause of a theme
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Marek191:
Poland XEO Androip Pie update via OTA

I just installed Android 9.0 with One UI in Poland(XEO) via OTA!. First impresions :

- smoother response UI

- nice dark mode

- super gesture navigation

- better camera app

- much faster app loading
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
The camera has been in proved slot on pie.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Sc00pidyw00p:
Rooted.

Got my A8 rooted with magisk v18.1 on this version of android. can't post images cause i need 10 posts.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
i definitely agree with this assessment. Screenshot function is superior as well. the addition of a button to drag the amount of screenshotted area is very nice and easy to use.

root was achieved already, no need to post images of that. if you go a few (if not several at this point) youll see what im referring to. This is a good reason why people say to read before you post. its just like "think before you speak" :D
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Rikchell:
Whats better in the cam on pie? Cause for Samsung camera on oreo is really bad. Gcam is so much better. And if update to pie you lose the possibility to use gcam
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Stock camera is highly improved but no gcam for pie at this time.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Rikchell:
The quality? What has improved can you tell me? Ty
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] mchlbenner:
Image quality much better.

I would recommend not to flash bootloader or modem so you can go back if you want to want to.

Down grade example

Xxu4

Xxs4.

Can be down graded.

Xxu3 can not be down graded.
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Rikchell:
But if I recive on ota official update it update all and i can't downgrade, right?
[Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Guides, News, & Discussio] Youdoofus:
depends on which update it is and what was updated. Historically speaking there have been hits and misses regarding updates not being able to downgrade from on all the galaxy devices. ive had galaxy devices since the S3 and theyve all been this way