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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Butchie, bro. Have you ever heard of an android phone being hit with a virus? I know, I never have. One time I'd sideloaded an app that was fake and kept popping ads out of nowhere even when it was closed and I'm on the homescreen. Just went to settings, cleared its cache and data then uninstalled it and everything was back to normal. I don't even have an anti virus on my windows machine [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Was just asking geez..lmao..I dont use the built in one its disabled. [emoji12][emoji2957]

Sent from my SM-N960U ORE0
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I knew you were using the McAfee that comes with the note [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JOSHSKORN:
For the OP....

Have you thought about adding a FAQ section to the OP? Mainly, "Has my Note 9 been BL unlocked/rooted?" Then, list all variants with the answers, and if there are any guides to doing such with a particular model, then linking them up. That is mainly my number one question with my model, and I know the answer to both of those is currently No. I'm on the SM-N910U (Tmo). I haven't read through this entire thread to see what other common questions there are, though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Here is all variants. The only locked ones are the Canadian and the US carriers ones. The rest is all unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Even the US and Canadian "unlocked" ones bought directly from Samsung can't be bootloader unlocked unfortunately.

Also did he say 910u? That isn't a note 9 even
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bonerp:
Bet this has been vented: Speed of Samsung updating their devices! I'm still on Feb security patch and the phone is sim free/stock model (UK). They really don't get any better. For the first few months they are relatively regular but then bang, nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheInfiniteAndroid:
You're right, we're missing out so much from the March security patch, such a shame...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I was wondering the same. What's a 910u? Is that a new note?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
They'll never ever get better at updates for one reason, they release 27355826536 phones a year. If you look at apple, they only have 3 phones and they're all the same with minimal differences, even their older phones have minimal differences, so their developers won't have to do a ton of changes to their software relative to Samsung's and their million phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
That would be a Note 4

https://www.sammobile.com/devices/galaxy-note-4/specs/SM-N910U/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Yes, it is. LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
He only missed it by four. :o
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
[emoji23]

Hey, maybe he has a secret phone. Ya never know.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Note 4 was the last of a dead breed of great rootable phones. ?

Damn, such wonderful memories....I miss it so much?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Edit: Oh man, remember having to put it in the freezer to make it boot after flashing a rom cause it got so hot during first boot and would shut off.?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
[emoji1787][emoji23]

Sent from my SM-N960U ORE0
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Has anyone seen this before? It only happens on oled screens. It has something to do with the sub pixels or something like that. If it's grey on black and you move the screen up and down the grey delays.

I can't upload the video for some reason.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Ok here is a LINK to the video.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Lol yeah this has been an issue since oled screens first came out. Are you just noticing this now or is this your first oled phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I've heard of it literally last week and thought it was weird, but then last night I was checking out another thread and OP posted some screenshots, then when I was scrolling, things were wobbly. I really thought there was something wrong with my eyes at first. [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Haha yeah I remember the first time I noticed it too. The effect is a lot worse when the brightness is low. I notice it the most when I'm reading in bed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
It's kind of a bummer. Now, it feels like there is a flaw in my phone that will keep haunting me for a while. Lol

Can't wait for microLED to become the standard, man.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
I'm pretty used to it now, but yes microled looks like the perfect solution to things. All the benefits of oled with no concern about burn in or stuff like this. I feel like it's going to be costly though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
It will be, but, just like any other "new" technology, it'll get cheaper. Or at least it'll make OLED cheaper.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
Now I'm afraid to watch your video!

I don't want to be haunted, looking for it all the time!

:fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Then don't. It really isn't fun if you're an OCD. I ran into it by accident :/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
I honestly thought everyone knew about this. It's only on a combination of black and grey. If you use dark mode on Samsung internet you'll see it a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Can you get security updates without updating to Pie?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Short answer= Nope.

Long answer= nope....... <- more characters.:crying:

I think it's lame that they refuse to provide security patches for older firmware. Pretty sure they would probably say that the patches integrate with the "base of the OS," and that "older OS coding is more difficult to implement these new security patches."

Something like that.:silly:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
I think it's lane that we are forced to update firmware versions to stay current on security updates!

The phone was built for Oreo. At should have an official choice to stay on Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
What do you guys know about librem phones?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
At least you don't have to pay for the OS. Think.....Windows!???*♂️

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 PM ----------

I still don't trust them. Their breakdown doesn't really convince me because of the way to state their benefits over others.

They state that trackers and such other features are turned off by default. That tells me it's still capable of being on which means your data CAN be taken and you can be tracked. While it's better than the current options we have being iOS and android, the initial presentation from Purism makes you think that there is NO WAY for your data to be tracked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Yeah, that got me, too. "Turned off by default" screams "hey, it's their implemented in the system but we have it "off" by default". It's really hard to trust anyone now a days. What makes it easier on the brain is that it's open source and the thought that them pitching the security features a lot may mean that they're actually honest and just want people's attention since privacy is a huge concern for a lot of people.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
Librem phone :

https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

What does, "the world’s first ever IP-native mobile handset" mean?

Will it not use cell towers, but only wifi to communicate?

ETA,

Looks life this, later in the article answers...

"Matrix is an open ecosystem for interoperable encrypted communication, supporting a rapidly growing community of over 2 million users for VoIP and Slack-style messaging. Allowing you to easily communicate securely to any Internet connected device, including iOS, Android, Windows, OSX, or GNU+Linux machines. Having a native communication suite which allows for Calling, Text Messaging, Group Messaging, and Video Calling is the future of communication."

That would leave out folks, like me, who live in the boonies.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Oh... that makes me sad.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I believe it means that it uses a local (created locally on your phone) IP address for internet access (and all communication methods that require it) instead of using a carrier/ISP generated one then encrypts it on the phone so no one can intercept your information when transferred to the other person. And the same thing happens on the other person's phone if they used a similar phone, but if they had an android/iOS then it's only encrypted on end. I'm not sure, but this is how I understand it. I could be wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
Oh! Well that's different.

So, you think there would be an actual SIM using a standard mobile service provider?

I wonder which countries and providers this phone would support...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
They mentioned somewhere on their website that it supports GSM CDMA LTE 4G 3G and so on and so forth. So, I'm assuming that it would be just like any unlocked phone like a pixel or a xiaomi phone etc
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
Wow! That's a lot of support. Thanks!

I'll have to do some more research, if just for curiosity sake.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
No problem. They're going all in. I'm actually considering it. The price will be $650 and everything is unlocked. No bootloader lockup, non of android and iOS crap. The device is all yours and you can do whatever the heck you want with it. Basically, linux in a smart phone. They're doing the same thing apple did with iOS by making it a stripped down version of macOS. The only thing I don't like about it is the size of the display. It's only 5".
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
And no apps whatsoever. You'd need to go to the website for almost everything.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
That's pretty much what I do on most of my apps on android anyway. Also, apps will come. They already have the major apps and the rest will follow
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
The specs on this page state that it will have a 5.5 - 5.7 inch screen and undetermined amount of RAM.

Seems like some serious variables remaining for pre-orders to be underway.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Well that's a good thing then.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
I was just reading another article that stated the company plans to have the phone released in January 2019 and intend to stick to that timetable.

Is the phone available?

The Libram site looked like it is still trading pre-orders.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
It's in pre-order/pledge status I believe. I'm really digging this phone. Like a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
I only learned about it from you guys, this morning and I'm getting pretty excited.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I've seen a review on a very very early (test) version of it on YouTube. The gentleman installed it on a nexus 5 and was showing it off. It was pretty amazing, man. It looks very promising. The sad thing is that I don't think it will get any popularity since it's a linux based system. Probably a little bit on the xda side of the world, ya know, your average nerds, but that's about it. I hope it takes off, though. I'm so tired of Google and apple and their bulls$%@
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
I agree! I sure hope it takes off, as well!

I think I'll start posting about it on Facebook, to make non phone geeks aware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Good idea. Best thing to bring up is the privacy part and how it actually has hardware kill switches for wifi, location, bluetooth and other privacy related parts of the OS.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
Good point! I edited my Facebook post. Here it is :

A new smartphone that runs on Linux and is supposed to be totally secure from data mining of any kind. This phone will actually have hardware kill switches for wifi, location, bluetooth and other privacy related parts of the OS.

https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Brilliant. I hope that you have a lot of people on FB (I don't have FB). Also, the phone appears to be in stock. I was able to add it to my cart. I'm gonna start saving up for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Umm, that's a lot of TBD for some very important components they should probably want to figure out.?

Quarter 3 2019 is literally July. That just over two months away. I see a delayed release coming.

I do suggest holding off on this device though regardless. Gen 1 is always for the beta testers.??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
I especially like "speaker - at least one" :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
True. I said I was going to "start saving", that could take a couple of years [emoji23]

Yup, I read that and I was wondering "so you were planning on making it a silent phone, bro?" [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] BladeRunner:
Shades of the Saygus v Squared
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
I used the contact link for Librem and asked some questions. Below is the email chain :

Me :

Is this your only mobile phone?

Will it support Verizon CDMA in the USA?

________________________________________

Them :

> Is this your only mobile phone?

Yes.

You can check our FAQ here for details:

https://puri.sm/faq/supported-networks/

_________________________________________

Me:

Will your phone support any smartwatches or does Librem plan to make its

own smartwatch?

______________________________________________________

Them:

We don't have any plans for this, but might materialize in the future.

___________________________________________________

Me:

To be clear, the Librem 5 has no smartwatch support at all?

__________________________________________________

Them:

That depends on what you mean by "support". For example, some functions like connecting via bluetooth might work, but at this point we do not promise nothing at all.

___________________________________________________

This is not good news for me, being a Verizon and smartwatch user.

Maybe this phone will really take off and those two shortcomings will be resolved in the future.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
My last post was much longer, quoting there emails. While I was in the process of editing, I've began getting these pop ups and browser pages. Since say "congratulations broadstripe user". I don't know what broadstripe is, so I'm definitely not a user.

They started when I chose to open this thread in a browser window, from the xda app.

I tried choosing all apps and rebooting, but pop ups continue.

The only thing I've done, lately, is click on that link from the Librem email. Wouldn't that be a hoot?!

Help, please?!

ETA: it was initially only occurring with the Chrome browser, but now has infected the Samsung browser.

ETA2: I googled solutions and came across this thread,

https://www.xda-developers.com/appwatch-detect-apps-spamming-pop-up-ads/

I DLed the app, turned it on and attempted to recreate the pop up ad. I cannot get the pop ups to show. WTH?

Did this app "fix" the issue, by simply DLing it?

I find that difficult to believe.

Could the malware have expired?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
I don't know if xda uses those type of ad interactions for their revenue stream. That seems very odd for that to suddenly start happening.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
I agree! I've not experienced this kind of bombardment, at all, let alone on xda.

I wish I knew what stopped it, more than what caused it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Want to know something weird. I can't do any Samsung Cloud backups because my phone apparently thinks it's connected to a mobile hotspot, which it is definitely not at all. No amount of turning stuff off or rebooting the phone fixed it. Only way I could backup my stuff to the cloud is to turn off Wi-Fi and just use mobile data.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
What about forgetting the wifi network and signing back in?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeeAyeZee:
Just make sure youve got pop ups turned off in your browser setting. Also go into settings/apps/chrome and delete storage and the cache. Also check in the browser settings to make sure notifications are disabled too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
Will do. Thank you!

They stopped, just as abruptly as they started. \_0_/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Did all that too, didn't matter. I figured out what it was. Oddly, it was because I flashed a different version modem to get away from Auto-Updates. Not sure what or how the heck that was the cause, flashed Oreo modem matching my software version, backup to the cloud came right back. Flashed a different version again, backup to the cloud gave "connected to hotspot" error. Weird.:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
Huh, I guess that makes some sense, but the one dude that claims the modem missmatch to be successful at stopping updates, never mentioned that side effect.

I almost did that to mine and the wife's Note 9s. I'm really glad I went the Package Disable Pro MDM route!

Thanks, for the update!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Geekshws:
is there a telegram group ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
For what?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Geekshws:
for basic stuff like asking questions and stuff and rom developments
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Okay so peep this. Auto backup works fine, manual backup does not. Other odd thing, when I go the manual backup route with the device plugged in it works. Device unplugged, I get the hotspot message. What in the actual Fudge?!?

I said screw it and just stayed full Oreo. I'll just ignore the update prompt until I can't anymore.?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pizza_pablo:
That sounds like straight up voodoo!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Use this thread. Ask away, it's the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Just use CMD to disable the update. I've had it disabled (not removed just in case I need it in the future) and I can't even download updates now even if I clicked on it. Here is the link.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JOSHSKORN:
Is there any talk about the Note 9 supporting Wireless Dex? Or, is there an app out there that allows you to show a Dex window onto a Windows 10 PC through Wi-fi?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
There is an hdmi wireless kit that you can buy from best that makes running anything hdmi wireless from the source to the monitor.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JOSHSKORN:
I bought one of those years ago but I was hoping to do this strictly through the phone's wifi connection.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Oh man thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I don't think there is a way to do that. Doesn't mean it's not doable. Any data that can be transferred through a cable it can also be transferred through wireless. Maybe no one has thought about it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
No problem, man. Hope it helped.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Well K-alz, I had to do it buddy...no new phones for awhile[emoji24]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
So I let my At&t N9 take the new OTA to CSC1. So far I am able to use Package disabeler without an issue. Apps still update from Playstore. Went to bed phone was at 99% woke only down to 96%. Will keep testing. Now for anyone reading this with Note FE, I tried everything to get Package disable to work on the new CSC4. With newer Package disabler that uses knox to install, it works but it breaks the ability to update anything in playstore and Galaxy Store. The older package disabler that requires ADB command and a reboot completely locked my device after reboot with the "Warning Your Device Has Detected Unauthorized Firmware Contact Admin or something like that

Device was unusable. Was able to Odin back to Oreo but RMM was reset so was supposed to wait 7days for OEM button to appear. Tricked the system by turning off auto update date.. Set date back 9 days to the 17th then checked for software update. Once device verified the was an update I rebooted. Checked for update again..this time it said last checked on 3/17..went to developer options OEM unlock button was now there. By changing date made phone think I had already waited 7days for OEM unlock toggle to appear..got it rooted back on Oreo[emoji16]

Sent from my SM-N960U Trying Pie
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
You sly. [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Lol...well I try.

Sent from my SM-G928G 6Edge Plus
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Hey brother. Off of the top of your head, do you know what Chinese phones have bigger screens and unlockable without hassle? Because I've heard that even Huawei and some other Chinese brands started locking their crap, too. I searched, but, damn, they have a ton of phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Im not sure of to many. But you have to be careful I bought a Oukitel U16 Max and there was nothing that stated it would not work in the United States..bought it and yeah could only use it on wifi

Sent from my SM-G928G 6Edge Plus
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
Lol. Yeah, that would suck. I read all of them mentioning all of these LTE bands that are "supported" here in the US, but never really tried and can never rely on some amazon reviews. What makes it worse is that a lot of YouTubers now a days are "hot shots" and don't bother reviewing these cheap phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Have you considered Moto devices? You can always unlock bootloader..and the price is not so bad

Sent from my Still Rooted NOTE 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
My only issue is smaller screens. I can only have a 6.4" or higher. I can probably live with a 6.3" if I had to. I don't think Moto has those big screens, do they?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Theres this

Sent from my Still Rooted NOTE 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I JUST 6.4" [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Well not sure what else is out there. If I find something will let you know[emoji16]

SM-N950U TWIZtd Rom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
What about this K-alz

Sent from my SM-N920C Note 5