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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] darthmalus:
I realize its been a while since i have used my At&t note 9 ( Stock firmware ), but every time i try to flash this U1 rom is says failed. USB debugging is enabled and i followed all the directions on here, any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] aa Ganteng:
hi @CW_texashack any update FW with binary 9?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Robot Mik3y:
Lost some features after U1 flash.

Thank you for the guide. I flashed the latest Pie version on my Verizon note 9, used the standard CSC not the home_CSC. Just wondering if this has anything to do with my loss of wifi calling/texting. What's odd is the app still shows on my phone but the option in connections is gone. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] vinyl3131:
Thank you so much. I have the AT&T variant and since flashing this firmware, my battery life has been crazy good. I did lose WiFi calling but that's not a big deal, I live in the city and get good reception. I'm about 30 precent ahead of my normal battery life. Awesome! ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Att.Fan1982:
Do you still have that wonderfully awful AT&T boot up logo after your flash?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] vinyl3131:
Nope, no bootup logo. It's as if it were purchased straight from Samsung. No Att's apps or OS customizations either which is probably why battery life is so much better.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Att.Fan1982:
The patches Odin keeps freezing on me in the final stretch of the firmware flash. I’ve tried on two different windows computers and both result in the same thing. This freeze leaves my device in a soft bricked state and I have to use the regular Odin to flash the stock AT&T one ui firmware. Any help as to why I’m experiencing this would be great. Thanks! Attached are a couple pics of my problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nwpayton:
Only thing I can think of is research the issue OR try and different download of ODIN or make sure your running as Admin. I doubt those would be any issue but it may help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Att.Fan1982:
I think the issue is with the firmware itself. Although I did do a hash check after I downloaded it, I’m thinking it was corrupted. I used the same patched version of Odin to successfully flash other firmwares to my device.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JOSHSKORN:
Please provide more information in the OP. What does this actually do and who is it for? I'm looking to unlock my BL, root and flash a ROM. I'm on T-mobile, I have the SM-N960U 512 GB variant.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] The_Keeper86:
You aren't going to unlock the bootloader on these N960U/U1s. Keep dreaming. This just converts a N960U to an N950U1 ie non carrier firmware without all the bloat, boot logo etc.

If you wanted a phone that your able to unlock the bootloader this was the wrong choice. You should sell your Note 9 and get a One Plus 7 Pro or similar that allows the bootloader to be unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Att.Fan1982:
The Exynos version has an unlocked bootloader. I realized that after my purchase of the N960U. Never again will I buy a phone with a bootloader that can't be unocked!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] The_Keeper86:
I know those models do. And same here of course I knew this going in. But I'm paying this off and getting a One Plus 7 Pro most likely.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Att.Fan1982:
Although the Oneplus 7 Pro isn’t priced too high compared to other devices in its spec range, I think I’ll wait until the price goes down.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mazdamiata210:
Do you have the ability to switch LTE off in network settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CW_texashack:
Yes, the USA Unlocked firmware does not have wifi calling, same as the USA Unlocked phones sold by Samsung. I apologize for the inconvenience, if you would like, i can upload the newest AT&T firmware as well so you could flash back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] CW_texashack:
I will redownload the newest firmware and replace the old one, just in case it is corrupted as well as the patched odin. I'm very sorry that you are experiencing this problem. I will do everything i can to try to get it fixed up.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mazdamiata210:
How do updates work?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mazdamiata210:
Strange it would be slower than carrier updates... Wonder why?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr.qasem:
will it work on CDMA network after converting?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Att.Fan1982:
I can verify that my AT&T variant Note 9 works on Verizon network after converting it to the 960U1.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gdelorbe:
Hi

this firmware works on a 9600?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dcjr:
well I goofed everything is working great on the current flash over, but when I flashed and changed it over I forgot to de-crypt the sd card.. Just thought I'd ask if anyone knew a way to retrieve those files that are still encrypted. if not then I have a bunch of really neat looking blank pictures.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ptko15:
Yes it works. I have done it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
So if I buy an unlocked Verizon Note 9 with Pie on it, I can bring it back to SM-N960U1 on Oreo? And maybe later to SM-N960UZ??VZW if I want to use Oreo with the carrier's software? I was under the impression that Oreo to Pie was a one-way trip.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
For Wi-Fi calling, my guess is it would be impossible for them to do that because the carrier is hosting your number on the PSTN, and it needs to switch back and forth as needed during a call with carrier's Internet servers based on the signal strength without dropping the call. When accepting a call, you would only want your phone respond to inbound requests from your carrier for security reasons.

That begs a couple more questions. What about...

1. Carrier banding? The carriers use different bands, but the phone hardware supports them all, so this one could go either way, depending on where it is implemented, but it could affect speed a lot, and I'm GUESSING that carriers in say South American countries don't have special software for each carrier as in the US, so it seems like it MIGHT work, and be implemented via the SIM or low-level in the modem?

2. HD Voice? It seems like this could work because there is nothing carrier-specific about VoLTE. It is simply voice packets encoded over LTE-A data packets over a wireless network, not much different than VOIP, but it would be possible to implement with less overhead.

Strategy idea: I would think it is beginning to make more and more sense to have your main telephone number hosted in Google Voice, and a dummy or personal number by the carrier. Google Voice is VOIP and uses whatever data connection works, whether that be Wi-Fi or wireless data. With LTE-A, there really is no such thing as a voice connection. Everything is data. Google Voice is inserting you into the PSTN, so when you switch carriers, there is no number porting necessary, and it works globally without a more expensive International Plan and rates, and has the cheapest long distance rates besides. It can E-Mail you voice mail messages and do the same with texts or forward the texts to another number. (HOWEVER, it does not do MMS without also installing Google Hangouts) It has spam filtering for calls, messages, and voice mail. If it is a call from someone you never received a call from before, it can prompt for their name. I have proven that Google Voice uses use your carrier's wireless connection even with phones that don't have LTE-A, such as my Verizon Note 3, therefore, it HAS to be using VOIP, which also means HD voice without LTE-A. Technologically, Google Voice COULD switch between your carrier's wireless signal and Wi-Fi without dropping the call, but I haven't tested if it has that capability. If it does, that solves the Wi-Fi Calling dilemma with non-carrier software, and a lot of other issues besides such as calling and texting for free from wherever you are, getting voice mail as E-Mail, having the same phone number for multiple devices, including landlines, plus their own unique number, can share a phone book, texts for free wherever you are, text online without your phone, single address book, and you apps remain the same no matter whose SIM or telephone number you are using. The drawbacks are no 911 and no support.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby_digital234:
So, Verizon recently added compatibility for u1 to use wifi calling and volte. I'm hoping that att follows suit soon. Anyone happen to know for sure? Latest update status on att probably hasn't changed but I'm too chicken to flash and find out the hard way. Lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby_digital234:
From a few other threads they've added functionality on u locked north America note 9 software. I'm just holding onto the hope that they also add it for att. From what I gather it's up to Samsung to submit and certify the software to be approved by att like they've done with sprint, T-Mobile and now Verizon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby_digital234:
That may be true. I don't have a Verizon account or a dual Sim phone but there have been reports of people on u1 software and Verizon now having wifi calling. One such report came from the alpha/beta thread in the note 9 germeral threads. Plus I've seen two or three other instances on reddit. I don't have links available but I can try and dig em up. Either way, I think it's insane that sprint and T-Mobile have no issues with this functionality on unlocked pbones while att seems determined to never allow the feature on an unlocked phone. I believe the claims I've read about Verizon now enabling the service since it would make sense to try and prepare for the upcoming merger by tmo. And sprint by at least matching those carriers in functionality with same handsets.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby_digital234:
That's the thing, att is still blocking the features. All the other carriers have added it back on unlocked. Btw dual Sim and u1 unlocked are almost the exact same thing and also fall under the same restrictions by Verizon being unbranded... So if dual aim works it only makes sense that unlocked direct from Samsung would also work... Same firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sw1173:
Hi group. I own both a 960U and a 960f/ds. Every group *****es about the locked bootloaders on QUALCOMM based phones. Don't misunderstand I'm one of the loudest and I' fi ng fed up. If we complain to the carriers they blame Samsung and Samsung blames the carriers. Samsung doesn't lock the bootloaders in China without providing a tool call CROM Services to all who request it at the insistence of the

Chinese government or Samsung isn't allowed to sell their Qualcomm variant
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sw1173:
All I was trying to say is we as consumers of products and services deserve the same rights to privacy, consumer protection etc. as the citizens of the European Union. Samsung was told that if the customer owns the product Samsung can not void the warranty for any reason except physical abuse. The penalty for the company would be exclusion from the market. Google was told that Google had to use opt-in by the user to collect the data. Same for all social media companies. We shouldn't have to by products from questionable sellers in the gray market.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
I was agreeing with you, which is why the (tic) tongue-in-cheek and ;) at the end. LOL!

What I wrote is a play on words that illustrates how out of hand privacy is in the US. In the US there is a coordinated conspiracy to prevent users from having any control of their privacy by making it impossible to buy devices or use services without giving it up. France got the privacy thing going in Europe.

Android was made what it is by becoming the PC of the phone world. Now they are reversing that to control every aspect of every program we run on our devices to where we cannot write the programs to accomplish the tasks WE need to and NOT store our data on THEIR servers. I didn't ask for KNOX. If some credit card company or enterprise needs it, let them install it and buy it. I don't want it to be any part of my life. It shouldn't have to be any part of my life to use a wireless network in the US.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sw1173:
I know you were. My basic point is that as a large community of Samsung users we really do have the power to force serious change either through boycotting the brand (which I don't wish to do) or not accepting the "3 monkeys" of each of the perpetrator's point at the other guy saying I want to do it but they won't let me. No one would accept buying a car with a speedometer that says 140 and not be able to go over 50, and have the car maker say it's for your own good...It make take a class action suit to get what we all need. I believe that the developers would rather direct their efforts to make android better than trying to unlock bootloaders.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
An avenue I'm looking at is turning the carrier into nothing more than a wireless Internet provider an having a service such as CallHippo host my telephone number on the PSTN. Then I can use any device that can get to the network and there are a ton of other advantages besides. You would always get VoWiFi/VOIP because that's all VoLTE and VoWiFi add up to anyway, and it is available any way you can connect to the Internet from any device. Call recording would be automatic to and from the number(s) from any device and backed up and downloadable along with call logs. No key services or personal data would be hosted by Google, Samsung, or the carrier, and I would be in control of all access. I can change carriers without porting a number and when traveling popping in another SIM there is no long distance locally or in your home country and nothing changes. For $6/mo. I can have a permanent line in a foreign country that is never long distance to use from anywhere. I can change carriers any time someone gives me a better deal without a thought by simply popping in a SIM. The number tied to the SIM would be unused anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sw1173:
I've worked with AT&T during the breakup of the Bell network, and I can tell you this if you want to take them and Verizon (part of the New York Bell group) down good luck to you. All you will need is 10 Billion to fund the lawyers account and 15 years to go to depositions and hearings all around the U.S.. All I want is to get them to unlock the bootloader and stop doing it in the future. Look at the agreement you signed with your provider it precludes suing until you go to arbitration and that can take upwards of 18 months until you get a ruling against you and about 40 k for your lawyers and expenses. The carriers own the fiber from the towers to the COs. Look how well Alphabet has done with the competing product. Better pricing faster speeds a limited coverage...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
I'm not suggesting confronting or rationalizing with them. Been there, done that. I'm suggesting that we step back and ask ourselves if we even want what we are fighting for. They have a carrot and a stick and I don't even want their carrot. It's obsolete in today's world. You will want to have a telephone number that is hosted on the PSTN, but it isn't even a good idea for that to be from your wireless provider. VoLTE, ViLTE, Wi-Fi Calling are passe. LTE is simply the wireless data transport of Internet IP information. Wi-Fi calling is simply SIP/VOIP, which works from any smart device, including cell phones, tablets, computers, and SIP phones, so why would you care about VoLTE which only works on phones? With VOIP all they see is an encrypted data connection to your VOIP provider. You you don't lose access to your phone number when you travel overseas and snap in a different SIM, so with VOIP you have Wi-Fi Calling in spades. It doesn't matter what you use to get to the Internet. For $6/mo. you can have a local number in another country with no long distance and no second SIM. Signal is rapidly replacing WhatsApp as the universal platform independent means to replace MMS, secure voice, and secure video calling, and nothing is long distance. Some countries they use it because it's cheaper than using the PSTN for even local calls. Why would you even want ViLTE that only works on phones? VOIP providers will give you SMS, record and backup your telephone conversations for your number(s) as well as enable you to easily download them for business automation. If something happens to your phone, you haven't lost any data. Switching providers or replacing a phone takes minutes because there is no porting or any number assigned to the phone that you ever cared about. You are back in control of your private data.

So for me, all of their aggravation has simply made me raise my head and ask, Why are you here anyway? You are fighting for something that is obsolete and you don't even want.

Since you mentioned you were active in the area during the split up, we were also and in fact part of the things we do is set up microwave, fiber, work with cities, etc. but also worked with T1s and their short-lived CLECs. I have a tiny video from those days that only guys like you and I can appreciate that I will leave up for a short time. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sw1173:
Can we agree the first thing to accomplish is to get the encryption key to the Qualcomm bootloaders so we can stop buying gray market phones? After that we can attack the carrier issues. You can only eat an elephant one bite at a time
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
Ok, so spell out the the details of your plan and where you will get the time and resources to execute it?

My plan, as spelled out, is simple. It renders irrelevant their locking of bootloaders and denial of services to those who refused to be dragged through their never-ending ever-confining updates and privacy invasions. It requires very little time and resources, and provides benefits they are in no position to offer. Thus, I'm rapidly losing interest in anything they do, and anything they have offered for free has proven to be very expensive.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sw1173:
Class Action lawsuit. If the firm I have in mind takes it there is no upfront costs. The court guarantees the firm's costs and fees after certification of the class. The initial members of the class should be the Samsung owners in XDA and any others who want to join and qualify as owners of Samsung equipment.

If done right there could be over 1,000,000 members.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
Sign me up.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JLBIRD420:
I would

I would just download a call recorder from google play that's the first thing I download when setting up a new device just not sure that a call recorder is worth the hassle and a chance of bricking it. :good::good::good::good::good:

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What does the unlocked bootload do like what's the difference between unlocked and locked bootloader? :good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] garretts228:
I would also like to know this
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
Restore Call Recording to your Note 9 SM-N960U and SM-N960U1

There are multiple types of locks.

1. Carrier Unlocked: When you purchase a phone from a carrier, you cannot use it with another carrier and should not be flashing firmware on it until it is unlocked, which can only be accomplished through your carrier. No flashing of new firmware will change that, including flashing US UNLOCKED firmware. Before you make firmware changes to your phone, make sure it is carrier Unlocked. If the phone was purchased from a non-carrier, such as through Amazon, Walmart, etc., it would have come carrier-unlocked and show a model number of SM-N960U1 in Settings/About Phone. If it shows SM-N960U it might be carrier locked or unlocked.

2. US UNLOCKED firmware is a carrier non-specific firmware. Phones purchased from a wireless provider such as Vertizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, etc., use carrier-specific firmware and will have a model number of SM-N960U. Phones purchased from non-carriers such as Amazon, Walmart, etc., will be running US UNLOCKED firmware and will have a model number of SM-N960U1. The phone hardware of both models is exactly the same, so you can flash US UNLOCKED firmware on the SM-N960U and convert it to an SM-N960U1 and vice-versa. The U1 is designed to work with any carrier but will lack carrier-specific implementations of some features, depending on the wireless provider you choose. With the US UNLOCKED, you can control updates to your phone. With the carrier-specific you cannot. See my thoughts and experiences here: US Note 9 Carrier-Specific vs. US Unlocked Firmware Observations & Theories and how to prevent upgrades you don't want here: Confirm These Steps to Downgrade US Unlocked SM-N960U1 from Pie to Oreo

3. Unlocked Boot Loaders enable you to root the phone, customize the operating system, or load custom firmware. Whether or not the boot loader is unlocked is for the most part decided at time of manufacture of the phone and dictated by hardware model. Neither the SM-N960U nor SM-N960U1 have unlocked boot loaders. For the Note 9s running the SnapDragon processor that would be the SM-N9600 and also there are various Exynos processor models that have unlocked boot loaders. This lets you deploy solutions on your phone with little interference and run software that can do what software cannot do without root, and preventing updates you don't want is always within your reach. The downside is quite a bit of financial software will not run on a rooted device. You also need to make sure when choosing one of these models that it is compatible with the wireless provider you intend to run it on or any special hoops you might need to jump through to get them to accept the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] unh1nged:
Why would you want it? The 9600 is the international version, and it's bootloader comes unlocked.

You're already golden bro.

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Second that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sw1173:
We will need at least 25 people to make up the initial class to be taken seriously by the federal court. Can we get XDA to give some publicity to other Samsung owners, not renters or people who are on time payment plans, who are tired of buying USA products that they can't use as they wish. The new Galaxy line using Qualcomm chip sets is shipping tomorrow and we need to get back to development not wasting time looking for ways to decrypt locked bootloaders
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] IT_Architect:
Need at least 25 people where? Where is the petition you want them to sign into? The 25 is not a problem. A few people to post regularly on their tag line will get that many. A post here on a general forum here, Howard Forums in the Samsung area etc. will get you a ton.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] giabao1801:
Can U1 firmware be updated OTA?