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[Wing, P4350 General] ranger7424:
Running open touch 4.0 and I am trying to sync my music to my 4g storage card. However, when i sync the phone to my computer it only is detecting the phone but not the card on the phone. I am using Vista which seems to be a possible problem as to why it's not seeing the card. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks.
[Wing, P4350 General] ayyu3m:
you need this hotfix

yep! as i said, this hot fix solves your problem on ur VISTA . unzip. and run the .exe

if you have user access control ON. say yes and continue with the installation on pc.
[Wing, P4350 General] ranger7424:
ok fixed it thanks. although its not working on my friends vista install so well see what happens. His computer is kinda buggy or something o wells.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Unbrick-me:
Yesterday I tried root my S8 (SM-G950FD) and I made the mistake of not allowing system modifications before flashing because I misinterpreted a guide. I flashed the no-verity zip and Magisk. The phone booted successfully and magisk was installed. Then I went to reboot into recovery to change some TWRP settings IE: Brightness. Then my phone said "Only officially released binaries are allowed to be flashed." That left me unable to boot my phone and also made it unable to boot into recovery. The only thing I can boot my phone into is download mode. I've tried flashing some stock roms that are 7.0 to remove the prenormal lock but they failed. I happened to make a TWRP backup before flashing but I can't use TWRP because of the official binary stuff. I'm wondering if I use the nand erase all option if that will let me flash the 7.0 stock roms then boot into TWRP and restore my backup or if they is way to convert the backup into something that Odin can flash. Does anybody know any confirmed methods to solve my problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] spawnlives:
You will need to flash the same or higher version of Android to fix official binary error. Use default settings in Odin.

You cannot.flash earlier versions of Android if your bootloader is lower than what is on your phone ( 5th number from right of firmware name ). If in doubt flash the latest version.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zendesk2:
And i same problems "Only officially released binaries are allowed to be flashed"

:(

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And i same problems "Only officially released binaries are allowed to be flashed"

:(
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Unbrick-me:
Ok so in few minutes from now the rom will be finished downloading. When that is done what version of Odin should I use and what files should place in Odin. I know this may seem stupid to ask but I'm not going to let myself make anymore stupid decisions after not installing the rmm bypass.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Unbrick-me:
Quick Update, the rom finished downloading. I wasn't able to flash it. It gave me the error that the Bootloader had: 4 and the binary had 3... I was able to flash cp by itself tho and that set the system status to samsung official but the binary status is still custom. That made it so my phone only booted into a "Update failed screen use smart switch" screen ( I've tried smart switch before it doesn't detect my device). I can still get it back into recovery and flash old cps to get it to turn off without bootlooping into the smart switch screen. I'm wondering if I flash csc to factory reset if that will help at all. Guys what do I do??
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Unbrick-me:
Excuse my language but I ****ING DID IT!!! I don't know this worked but I am going to roughly call my process. So flashing the stock rom initially failed. I flashed then CP which for some reason always works and then AP which began but failed. This set the binary text to "Samsung Official", system status was still ****ed as custom. So I restored the cp and ap(?) from the crgb oreo files posted here. Then I flashed cp that passed, then csc which passed and then tried AP. After some time... It passed. The phone rebooted. The official binary bull**** was gone from the bootscreen and the phone booted into recovery. It installed some sys update stuff up to 30$ then erased some things which took awhile. Then the phone booted into initial setup and I now have ACCESS TO MY PHONE AGAIN!!!

For anyone interested in what FW I flashed PM me.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] Guatiao:
Ok, yesterday I noticed that contact birthdays were not showing in my stock Calendar app, so after checking the settings, I don't have an option under my Google account to select the Birthdays calendar to show. It only appears under the My Phone section.

If I remember correctly, showing birthdays was part of the Google calendars that were selectable in the calendar app options.

Is anyone seeing the same? Thanks for any help given.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] grizzlyman:
Hey there,

So I am evaluating some devices and app for work. I am in the UK. The devices being looked at are "sm-g888f" they are a modified version of the S7 Active for public services.

I tried to root the device by following these instructions - https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/recovery-official-twrp-herolte-t3333770

I got to step 8 where the instructions fail. The guide says; "If you don't see then TWRP boot splash try again from step 6" No matter how many times I repeat those steps I do not get into a TWRP boot splash. Booting up the phone just gets me the Samsung logo. I cant even turn off the device without removing the battery.

When looking back over the instructions more clearly I notice download link in the guide https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxys7.html seems to be only for models SM-G930F, SM-G930FD, SM-G930X, SM-G930W8, SM-G930K and SM-G930L, SM-G930S. So I guess what I have done is flash an incompatible version of TWRP which is causing the issue. However I cant find a version of TWRP that seems to be compatible for my model. I then thought I could at least get the phone working again by flashing the stock ROM but there is nothing for my model on https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

I have two questions:

Is my device rootable at all (I am suspecting not now)?

Can I fix the device somehow I am guessing to do some someone would have to know where I can get a copy of firmware that would work for my device?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cooltt:
If your device is in fact G888F which is a really obscure device, and based on S7 active then the cpu is Qualcomm which means you will need to follow the guide to root a Qualcomm device. These chips are particularly difficult to root. My best guess is any firmware for the S7 Active would work on this device.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Beanvee7:
Can you still get into download mode? If so you can flash stock firmware via Odin which will remove TWRP and probably let you boot normally again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] grizzlyman:
It is a G888F yes. Ok that sounds promising however the problem I am having now is actually finding the correct guides/firmware. I feel like am being a bit stupid because that should be the easy bit but I cant find these at least were I am looking. For example I have searched sammobileDOTcom/firmwares/ for SM-G891A and S7 active but get no results (I do get results for an S8 active though:(), searching through the xda forums I found this thread "https://xdaforums.com/s7-active/how-to/g891a-android-n-offical-odin-package-t3581042" but the files shared there do not seem to work. Are finding the correct rooting guide and firmware easy for you? Can you share them or advise me on a better way or place to search? Sorry about asking such a basic question.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] grizzlyman:
Yes I can get to download mode without any issues, the problem I am having now is actually finding the correct firmware. I feel like am being a bit stupid because it feels like that should be the easy bit but I cant find it at least were I am looking. For example I have searched sammobileDOTcom/firmwares/ for SM-G891A and S7 active but get no results (I do get results for an S8 active though), searching through the xda forums I found this thread "https://xdaforums.com/s7-active/how-to/g891a-android-n-offical-odin-package-t3581042" but the files shared there do not seem to work. Is finding the correct firmware easy for you? Can you share them or advise me on a better way or place to search? Sorry about asking such a basic question.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] grizzlyman:
And just to add the firmware files for an s7 active model that I can find (like this one here https://mega.nz/#!4FBSEYRA!3Sepq2lGz0Y-hINa3eT0i_Ota918zLqSntMrbu8CQAw) all fail when flashing giving the error

ID:0/007> Total Binary size: 4676 M

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/007> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/007> FAIL!

<ID:0/007>

<ID:0/007> Re-Partition operation failed.

I am not sure why it is attempting to re-partition in options I have only checked "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cooltt:
Actives were only built for the AT&T network it was a device exclusive to them only. The only firmware that may work on it is G891A. It's on Sammobile. Then you would need to flash with a copy of Odin 13 (which is posted on this forum) which ignores device mismatch when you flash.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] grizzlyman:
Ok great I think the bit where I am getting different results to you is when I search sammobile for G891A I get no results you can see that at this link: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/search/g891a/ how and where are you able to find the the firmware for G891A on Sammobile?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Bootloader 2 added - build SGA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rygaul44:
Thank you, thank you! Now, is it possible to just flash the user data? Or do I need to flash everything again?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
That's not enough information. I would need to know what firmware you have now, and what firmware you're trying to go to
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rygaul44:
I'm currently on N960USQS2CSGB with my phone being on AT&T's network. Originally it was a Verizon note 9 and I swapped the SIM card. I then flashed the unlocked firmware to it to try to get VoLTE to work, but that didn't work so I flashed N960USQS2CSGA to the phone in hopes that I could get AT&T's firmware working. If I'm understanding correctly the USERDATA is where all the AT&T specific software and code is, so I'm wondering if I flash just the USERDATA, could I get the AT&T specific features to work. I got the OTA update to N960USQS2CSGB but that didn't fix the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Well, whose firmware/bloat do you have right now?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rygaul44:
I'm assuming AT&T since some of their apps installed themselves and I have an AT&T boot logo, but I didn't flash the USERDATA when I flashed it back to the N960U firmware from the N960U1.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Then you already have all of their stuff. Flashing USERDATA isn't going to make a difference
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rygaul44:
Thanks! I guess I'll be buying a new phone then, because I'm missing calls. The phone has to drop down from LTE to make or receive a call and it takes several seconds. I've had people call me and it ring all the way through before my phone steps down. When I make a call it takes about 10-15 seconds before it rings out. Oh well, I appreciate your help and quick replies!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Then that probably means that you don't have VoLTE in your area, or that you have poor signal in your area. I'm not sure that changing phones is going to help
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rygaul44:
That was my original thought, but my wife has an AT&T branded note 9 that she bought direct from AT&T and hers works correctly. I'm trying to hold out for the Galaxy Fold, but I may end up going ahead and getting an AT&T note 10
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Then maybe they won't provision your IMEI for VoLTE because they know it's not originally their device. They do that with wifi calling
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bober_is_a_troll:
Up

Before you buy a new phone, try flashing the latest AT&T update from here along with the user data from this thread if that download doesn't contain it. (It should). I'm trying to download to verify but it's only downloading at 1 MB/s for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rygaul44:
I figured as much, thought I'd try everything though. Again, thanks for your help!

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I won't get my hopes up but I'll definitely try this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bober_is_a_troll:
Worth a shot if the next step is an entirely new phone.

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Do you ha e the user data for SGB-2? I saw that you have SGA-2. Interchangeable? Or if they are not, do you have SGB-2?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xAliasx:
Noob question but if I do flash the N960USQU2CSGA firmware for AT&T with the USERDATA provided here, I should be good for my unlocked Note 9 which is on N960U1UES2CSF9 right?

Also I would be able to get future updates OTA since I have an AT&T sim, right?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Yes, you should then be on AT&T's update schedule
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xAliasx:
Thanks a lot! Did the flash and the OTA for the August update worked on my unlocked Note 9. Bad news is that the Wifi calling doesnt work still.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bober_is_a_troll:
Just a note, if you are in the us, Google voice offers native wifi calling, if you really need it. I've always had a Google voice number that I use and give out as opposed to my usual mobile number, so it works really well for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Misterbuu1:
Please Help!!!

I have the samsung galaxy note 9 F/DS what file would I need to flash to make my phone an at&t phone. I really want the wifi calling and enhanced messaging features. I recently got an OTA update that allowed me to be able to do volte calls but still no video calling wifi calling or enhanced messaging. Please help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
American firmware can't be flashed to a European phone. If you want an American phone, you'll have to buy an American phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
an option would be to root device and then other csc can be applied either manually or programmatically.

but this offtopic question and my answer would be better suited for the Q n A section rather than this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No, that would not be an option
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
then YOU are infact out of options my dear sir.

but I and others are running snapdragon CSC on our exynos devices with the method i suggested.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Bootloader 3 added - build SJ1
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
Hey guys newbie here. Just picked up an unlocked note 9 running my att sim from my old att s7. Everything works fine except no video calling or advanced messaging which really pisses me off. I've never flashed a phone before but seriously considering after reading this thread. I've got the procedure down but don't know exactly what files to download concerning the csc and boot loader. Im pretty sure I got the correct firmware from this thread. A little help clearing these details would be awesome! Thank you.

Current firmware: n960u1ues3csj1
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
As stated in the OP, these are only the USERDATA files. You need to get all the other files for the SJ1 build of U firmware from some other source, in order to fully flash the phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
Thanks that helps, downloading the sj1 files now. I will search for the sj1 firmware as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
For some reason unknown, I can't unzip the sj1 file and odin will not recognize it. I've downloaded it twice with no success. I have the sj1 U firmware and the bl, ap, cp and csc filles all work but the userdata file will not. Anything I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Well that's not much detail.

Why can't you unzip it exactly? Do you get an error message?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
Sorry, it will unzip but windows shows an error when I try to transfer. I moved zipped folded into Odin folder and attempted to copy unzipped file straight into Odin and it wouldn't recognize it either. The u sj1 firmware unzipped and loaded into Odin fine. Is there much difference between this and tmb user data? I do have that file and it loads fine. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Transfer what? I have no idea what you're saying. There is no such thing as "zipped folder" or "Odin folder". All you do is unzip the file after it downloads, click the USERDATA button in Odin, and select the USERDATA file
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
Sorry I didn't explain very clearly. Yes I did unzip the folder but Odin showed zero files available after clicking user data so I attempted to move the file into another folder and windows showed an unexpected error. I moved the firmware files and a tmb userdata files into other folders with no errors but the att file couldn't be moved and Odin never would show it as an option. Hopefully that helps explain a little.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Sounds like a bad download, or bad extraction. Odin looks for a bunch of different file extensions but .tar and .md5 are the 2 that this file would be (and it's probably .md5) so if Odin didn't find any files, it means that the file doesn't have an extension of .tar or .md5
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
Yeah kinda what I figured. I downloaded it twice and tried multiple times with no success.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
I just tried it myself - downloads fine, and extracts as an .md5. So I have no idea what you're doing wrong
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
Yes that part is fine for me as well but did you try Odin and see if it works there? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Yes, Odin sees the md5 when i navigate to the folder where it's located
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Silverv8:
I'm using Odin v3.13.1, is that correct? Thanks for checking.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
If it's the Patched one, yes
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Bootloader 3 Android 10 added - build TA4
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Bootloader 4 USERDATA added - build TC7. Other carriers have also gotten this build, so I won't post the full files, since they're available elsewhere
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] HoneyDewMiddle:
Thanks for this!

I have a question that I am hoping someone can answer. I am on Bootloader version 1, Oreo 8.1, Build = ARL1. What I want to do is flash Pie AP/CP/CSC but stay on my current BL. Can I do that using patched ODIN?

I was able to flash the unlocked firmware to my ATT device using patched ODIN and then flash the ATT CSC to enable WiFi Calling/Advanced Messaging, but I need to be on Pie to get VoLTE. I would rather not upgrade my BL.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Android 9 was released before Bootloader 2 was. You can flash a bootloader 1 version of Pie and therefore still retain the ability to go back down to 8.1 if you want
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] HoneyDewMiddle:
Thanks so then I could just flash AP/CP/CSC and not BL since BL would be the same as I already have?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
No. You can't run 9.0 on an 8.1 bootloader. Flash all 4 files
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] HoneyDewMiddle:
Thanks again, if I want to go back to 8.1, would I flash all 4 files from the 8.1 firmware too? Or do I have to stay on the Pie bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
You can't boot Oreo while being on a Pie bootloader. So yes, you would flash all 4 files
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] HoneyDewMiddle:
Thanks.

FYI - I have an ATT N960U purchased from ATT, I flashed unlocked N960U1 Pie firmware BL/AP/CP/CSC, then flashed carrier CSC from firmware with the same build number, and now I have unlocked software experience with VoLTE/WiFi Calling/Advanced Messaging enabled. In the settings the model number is N960U1. I don't know if it would work if you had true N960U1 phone and just flashed carrier CSC of same build number firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Great to hear!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] HoneyDewMiddle:
So what exactly is in USERDATA? On some other forums people are claiming that they get all of the carrier bloat installed on their devices by simply switching SIM cards. How can that be if the USERDATA files are different between carriers?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
I'm not sure what the differences are between the automatic firmware conversion, and manually doing it with the USERDATA file
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] HoneyDewMiddle:
If I get a chance, I will flash it and report back what is in the ATT USERDATA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
If anything, I think USERDATA might add the full bloatware, just like one that originally came from AT&T. And the automatic conversion might just add the splash screens, Settings customizations, and the My Account app and maybe one other
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] HoneyDewMiddle:
I think that is what it is, I know when I flashed the carrier CSC I got the splash screen but not those games and other bloat that was on the phone when it was new.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
USERDATA added for bootloader 5 (build TJ7). It looks like AT&T might be the only carrier to get this build, so I'll add the whole TJ7 firmware later today. If you're in immediate urgent need of doing a flash, you can substitute any other TJx build and it should work fine

EDIT: Full firmware added now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] macgyver40:
I used the Comcast build with TJ3 and I get very delayed text and other notifications that didn't happen before. Going to flash this to see if it goes away. Just wish I had faster internet. Will be a few days before I csn get this done. Thanks for sharing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] iBowToAndroid:
Bootloader 6 files have been added - both the USERDATA and the full firmware package (build TL2)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobyboby:
I have an n960u1 currently running the latest n960u1ues6ftl2 on att prepaid. I am thinking of flashing the n960u att firmware to get wifi calling. If I understand your instructions correctly, I only need to flash the latest tl2 att userdata?

Thanks for posting this.