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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] NU5002S:
It is unfortunate that most people swimming into this thread will not have much time in their day to read all of the instructions and follow them correctly.

Most people are accustomed to clicking "Upgrade" and having no consequences to upgrading.

End-users will usually only follow instructions if it is

1. bolded,

2. header text,

3. numbered

the remainder of the instructions they will gloss over :( due to time restrictions
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Declanick:
I can not find the G950U recovery.bat file that the instructions speak of after entering EDL mode. In the device manager it does show that the phone is recognized as 9008 after flashing the comborom and running the edl.bat file like the instructions state. Aside from the 9008 device manager showing a yellow triangle on it stating, " Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)" in the general info of the device properties.

The last "event" however shows the following for the 9008.. " Driver Management concluded the process to install driver qcser.inf_amd64_ff127a0fe370f822 for Device Instance ID USB\VID_05C6&PID_9008\5&34C481A1&0&2 with the following status: 0x0."

I'm assuming all is well with te 9008 driver and recognition. I just cant see where the next recovery.bat file i'm spose to run after black screen on the phone that it is currently in after trunning the edl.bat file after using odin to flash the comborom in the AP slot.

let me know if I am incorrect and the directory path to next .bat file please and thank you.

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aside from running installing and updating the Samsung drivers... did you install the Qualcomm 9008 driver as well? It is not in the bundle of Samsung drivers...

The 9008 driver upon installing will ask you to select one of two install formats. One way involves ip address the other without knowing the ip address. I selected the option to not know the IP or whatever and am unsure the benefits or consequences of either choice at this time though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] DJBhardwaj:
Two more questions:

1) To boot into EDL, first I need to flash the combo firmware and then run the reboot edl.bat file. But exactly when to run it? Flash the combo firmware, boot into OS and then run it? Or run the bat file while the phone is in Download Mode? Sorry, this is my first time performing an EDL method. Want to play as safe as possible.

2) Which are the pre-rooted system images (based on Nougat) that we can use for gaining root?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] wisevader:
IT Worked For V6 !!!

Well I was successful on installing it on N950U On V6 But like what ROMs can be flashed because judging by the chimera guide i cannot install that ... or am i missing something ...

would Anyone would like to suggest custom ROMs after getting safestrap installed .. sorry if this isn't the place for this kind of question
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
You flash combo firmware then when phone is booted up normally and recognized by computer then run the reboot edl bat

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] 3quad:
n950u6_recovery not working

This is the error im getting i even tried to run the commands in the batch as is still nothing

or when i run it as admin i get the following error

Pleaseee help!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
Did you download the correct bootloader version?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
So you successfully came from stock v6 bootloader and successfully flashed pie image with safestrap? The older nougat rooted roms can be flashed you just need to extract the system image if it was in a tar file and rename it to system.img not system.img.ext4 then copy it to phone boot to safestrap flash system image wipe data and reboot

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] 3quad:
Yes i grabbed the v6 of this because thats what my phone was running. im going through the proccess again now to make sure i wasnt being dumb.

now when im running the recovery batch file. it says version 2.10 and just sits there. ill try to be patient with it. but im not sure its even doing anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
Try opening a command window inside the folder with the edl files then run the bat file from the command prompt

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] wisevader:
Honestly,:crying: I'm trying to understand ... I've tried flashing some ROMs from the forum like Bluefox, Nemisis, .. I downloaded the chimera but didn't bother I think what your referring to is download the stock Nougat and extract the img from the tar and flash that if I'm not understanding you I'm sorry but I'm really trying to figure this out ... Sorry but I haven't flashed a phone since the galaxy s and being that there are so many variants of this model finding out that I'm reading a guide for a different version has been the norm
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Declanick:
What directory did you run the "recovery batch file"? I had installed the comborom, ran the file for EDLboot and see the device recognized in device manager as 9008 or similiar ( I'm going off of memory right now as I'm not at home.. ). However there was not any windows executable file labeled recovery in either of the two 2+ GB files I downloaded for the V6 bootloader..

What am I missing?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] wisevader:
I installed chimera

OK so i installed chimera to my N950U and it has super su and im perm Rooted how???????

i thought i couldnt root but nun the less im happpy thanx for the help:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Bildo41383:
my bootloader is still un version 3, where could i get the firmware to update to v5 or v6?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] omensandportents:
confused

i'm stuck on step 5:

these files aren't in the rar files attached to the first post. when I turn on my phone im stuck in 'upload mode'.

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now i'm stuck on this screen:

https //drive google.com/file/d/0B0cCZu3gI4qERF95ZFk4Wi1nTkJheWlFOF93MktZS1Zrblk4/view?usp=sharing

i cant post links so put : and . in the spaces above...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] louforgiveno:
Chimera and all other available rooted roms for the N8 (usa) are 7.1.1 which was and is the only version which a root exploit works. What you may have been confused about is that after bootloader v2 root had been impossible to achieve once updated to 8 or beyond. This method allows for higher bootloaders to be able to run the method to achieve 7.1.1 root.

Sent from my God Mode 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] omensandportents:
can someone please help me? I'm literally stuck without a working phone right now.

i've been through every page in this thread, researched countless others on using odin, and been through the steps here 20+ times. i've flashed dozens of phones before so i'm no newbie to this, the instructions are just very unclear, and mentions files that are not in any of the links or attachments.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] DroidisLINUX:
Does your computer see the device in edl mode? If so start at beginning of thread and run the .bat file till it's done phone should reboot to nougat and you should be fixed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jyarborough:
Did anyone loose fingerprint functionality with the update to pie? Will root and a custom rom fix? Been a while since I played with roms
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] butchieboy:
You can only root Oreo
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
The OP only installs Pie rom with safestrap now

I could never see your pic. The directions may mention v5 of something instead of v6 because they were written for v5 but obviously if the directions tell you to flash BL_V5 and the file you have is BL_V6 then you would flash BL_V6. Also if you entered edl mode by flashing combo firmware and running the reboot edl bat to enter edl then you would simply just have to fore reboot to download mode and flash stock firmware in Odin but I have a feeling you zeroed the bootloaders didn’t you?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] louforgiveno:
I wish this was true......

I believe you meant nougat

Sent from my God Mode 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] butchieboy:
Lol yes I did Lou..sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] omensandportents:
I didn't zero the bootloader, i did the combo firmware. frankly since it's not full root it doesn't really seem worth it anyways, so i just used odin to flash back to the stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
Im glad you were able to get back your plea for help sounded desperate. Im uploading a rooted nougat rom that can be flashed in safestrap. it was the last nougat rom that was available
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
Rooted nougat rom added to post 2 it prerooted with flashfire and safestrap preinstalled. It has CSC stuff for all carriers added. Its debloated slightly with knox removed. Some stuff may not work but im not sure as I cannot test but this stuff may include fingerprint and or face recognition. If stuff doesnt work it probably related to using pie modems and non-hlos on a nougat rom which you have no choice
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] 0bit1bit:
Hi jrkruse,

Sorry I'm a bit of a newb and need some confirmation. First thank you for your work, I can see you've put in a very big effort in it. I appreciate it.

I'm in the same position as this guy: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/help/to-v2-950u1-root-update-t3892584 That is, I got a Note 8 with build number N950U1UEUE1AQH9. From what I read it's v1 of the bootloader and the XAA version of the software (meaning the international unlocked version, non carrier version). Furthermore this is a Snapdragon version of the phone, so I can't use any Exynos mods on it, nor can it be rooted if the bootloader is v4 and above.

I'm trying to decide if I:

1 - Root and be stuck at Nougat with 80% battery charging

2 - Update to Oreo or Pie, and permanently lose the option for root

The reply in that thread is that I can use your ROMS even if I update to the latest OTA update (if it's available... which is probably PIE by now).

If I do use your ROM, I basically gain "safestrap on your phone and give you the ability too flash zips and modify system with safestrap recovery". It's not debloated or anything else. Did I get this right? Also, does it tip over Knox and disable Samsung Pay and the such?

Cheers man!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] finessefigure:
Thank you. I got the S8 a bit back and through couple trial and errors, and in a panic with my phone not registering the edl on my computer, finally pravailed. I appreciate the descriptive help, and have a sweet solid Xposed rooted rom. Now I have a note 8, and still appreciate the walkthrough, flashing my own system, using Android kitchens, finally discovering what each and every part the system contains and learning the Linux ways through my laptop, this method always seems to be a rock solid way of doing it. Kinda stuck on trying to achieve Xposed without being barred at the gates. Keep having to go into recovery and uninstalling Xposed, then trying a different way through. Do you know anything about that? I'm still learning so reading the catlog is kinda not my language just yet. I don't seem to be the only one but I will experiment and restore from a brick 100 times till I do. Lol anyways, once again, good work and super thank you for giving me a magic carpet along my Samsung stock root emergency download Odin passage lol.

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Like I was able to flash the chimera rom a bit back and was overloaded to where I didn't feel comfortable building it up, though and that seemed to have modules on a nougat rom like gravitybox. So I know it's possible and it's hard to accept the reality that this rom is incapable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] diabl0w:
don't upgrade, just install the latest chimera rom (I believe its called vengence 2.0). this thread is only for people who bought a phone that is already on a newer bootloader version or people who have mistakingly upgraded. if you want root, you would only be crippling yourself by upgrading and using this method. this method wont get you anything better than what you can get by staying where you're at. in fact, there may be some issues with this method as far as modem compatibilities etc are concerned. they both will only get you nougat rooted rom (eg chimera).

that being said, this method by jrkruse is a fantastic job, and is the only option that people have on newer bootloader versions. but it serves no purpose for us OG bootloader owners unless you wanted to test out stock pie and go back (I dont recommend)

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note 8 snapdragon does not have xposed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
[Root][SM-N950U/U1][Snapdragon][V6_Bootloader][EDL_Method][Safestrap]

Im pretty sure it does for nougat and oreo

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] rbuonauro:
Ya it didnt click in my head that I was on bl6 until I typed it in my comment. I literally was realizing it as I was typing it. Anyway thanks for the reply.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
The files are now in the OP for v6 bootloaders

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] rbuonauro:
yayyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
Has anyone tried the rooted nougat rom in post. I was wondering what works and what does not as I cannot test it. I know it boots because it will boot on my S8+ and everything works except wifi and fingerprint but thats because of using s8 firmware on note 8 rom and also the s8 firmware for nougat is 7.0 and note 8 nougat is 7.1 so im sure that’s why wifi and fingerprint do not work. If someone could just give me a report I would appreciate it

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] diabl0w:
me1215 I think said it worked on stock Oreo nonrooted. I am not sure how he even would get that installed, maybe he was referring to the n9500 or maybe it was just some of his magic that he does ... I tried installing on rooted nougat and didnt work. there is a github issue trying to get xposed to work on nougat and the issue is still open, the main xposed devs were trying to work with me1215 to get it working and were never able to figure it out. if you know otherwise and can link to install instructions, ill gladly swallow my words though.

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this is why xposed works on s8 and not note 8... 7.0 vs 7.1 nougat
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] DroidisLINUX:
What I am wondering is why someone hasn't tried to port over the 7.0 on s8 to note so we could use magisk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] diabl0w:
s8 has magisk on snapdragon? is it system root?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
[Root][SM-N950U/U1][Snapdragon][V6_Bootloader][EDL_Method][Safestrap]

Xposed official thread has sdk 25 android 7.1 on it. I know for a fact it worked on unrooted oreo

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
It can be down as system root but you cannot hide system root so not much is gained by using it. In fact some apps like Flashfire will not work with it

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] diabl0w:
if you can find a thread confirming that it works on N950u 7.1 , I would really appreciate it. but last I knew it could not be solved see: https://github.com/rovo89/Xposed/issues/273
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] bebz:
any1 willing to help me out with this? cant seem to do it.. i have a note 8 (sm950u)

android 9

baseband version: n950USQS5DSE9
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
So you are on v5 bootloader. So you can stay on v5 if you want which still allows you too downgrade from pie to oreo. V6 does not allow this. Just download the v5 bootloader stuff and follow directions

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] ajent:
My laptop has only USB 3.2 ports, which seems to work fine for everything Except Odin. Checked bios settings but nothing other than USB power share in there. If I bought a USB hub, is there a chance Odin would work with that?

Last time I had to use some old PC a relative had with windows vista on it, worked fine lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
Maybe will work but chances are its the actual usb controller so it may not work if thats the case

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] jrkruse:
Fingerprint and face unlock fix for my nougat rom added to post 2
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] team_gold:
Has anyone gotten Sprint MMS to work using any custom ROM? Every ROM I have tried I can get Data and SMS to work fine, but I am unable to send or receive and MMS. If I re-flash the stock it works just fine. I've tried builds of Lineage, AOSiP, AquiriOS, and dotOS. Everything else in all the ROMs seem to work just fine. Any idea what is causing this or how I might go about resolving it?
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] LaGgY_42o:
Sorry, I know this doesn't help you any but many of us are still trying to find an answer, is your Pixel purchased directly from Sprint? We still don't have a definitive answer to if the Sprint model Pixels bootloader can be unlocked or not.

Also if it helps any on my Nexus 6 running CrDroid 9.0 MMS isn't working either, hasn't worked since 8.0. I have tried changing the APN's, changing settings in Hiddenmenu, and messing around with Android Messages hidden settings as well as combing the system configs with root and everything looks normal, no weirdness in logcat, just failure to send.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] team_gold:
No I purchased mine from the google store. I have to imagine that some package or apn setting is different between stock and the roms, but I don't know what at this point. It somewhat frustrating that it works just fine on stock, but not on anything else. Googleing the issue suggest that Sprint has changed similar things in the past which caused issues.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] jdee323:
Factory reset, then flash stock. Once it boots and LTE connects, power off and go to bootloader and boot into twrp. Then, without wiping anything, flash whatever aosp rom you want. You should then be able to connect to data and have mms working.

If mms still doesn't work, you can dl an older version of Textra (Nov 2018ish) and select legacy settings for mms. Then you only have to set:

MMSC: http://mms.sprintpcs.com

MMS Proxy: oap7.sprintpcs.com

MMS Port: 80
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] team_gold:
Thanks for the help! Flashing a rom without wiping anything did not work. However, using an old version of Textra using the legacy settings does. Do you know any way to force the regular Messaging app to us these APN settings as well? I tried changing the /system/etc/apns-conf.xml to match those setting but I'm still getting a failure to connect.

[07-07 13:06:17.535 1613:5348 E/MmsService]
[SendRequest@b177fe6] HTTP: IO failure
java.net.ConnectException: Failed to connect to /68.28.31.7:80
at com.android.okhttp.internal.io.RealConnection.connectSocket(RealConnection.java:143)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.io.RealConnection.connect(RealConnection.java:112)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findConnection(StreamAllocation.java:184)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.findHealthyConnection(StreamAllocation.java:126)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.StreamAllocation.newStream(StreamAllocation.java:95)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.connect(HttpEngine.java:281)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:224)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.execute(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:461)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:127)
at com.android.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:258)
at com.android.mms.service.MmsHttpClient.execute(MmsHttpClient.java:186)
at com.android.mms.service.SendRequest.doHttp(SendRequest.java:83)
at com.android.mms.service.MmsRequest.execute(MmsRequest.java:171)
at com.android.mms.service.MmsService$2.run(MmsService.java:414)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)

Here is the full logcat if it helps.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] jdee323:
I'm really not sure why it started working for me. I tried editing settings.db and lost all connectivity. I wiped and then flashed stock, then after connecting to lte, I dirty flashed aquarios and everything was working.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] daswahnsinn:
I'm having the same issues with AquariOS , restoring a backup to get mms back. Everything else worked great and loved the custom touches. I also noticed I couldn't add an APN, I'd fill it out and save but it never showed up as an option.
[Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers] cityneversleepz:
I followed your textra advice on Sprint LG V30 AOSP also. It worked. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] hotcold65:
Does it need to be rooted when unlocking my Samsung SM-J510GN running on android 6.0.1 stock ROM globe locked ?

I'm using z3x toolbox pro 29.x with loader .

I always got this problem "no answer from phone"

ADB is connected/on

All drivers are installed .