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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
mr. mahil

Thank you for liberating me from this insanity. As a newbie or a "pre" normal person who has seen Odin grow up from a toddler to a teenager, I think I speak for most people in this thread that although it is a note thread, a lot of us are here because of a search algorithm. I happened to stumble on it with the title. Your post encompasses formality as a gentleman, respect for XDA and other members and describes in details technical specs which we can fumble around as normal people looking for since I don't get the weekly internal Engineer's bulletin from Samsung. As I said in my previous posts I have four flashable versions of 9.0 that will take to my phone. They happen to be the latest bootloader which was my mistake. I was on a custom ROM it got corrupted I thought what's the harm in temporarly installing the latest one. I found out the harm. Knowing that the issue exists your explanation in the details is almost just as good as a solution. Some type of combo file with the Trojan Horse (not a virus but the actual real metaphor). It's unfortunate that we had to talk about it in this forum. If there's a redirect please let me know. As for mr. Note police. It seems you're a senior member, you would set an example. And feel free to post the proper thread. xda is about people (from nearly 100+ different countries with 5000 plus android phones floating out there) finding Solutions the problems they didn't even know existed till yesterday. thanks [MENTION=3896530]Narkozzz[/MENTION] and [MENTION=422724]moonmoon8[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Narkozzz:
That solution worked for early Oreo builds (first half of 2018 I suppose), if you get prenormal state on Pie - not only that trick would work, but event "168 hour rule" is not applicable anymore. I continue to check on my prenormal phones in case one of them exit that state after at least month of online.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
go to reset in system/general managment setting and do a full reset. ( the one that ask you to login in order to full reset.)

let it reset but dont do initial setup agter reboot shut it down. then just go to dl mode.

take sim out flash full stock with odin( all 4 or 5 .md5 incl csc.ms5 not home_csc.md5)

(again do NOT put sim card and dont connect wifi) do initial setup make sure u put date at least 7 days older than current date. if it already 1 year or older because it cant connect to network then leave it. go to dev tools and toggle OFF OEM unlock let phone reset. do initial setup again no need to enter Google or samsung acount info and just skip it then shut down phone. put in sim card. start it back up.

go to setting and software update. make it force check and wait till u see a pop up at the bottom saying registered.

then reboot to dl mode to see if ure state is:

rrm/kg: checking ( this is good)

or if its just vanished then that means u can follow dr ketans guide EXACTLY how its written without skipping steps or rebooting device by accident to home screen between initial twrp flash with odin and the 1 reboot to recovery to format and flash rrm fix.

ive made a small guide of the procedure a few pages back. i elive people just dont follow procedure and that's why you guys have the issue when everyone else dosent.

edit

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=80453169&postcount=27
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] arashkzm:
body I have been searching on internet like crazy. I have the same problem. I have A105F bit 3/// Unlocked the boot loader.connected to wifi/ Oem is there and turned on., but still the KGstate is prenormal. keep that in mind that I already rooted around 50 or 60 A105f with this exact method but this one driving me crazy. it's bit3 so not any of my tools like chimera or 0octapus do a kg state unlock.( I don't know if I even need to , because the oem is already there and turned on). plz if you find a solution share that hear. for what I read about our friend who was trying to help you , I think he didn't encounter this problem. I admit its a weird one. but please read this carefully I'm not a noob. 1- I already Unlocked the bootloader 2- I already connected to wifi 3- The OEM toggle is already there and it's turned on 4-the KG state is prenormal instead of checking ( how it should be )
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
If you read the op it seems that this is propagating to all spring plus security patches i'm personally on an a530 exnyos. If you can install TWRP you can't do anything. Do you have any knowledge on what I'm about to suggest. I'm on 9.0 july security patch the lowest of the four that I can go. Is it possible to unpack the AP file which will give us recovery.img.lz4 the only software available is 7zip standard 144. Repacking it with TWRP Recovery same format?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] KAASHP:
The steps you follow by video guide is here see and follow exact steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skyUCTs1cyI its simple and useful for prenormal state.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Narkozzz:
Man, I deeply appreciate your will to help, but you continue to repeat one thing over and over again. Sometimes in some circumstances RMM STATE flag just dont disappears. I have 4 phones with same issue - latest firmware, PIE, VOIDx0 and RMM PRENORMAL state.

One of them lost PRENORMAL flag after 350 hours online. Thats the only solution worked so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] arashkzm:
the problem is not the security patch. I already downgraded to lowest on B3 which is the version I already rooted several phone on. so problem must be somewhere else. about what you suggest I already tried that and several similar methods. as soon as odin gets to the part that not originally from firmware (eg. boot , recovery ) it fails whit the same message. only official released ....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
remove oem unlock then after phone reset remove sim. reflash full stock with odin. be sure phone time reset is enabled( as by default).

skip account login and dont connect to wifi then check if the date and time really reset.( should be jan 2019). do not oem unlock yet.

shutdown phone put sim card in and reboot. make it check for an update as per my previous guide. then shut down again and check dl mode for prenormal state. if its gone or set to checking follow ketans guide and dont skip steps.

ive been there and got out of the prenomal state. so have others. its doable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
So, Your on B3 9.0? just out of curriousity, what date is your security patch? I think this issue is worldwide (phones variants). If i undrstand your issue, you are only able to (odin) flash stock firmware (official). I guess my question is how do we modify (any) system AP into thinking it's official. You probably tried the Magisk Patch AP. everything looked great on the flash until the last smidgen of the full firm ware flash. fail!

eng_boot? combo file? I have chimera. useless. you know anything about safesrtap. it's a twrp that doesn't touch the BL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Narkozzz:
Tried it several times in exact order you gave - still no luck, RMM STATE prenormal. Also I encounter new pain -got new Note9 with Oreo preinstalled and did 3 cycles of 168 hours - didnt get OEM unlock option. Updated to PIE, got RMM Prenormal. Will wait for 300+ hours...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] arashkzm:
as I said before it's not a security problem. right now I have two other phone , flashed with the same firmware and none of them have this problem. this phone is the one out of 30/40 phone that I've rooted and only this one has this problem. all done with the same firmware and all done with the same procedure.

as for trying magisk patch , been there done that. any sort of modification either boot, recovery and so on , causes odin to fail.

even tried prerooted firmware as a last resort, but no luck. as for tools , I tried any tools that offers Knoxgaurd unlock eg. Octapus , Chimera but none supports Bit3 firmware even on lowest build number
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
Don't take this the wrong way I don't think your patient zero. So if I understand you've rooted/twrp several sm-a105f. I checked the phone specs it only came out in march or so 2019 and it had Pie as its first rom. I'm assuming a B1? And now you have a current B3. Have you done the same procedure with other a105f B3? What's different about this phone? Did you switch odin versions? All of your other phone same CSC? I'm grasping here I'm just trying to figure it out with you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] arashkzm:
Yes , It came with B1 and pie. And yes again. All other phones are also B3 . All phones flashed with the same Odin and same firmware. All done with same procedure. And I really really don’t now what’s wrong whit this one. so I started surfing the web and the only other related post was this one.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
Whats so diferrent about your current phone?? (thinking out loud). have you done (succesfuly) other a105f since with same specs?If you notice a lot of people flock to this thread because of the title this is I Note thead, we just happen to be a bunch of random owners of Samsung devices that were looking for a solution. If you read post 42 there's a gentleman that seem to know the root (no pun intended). I'm on B7 lowest level that I can possibly go on a530w. To binary or as you call it the bit(3) is usually scaled with the OS and reset on the new version. So Oreo will go as high as a certain number and then reset to B1 on the 9.0 pie version. Since the a105f came out of the gates 9.0 this year it has a low yet recent binary. My security patch is July 1st 2019. That's the lowest I can go. I can go back and forth from August September October and whatever it is that now. My question to you is are you aware that you TWRP other a105f with the same security patch successfully? Not necessarily the July 2019. But your current patch on another phone with the same security patch. I apologize for having the Optics of having to ask the same question multiple times you've been very kind and answering. I am certainly not a coder. I'm simply trying to find the origin. I guess my strategy is once the "cancer" is located by way of date (binaries or bits will differ from phone to phone) as in if it's the security patch, a developer can focus on creating a flashable file that could place it into some type of sedated status enabling modifications. I am aware but not very familiar with the fuseware so to speak on Samsung devices. Meaning there's an embedded chip that accepts encrypted instructions/updates and become hardwired and are not drowngrable. I wish I factory reset really meant of factory reset but it's a misnomer. That this point my only foreseeable solution is a combination file. Or surgically isolating the area in the AP file that can be modified without triggering any attributes that would render it non-official samsung thanks to [MENTION=3896530]Narkozzz[/MENTION] and [MENTION=422724]moonmoon8[/MENTION] or we wouldn't have this group
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] arashkzm:
YES! I’ve done the procedure on similar phone with the same binary (3) with the same securitypatch ( flashed with same rom ) over and over again( yesterday for example) .two phones are identical ( hardware , software, binary , ...)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] jthibault27:
I'm stumped! being Canadian I have an S8 and S8+ unrootable, but modifiable "snapdragon" it pales in comparison to this issue. never thought Samsung (Exynos) gave a hoot about custom ROMs. guess I was wrong. it seems (completely guessing) that your non-twrp a105f must have triggered a KG event without any notifications. Cause? no idea. You obviously are doing bulk mods and know and stick to the recipe. that particular phone has a difference. this is to be followed. my a530w remains prenormal i wait.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RSGI:
Hey would be nice....

If only i could flash TWRP to do it....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
https://bit.ly/34gTc6d
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RSGI:
Hey man, you really don´t need to be that dry to people....

This might seem stupid and trivial to you , but when people like can´t work it out, they get stressed out.... pointing the solution to a Google search is not very nice, is it?

You might recall that i, a few months back, had a burst with you in here, and the cause of that burst of simply the dry and superior tone you addressed me, and as i can see, still addressing others...

Someone like me, might get the idea, the WRONG idea, that you just don´t care and that you are here just to piss off people...

But NO. You made several contributions, and even sometimes speak politly to users...

Well, this was just my point of view... Irrelevant, as you are certainly anxious to point out...

Never mind me and my opinions... they are mine and so my own problem...

You do as you see fit or right!

And sorry for this remark, i just still believe there is hope for you! ;)

Now, on the topic!

Although this tutorial is very nice, i would suggest to add the detail you gave here:

I have an issue here, thou...

Cause if i put the SIM card while the phone is off, and turn it back on, when it boots up, a popup warning shows up about SIM card changed and force me to reboot, without i could get to software update.

Tryied to tap it in the background, and can get to Settings, but then all is greyed out...

Rebooting at this stage wil afect the outcome of the process?

Thanks for your kind attention :=)

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It seems it does, cause after rebboting, when i go to to tap software update it alreay corrected the date, and the last time i checked for an update was today....

2 questions:

Instead of the SIM can i use a wireless conection instead?

And if so, when can i turn it on?

It seems that the point of this is make the device registers itself at least 200 days before the current date, right?

Thanks again

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Ok.

I´m doing something wrong, obviously.

No matter what i use, Mobile Data or Wireless, when i go to software update, the device always registers with the correct date.

I´ve disabled automatic date update and network date update...

But, when i do it, the device is already registered....

Anyway around this?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RSGI:
It is right here when things go wrong for me...

Every time the device rgisters is already corrected the date....

Any suggestion?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ZeroXO:
Just edit kernel by hex and flash it u will remove it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
if prenormal state is still there then just follow the numerous guides:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/how-to-bypass-rmm-prenormal-to-install-t3891193/

https://bit.ly/2YRzVaC

just google search with term: samsung prenormal
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RSGI:
Nothing seems to be working for me...

And those search results of google most all of them present a solution in a zip file to flash in TWRP.... that´s a problem to me...

This happend because i updated to a Vodafone firmware to recover my IMEIs (i red it somewhere, that if you flash the same from another region or operator you could recover the IMEIs, and i did recover them).

But then when i tried to flash back my version, not updated, of the firmware i was getting the error sw rev check fail device 4 binary 3 error...

After some google search i understood what happend: i flashed the version "XXS4" and the version i had was "XXS3"... that´s why it did flash, because it allowed to upgrade an item that can´t be downgraded the BootLoader.

I downloaded my original version updated to the "XXS4" version and it flashed ok, the IMEIs were still there, but then... i was not able to flash the damn TWRP...

I tried all the tricks i coud find... just cant get rid of that KG STATE... and the fact that between yesterday and today i probably flash this piece of crap about 20/30 times will not help this matter...

So please just confirm to me, how long must i have to use the phone like this, before i can root it... cause it is a matter of time, isn´t it?

I´ve seen lots of guesses, but i´m pretty sure that you will only say what you are sure of, so i ask you.... :) (this is kinda of a complement, you know....)

Thanks for the patience you had with me, you definitely master the jedi art of patience much more than i will ever do

I´ll be waiting for your reply, thanks again :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
in the last 2 links everything is there.

plus when flashing stock, just use latest December DBT or BTU fimware. use samfirm tool or frija to dl it.(search xda)

(when you flash firmware with odin you have to use ALL 4 .md5 FILES:

bl.md5

ap.md5

cp.md5

csc.md5)

so start by removing oem unlock in dev tools( yes RELOCK IT).(it will reboot let it.)then remove sim before the Odin flash with latest Dec 2019 firmware and dont connect to wifi after flashing when doing initial setup(just skip all account and questions). this will allow you to set date to 2018 or something very old. reboot once and go check prenormal state in dl mode. put sim back then check for software update then wait for device to say "registered". then go check again in dl mode for prenomal status.

if prenormal is gone or set to checking, go unlock oem switch and also enable usb debugging. fone will reinitialize. skip setup and go check for software update and wait to see the registered pop up. then enable dev tools and check oem unlock state( if switch says device already unlocked)

then reboot to dl mode to check prenormal state. only if its gone or set to checking then follow dr ketans method #1. and flash his rom. u can flash his oem fix v5 but his rom actually has the fix and it is more up to date. so folow the guide but use his rom and choose to flash rom, kernel, oem fix, magisk in aroma setup.

so again if you follow dr.ketans guide exactly without skiping steps or without accidentally letting device reboot to home screen after twrp 3.2.3.0 md5 flash and boot straight to recovery as per the guide, you can substitute flashing oem unlock fix v5.zip for his p15 rom.zip from his rom thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RSGI:
Well, i only use SamFirm to download firmware, just beause is much faster than any other app/site that i know.

The tutorial on the first link works fine until step 15...

Whatever rom i flash i always have OEM unlocked on DevOps.

So i tried to skip that step, didn´t work, tried to do it but that involved 2 Factory Resets (no chance that would work) and tried to disable DevOps and enable it again... also didn´t work...

The 2nd link is a tutorial more on the prevention side, and is what i am considering doing at this point...

No instant fixes....

It´s about a week that i wont be able to use some apps that require root, no big problem... i can restore most of them with SmartSwitch, but some of those will not have data (registrations/logins) all that would be restored with the TWRP backup i have, that in a week willno longer be updated enough...

Also i would be able registering the phone without a network connection, and i even managed to register the phone as far back as October, further away it keeps giving an error "Failed to Register" until it doesn´t, but by then it already corrected the date...

I will try all those steps one more time, including the dr. ketans, later and let you here how it went down....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
there is no reason it dosen't work if your kkg/ rmm: is set to checking before flashing twrp.

just follow what i wrote and start fresh. even if you did it before or think you did, just stick to what's written and dont let device reboot to homescreen by accident when flashing twrp.

also dont forget what I posted:

PUT BACK OEM TO LOCKED

(before attempting to try and fix prenormal status)

if your issue is just oem unlock nor appearing then waiting it out is the simplest solution)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RSGI:
Thanks for all this help, but it seems i´m doomed...

Here are my steps:

0 - Phone power off with no SIM card

1 - Flash rom with Odin (Disabled Auto Reboot and Enabled F. Reset Time)

2 - Boot to setup. Set the date on setup to 10th October 2018. No accounts login and skiped all that could be skiped

3 - Disabled Automatic time

4 - Enabled DevOps: OEM unlock present but disabled

5 - Disabled System auto update and Enabled USB debugging and kept OEM locked

6 - Reboot the phone

7 - Once on Home screen checked that time remains 10th October 2018

8 - Insert SIM card and tap software update

9 - No Registered Phone message, directly searching for updates (Last update checked ate 15 Dec 2019) the date is already corrected

10 - Boot to Download Mode: KG STate: Prenormal

Sorry, just can´t get it right.... and i still don´t know where i´m screwing up....

Now i´m gonna do a factory reset at default recovery and remove the SIM to try again...

But i already reached out to the white flag of humiliation....

Last try:

10.1 - Removed SIM card set the date to 15 Dec 2018

11 - Reboot to recovery and factory reset

12 - Skiped setup, confirmed that the time remains 15 Dec 2018

13 - Disabled Automatic Time and Enable DevOps

13.1 - OEM unlock present but disabled

14 - Just disabled Automatic system update and kept USB debugging and OEM unlock off

15 - Reboot the phone and confirmed that the date remained 15 Dec 2018

16 - Insert the SIM, quickly browse to Software Update and tapped it

17 - Got message "Device Registered", check the date (!?!) already corrected to 15 Dec 2019

18 -Boot to download mode and guess what... KG STATE Prenormal

So.. that´s it... Feel like a piece of sh*t...

Thanks for your help, i´ll just wait for 7 days...

Cause if i keep doing this, eventually i will not have a phone but several pieces of it...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
i dont know man. that last try looked good to me except at 11. just reflash full stock.( use csc.md5 instead of home_csc.md5 in the csc slot in odin. fill all other slots. that wipes the phone. then continue with your steps 12, skip 13 and 13.1 and 14 steps and do 15 and continue.

if still prenormal continue using device for 7 days as is. dont unlock oem, keep it disabled.

good luck
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ZeroXO:
Here it is i did this video to show you how to edit it, i hope it can help you

https://gofile.io/?c=cq5UOk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
lol...

come on... completely unviewable video and completely incomprehensible audio.

nice joke
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ZeroXO:
Thanks for your reply at least i tried better than keep changing dates in hope to get kernel dumb lol :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Narkozzz:
Sad news - 339 hours online and yet no luck. I still cant understand prenormal mechanism.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] XGamer404:
Same here. The kg state seems to be working differently on the last bootloader. What's your build number?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] RSGI:
Update:

Sadly, nothing to update... Over 200 hours online and still KG State Prenormal...

Dont know what else to do...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Narkozzz:
Latest available: CSG1
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] XGamer404:
And what bootloader? (It's the 5th digit in your baseband read from right to left. It should be something between 1 and 4)