yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
Um dude, thats kind of dark man. You need to go see someone :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
How does he do it!!??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
Lol. He's like the most notorious serial killer of Kansas.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
:eek:

HAAA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] borijess:
Just got the November patch for the ATT 986U stock ATT.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] borijess:
Nov. Update
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] borijess:
Did the camera get updated? The selfie camera in my opinion is unusable. Pale and smoothing is terrible even if it's turned off.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Oh this selfie camera is unusable even on Android 11, Beta. I coincidentally took one pic with a fiend with note 9 now i know they are both different but 2 years later it should not be this bad on Note 20.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
Surprised you don't get ads when using the selfie cam in android 11 on samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] atrix4nag:
I updated to beta android 11, while returning the phone can I install unlocked version in post#3?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Didnt get the question? Returning the phone ?? Well you should not have any issues as you did not unlock bootloader or root.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] atrix4nag:
yes, if I return or sell the phone and get back to original software i should be good by downloading the post3 latest version.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Yes. If you are returning or selling you don't care about wiping data so just flash the whole firmware from post 3 and use regular csc.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
No luck finding a DL for BTK1 yet, BUT am uploading N986U1UES1ATJ5 now and adding link to post 3
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Lord_Saren:
I'm new to flashing Modern Samsung Phones so quick question. I have a BL Unlocked ATT Note 20 Ultra. I am currently on the Aug Update and was wondering how to update to the September one. (Updating normally fails probably due to twrp). Would I be able to flash N986USQU1ATI6 even tho it is USC or could I pull the Home_csc from the ATT firmware to make it work?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
I'm rooted with Twrp. Just flash stock if you want to try ota. I got Ota once I went back to stock. Or easy route flash the firmware using Odin.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Lord_Saren:
That is what I'm talking about but I want to make sure I flash the correct one cause I only see Newer updates for other carriers and don't want to mess up any carrier settings.

I might be wrong and they might all work but I'm used to just flashing OTAs from twrp and being carrier agnostic
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Yes the firmware is the same. Your device will provision to whatever sim you have. I'm At&t and I often use USC and still get all carrier specific apps and advanced options such as wifi calling and advanced messaging. The only reason you wouldn't is if you flash U1 unlocked firmware. This has been explained numerous numerous times in this thread. Just remember when using Odin, Bl..Ap...Cp..Csc it will wipe your device. Im not sure if using home_csc will keep your data since you are bootloader unlocked with Twrp. When I went back to stock last week to get Ota, my first odin attempt failed. Part of the firmware would flash allowing Twrp to be Un-installed. I was then able to get to stock recovery and do a factory wipe. I then flashed stock again with Odin, it passed. As soon as I started set up, Ota kicked in. After that I rooted again and installed Twrp.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] rockingondrums:
Did anyone use Heimdall and which one? Link please? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Wow I haven't heard that since Samsung Infuse days
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Lord_Saren:
Thanks for letting me know, Also using Home_csc does keep my data. I messed up something earlier with root and got a bootloop and recovered by flashing the same firmware I had and using Home_csc instead of just csc kept my data, Twrp was gone but I just flashed it back on.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
I haven't heard of Heimdall being used in a long time either. Sorry I don't know, you'll need to dig into that one yourself I'm afraid. If you discover something good, let us know and I can post it in the OP for others
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Yeah just for old times sake I tried using it. The way the firmwares are packaged when downloaded using Frija or other tools it's much easier to use Odin. Heimdall can be really confusing..so according to me why complicate something that does not need to be complicated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] rockingondrums:
Well, I had forgotten that I left a small windows partition on my Linux laptop, because I never use it. So I'm glad I created it as a precaution! ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] ad44891:
Hope y'all don't mind my post.. I smell it n the air.. RIP Note Series :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
That news has been floating on around many websites and tech blogs. Well tbh just because S series gains len support doesn't mean Note series is dead. Gaining pen support and shipping with S pen are two different things.. Much remains to be seen :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] ad44891:
Z Fold 3 gonna have spen housed inside.. And UDC.. It's a wrap 4 the note. Jus sayin.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
mmm Not sure as lets see, i wont speculate. Fold screens are still not anywhere as sturdy as regular phones. I would have believed it if S series was touted as replacement but fold is not yet ready for prime time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
And nothing I'm remotely even interested in.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Venom0642:
Off topic i said get rid of the S SERIES and keep the Note lines in 3 different sizes.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] non-serviam:
Any of the firmwares without gapps preinstalled?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Gapps? These are stock firmwares. Gapps usually only come into play if you are flashing GSI roms which don't include Google Play services that is why one would need Gapps. So to answer your question, yes the firmware comes with what you need. Gapps are usually for custom roms like CM or Lineage

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] non-serviam:
Ok, it seems I have not updated my knowledge for a while now. So, let me ask it correctly. Any roms without Google Play services (and Samsung). Plain clean roms, that is.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
The firmware that you find here are stock Odin firmwares. Not sure what your asking. Forget about Gapps in this thread it does not apply. The firmware in this thread has what you need. You download the firmware, extract it. Leaving you with BL AP CP CSC and HOME_CSC. Boot to download, use Odin to flash Ap in Ap spot..Bl in Bl spot and so on. Flashing csc will wipe device. Using Home_csc instead of csc will keep data
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] non-serviam:
My main concern is security. I just want a clean system to build on it (without having to uninstall things). I think you have fully covered me. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
If the firmware is S1 it includes a security patch S=security. Not sure why your worried about security, as I have stated these are stock samsung firmwares. You don't have to add or remove anything. And nothing has been added or removed.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Man F&%$ hate At&t. Had to factory reset. I know there is an update to BTK1 because I got the ota a week ago. So after going back to BTIF its saying current firmware is up to date. I did this very same thing before and the OTA kicked in now it will not..Grrrrrrrr
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Venom0642:
That sucks [emoji53]

I'm on that Firmware N986USQU1BTK1

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
I was on BTK1 also but was trying to capture the update.zip for all of us and went back to BTIF. Once I did the Ota for BTK1 started and was using Canary to capture the update.zip. Well it didn't capture it so I tried again. This time when I went back to BTIF the ota would not start so I'm stuck. Have reflashed about 10 times...no ota. So for now I'm stuck on BTIF
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
Oh ffs Thats crap!

You try to go back to ATH3? (Not like flashing a few more times would hurt :| )
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Yeah I tried that. But was thinking about trying again. Lol like you said another flash won't hurt
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Still a no go. Oh well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] ad44891:
So to get this straight.. Just flashing one file? Can the home csc still be used thanks. Happy Turkey day.. If y'all celebrate it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] naim1234:
I am on ATH4 on an unlocked Note 20 ultra. My phone says ATT/ATT/XAA. So if i wanted to update to N986USQU1BTIF without wiping . What would be the process? Just follow what is in the first page post? I would flash the ATT User data correct? or will that wipe ? I need exact instructions please! Thank you . Happy thanksgiving!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
You can try using Home_csc to keep data. But anytime i bounce between U1 firmware and U I have had to factory reset. For some they didn't have to. But for me it would always boot to recovery after the flash and I would have to do a wipe.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
IMO if you're coming from/going to either U/U1, I would recommend allowing it to wipe. But thats just me.

Edit**** Also, if you're using the "One file" to flash, it will likely force the device to wipe. I believe the BL/AP/CP/ and CSC are all merged into one file
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
For all the folks here in the US (and the ones here who celebrate)

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving today
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Same to you my friend. This the best thread on XDA.

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Get this...soooo funny. At&t said they would push the update to my phone[emoji38][emoji28][emoji1787][emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] naim1234:
Well I'm not sure if my phone is U1 or U..on the software info it says it's the U model (but I bought it unlocked U1) and did flash it when I first got it in August to get the at&t features like WiFi calling.. what does it mean when it says ATT/ATT/XAA ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
It doesnt matter so much as to the device itself, it's the going between a locked firmware(U) and an unlocked Firmware (U1). you can see what you are currently on by going to Settings>About Phone>Software Information>Baseband version
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] naim1234:
I understand.. so if we later want to update the phone (new android OS, etc) would we have to do a wipe and reflash? or can we do OTA/flash without wiping?

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Also, by doing this would we still get unmetered Hotspot that unlocked phones provide? or would we be stuck with AT&T limitations ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hpnerd524:
Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong, but by flashing the carrier firmware, you should have no problem getting OTAs from your carrier and have them install like normal. Phones I've flashed in the past received OTA updates, and my Note 20 Ultra displays as a U model now despite it starting off as a U1 model. In regards to the hostpot, I've never really played around with that, but since flashing the AT&T firmware will effectively turn your phone into an AT&T branded model...it would come with any limitations you'd have if you purchased it from them...as it is their customized firmware. If you just simply apply the carrier settings and leave the U1 firmware I think you'd be fine in regards to hotspot, but I honestly am not 100% sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
If flashed properly it will ota fine. If you leave u1 and flash u CSC etc you will break ota updates. You can however still flash updates via Odin as long as full Odin images exist.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Lostwarriorram:
Could you elaborate a little bit.

Here is what I have understood after reading this thread and the U1 Device on ATT thread:

1. Boot the U1

2. Do not sign in to Google or Samsung

3. Insert ATT Sim Card

4. Download TMB Firmware from Frija or ATT Firmware from this thread post #2

5. User patched Odin v3.14.4 to patch just the ATT home CSC from the firmware that was downloaded in above step

6. Wifi Calling and VoLTE should start working.

Is this correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
That's different. You are staying on u1 firmware with the U customization file flashed in that case. You aren't "patching" CSC, you are replacing it. Which leaves you on u1 firmware that cannot OTA because the CSC partition won't match what the U1 ota files will expect.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Lostwarriorram:
Thank you. I am good for now. I meant replace when I mentioned patching. My bad for wrong choice of words. Looks like I will have to manually patch monthly.. sucks.. but I am glad all fancy ATT features like wifi calling, etc are working for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] unitz0mbie:
I'll probably update manually when android 11 drops. We have all the features, just on july security patch
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
And to expand a little bit on what [MENTION=3472611]dottat[/MENTION] said. You have to keep in mind when flashing some of these firmwares that you can really flash almost any of these that we'll post here, but if you don't flash what is currently a firmware revision that is released by your carrier you will not get OTA.

So for example, my AT&T device is currently on ATGP if for some silly reason I flashed ATGM I would not get OTA to ATH4 (ATGM isnt a stock ATT firmware). This can be tough for ATT and VZW since they dont release their Firmware and we have to "match them" with one of the other carrier releases. It just so happens that the latest OTA for AT&T is ATH4, which is also the same for TMB/SPR/USC.

Make sense?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] naim1234:
If we flash updates..do we have to wipe the device completely? Or can we just update from Odin ?

How much bloat does the at&t version have anyway? With my note 10+ I remember I could delete a lot of the bloat and just a few apps remained
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
If TMobile you can flash updates fine with no wipe. Att ****s their users with a forced wipe via Odin flashing. They've done that forever. I feel bad for att guys because TMobile I can update all day long with no wipes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] naim1234:
So I guess my best bet is to just flash the whole at&t firmware on the device if I want OTA and all features?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] zimgir124:
Been a long time since i've done any flashing, last time was back with the S8 so i'm a bit behind.

As far as flashing to U1 firmware i see you said "Flashed the U firmware again with the USERDATA file and set it up again" but where is this USERDATA file coming from?

I have a Verizon device so I'm assuming it comes from the carrier firmware download listed above? It is also said "The USERDATA file is Carrier agnostic" so i'm assuming i can maybe just use the USERDATA from one of those firmwares?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] NoteGarner2020:
Does samsung pay etc works if I flash ATT on Unlocked?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] jhous3s:
Anybody on the T-Mobile Version verify if NR-SA is available? I'm still on the unlocked firmware and I dont have NR-SA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] LT1UltraZ:
Flashed the t-mobile on a unlocked 512gb. Everything working 100%
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
In this case the answer is yes. I am a tmb user that buys unlocked for various reasons each year however I always flash full firmware. And get ota and full carrier features. TMobile is not bad with their customization and bloat. Not like att. In fact aside from the splash screen it really isn't "tmobile'd". No real customized settings etc that are cumbersome.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] naim1234:
Can anyone link me to the steps to fully flash the carrier software? Now I am deciding between whether or not to flash just the wifi calling/volte and keep unlocked or full carrier FW.. hmmm... decisions... Can anyone confirm if the note 20 ultra unlocked allows for unlimited tethering?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] dottat:
Assign from the tethering ask I posted just a few posts above the simple steps I ran through after getting home with mine today.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Digitaldeath187:
What's The difference between N986U

And N986U1 I have the last one
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] unitz0mbie:
U1 means us unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] naim1234:
Oh ok...well It shows N........ATH4 as my Baseband version... I have heard on threads on here that you can manually update without wipe..just can't find the exact threads right now
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] I-Siamak-I:
Hey guys, extremely noobie in android platform, lets say I wanna start completely fresh and fully wipe/format my internal storage and install a fresh copy of OS on my Note 20 Ultra, is this the best way to go about it? I know about reset option on the phone itself btw but as I mentioned I wanna make sure the phone is fully formatted and fresh OS installed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
You can go into Recovery Mode and do a Factory Reset there. It'll wipe it CLEAN and this should work perfectly for you. If you've gone in and jacked around some of the base files of the firmware you would want to Odin to the latest revision for your device and carrier (to ensure you continue to get OTA Updates). If that's the road you want to go down, there are some great articles on how to use Odin that link is a good one.

Be sure to use the version of Odin that is in post #2
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Kangi I gave up trying to get ota to kick in..lol. I'm stuck on BTIF. At&t are donkeys for not releasing firmware. Don't they realize that OCD old farts such as myself will screw with their devices constantly..lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hleo114312:
Sorry for this question. Is this the xaa or tmk firmware?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
U1 is unlocked device so consider it xaa
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hleo114312:
Right now I'm on the tmk u1. But wanna go clean xaa. BTW don't know what tmk stands for

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Tmk=metro pcs
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hleo114312:
Oh ok. Lol. Thanks bro

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hleo114312:
In the morning I flashed the November rom for the u1 in this post. And I can say its not the XAA. Its the metro pcs rom for the u1. The TMK. Don't know whats the difference between a tmk and a xaa version.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
I want to answer this but I am tired hope someone else will. You are confused between firmware and csc and I suggest read you will understand. Also read up on how to download using Frija, read more about csc and also ask correct question, you quoted the whole post and asked what csc was that, there were multiple unlocked variants with different Csc, I can assure you there are ones with TMB, VZW, SPR too... in any case hope you get your answer .. Happy holidays!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
This is because several of us here..Kangi..you..me..Venom and a few others keep answering the same questions over and over and over. I get it that some are new to things but its pretty much spelled out. Now let's see if we can get him up and running.

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Xaa is US unbranded meaning unlocked. What exactly are you trying to do?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
This is so well said. And I really want to help trust me i do but sometimes when things are so well laid out and people refuse to read it feels so counterproductive. But thabks to you Kangi, Butchie, Mentalmuso, Hayabusa, meelojosh and a few others who are here to help and guide. Happy Holidays [MENTION=4496829]butchieboy[/MENTION] and to everyone here.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hleo114312:
Hey thank you. Now this is what xda is all about. Partnership

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Actually don't know exactly, I wanna flash clean xaa why? Because I think is clean Samsung and will have less bloatware. Meaby im wrong and this tmk for u1 is the same. Don't know. Meaby xaa has more bands. And like me that I go to Mexico for 7 months and come back to the states I may need bands to work good over there. And if tmk has the same bands as a xaa. I don't mind staying here with this tmk rom. Besides that I don't mind what csc I have.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] butchieboy:
Ok if you just want a clean flash with less bloat then I suggest you flash the unlocked firmware. Use BL...AP..CP...CSC. Using Home_csc instead of coconut will keep data, but using csc will wipe device. I always opt for a clean install and always factory wipe so move anything you want to keep like pics and downloaded apks to SD card.

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kangi26:
Wait did you say .........."Using Home_csc instead of Coconut"?

HAAAA WTH? Are you referring to an unladen coconut?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hleo114312:
Me too, always clean install. I have been on Samsung since the s4 so I know a few thing about all this. And about bands. You know something? Does the u1 for tmk have same or different bands? And coconut umm i prefer them i a water coconut lol

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