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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] krishelnino:
I'm have a T-Mobile U1 device and converted to U by flashing the unlocked firmware, then I was able to sideload the betas 1,2,3 etc. Now I'm looking to go back to T-Mobile stable if there's no data wipe involved in the process or I might just wait for unlocked stable update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Few things first..

You can not go to U by flashing unlocked firmware. Unlocked firmware is U1.

To sideload beta you would need to be on U1 and not U as you said.

T-mobile device would be U and not U1.

There already is unlocked stable update available, released and published. You can also download on your own using Frija or SamFw too right now i am in bed but I can post it tomorrow like 8-9 hours from now (6am EST)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Jobudden:
You know what's sad? I'm having more issues with Verizons official version then I had with the betas lol specially with wireless Android auto
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] RockwellB1:
Just so no one else gets confused, this isn't for the Note20 but instead for the S20. Use this link for the Note20 Ultra XAA version. Or just use Frija to find your version.

samfw Note20 Ultra N986U1 XAA

This is the final version release. Just flash it with odin and you're good to go, my phone is working great.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] HseloMein:
So im part of the beta, but my phone doesn't get the update to the final version over the air. Will someone post the update.zip so I can go from beta to final version. Or can I just update via the room files that for the final android 11 ota?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Step 1. If you are on Unlocked variant (U1) Download this ROM file from here : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=17248734326145693546

Step 2. And use the instructions in this thread to flash via Odin.

Use the Part 1 section of thread and follow step 2 onwards carefully.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hayabusa1300cc:
Hello. So CTL4 is not beta, it's official Android 11?

I have it and it was only ~430mb and it did not show announcement of Android 11. I would think it would've been an entire 1.5gb download like usual.

View attachment 5166091
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Yes you are right this is not Beta but a stable version. Well to be honest looking at the bugs still present I feel they just took Beta 3, Squashed just a few bugs but mainly got the play store certified and released it. That is why it is so small for you. Ppl updating from Android 10 got a download size of approx 2gb.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hayabusa1300cc:
Gotcha alright well good for fast rollouts. Will be looking for more updates in the future to resolve. I forgot the bugs I have reported so I was unable to check. And I must say. I hate hate the new XDA website and app. Tapatalk was so much better and even the old website.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
To be honest i dont even use the app. I have found a good middle path which is I use PWA. Like go to Samsung Note 20 Ultra 5G forum page on Chrome on your phone and then click on three dots and choose Add to Homescreen. You can also do it on Samsung Internet. You can also bookmark the forum page and just open it in the browser. Works really well for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Oluwapizzy10:
Thanks for the post, I was able to successfully flash the stable rom via Odin with no issues. Also, no data was lost in the process.

Thanks once again for always coming to update the thread
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
That's great. Cheers and Happy New Year!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] MadamBuddah:
Is there a way to get the rounded pin pad lock screen?, on samsung android 10?, i dont want 11 but would ike that feature. Play store IOS pin pads are crap full of adds. I did try install AOD from APK Mirror but crashed the lastest one. I thought that may give me the rounded number pad or maybe a way to port it for android 10 thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
All are similar questions so here I will try to answer: We can not enroll in Beta after the fact (After Flashing Manually). if there is another Beta release we will have to use the same method (Different FOTA link) to update to next beta. However if a stable build is published we should be able to flash that easily using Odin since now we are already upgraded to newer OS version and then we will be good to go with OTA there onwards.

You are welcome now you know how to do it (You changed firmware and then Flashed Beta) please help people when they are confused, i might not be here all the time but trying my best.

I am sorry that happened to you. Didnt happen to me and few others confirmed it didnt happen to them. This method should not wipe data that is weird but glad you have a backup.

You wont be able to download as Banner will show up but when looking for update Samsung servers will see you are not ATID and you wont get the download.

I Agree 100%

Glad. Yes windows 10 has replaced CMD with powershell in right click menu.

GUYS IF IT WORKED FOR YOU CLICK THE THANKS BUTTON. Much Appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] whocares2k7:
Thank you so much for this post! It worked, but I had to use your adb tools as well!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Thanks to one more confirmation from you, I removed Minimal ADB from the first post. Now only ADB there is the one that works. You know whats funny, i dont even know where i got that one from. My installed ADB also did not work and then i found the folder randomly sitting on my desktop (The one that i have uploaded and is the one that worked seamlessly).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] top speed01:
How are yall catching the ota link. I try the adb locat and it never shows what yall are showing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Reading the meticulously written first post. Thats what they are doing. Also to catch the OTA link you have to receive the software update confirmation and start downloading first.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] whocares2k7:
Funny how things work out! Glad you had it, or many of us would have stuck out!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] top speed01:
Beta Registration Accepted

I was enrolled into the beta. I set up adb, started logcat then press start download. Thats the first night. Checked logcat no link. So I reinstalled factory firmware updated with cmd running. Couldnt catch regular update and proceeded to re download beta same thing. What am I doing wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Try this:

Open the ADB folder on your PC

Hold the SHIFT key and right-click on an empty space inside this folder.

Select ‘Open Command window here’ or ‘Open PowerShell window here’ option.

The command-line window shall open up on your PC.

Enter the command to capture OTA update URL on Windows: adb logcat > ota.txt

As soon as you execute this command, grab your device without disturbing the USB connection. Open the system update window and start downloading the update. After 10-15 seconds, pause/cancel the download.

Go back to the command-line screen and press the Ctrl + C key on your keyboard. Now go to C:\adb and open the ‘ota.txt‘ file.

Search logcat file to Capture OTA Update URL

Search (Ctrl + F) the text file for keywords like “.zip”, “googleapis”, or “ota”. Using these keywords, you shall be able to locate and capture OTA URL. Once you have the URL, paste in your browser’s address bar and download the file.

There is Another method you can Read More Here
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] pimpdaddy00:
Does anyone have the update file for the regular Note 20?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] whocares2k7:
So here's my story....

Like many of you I was watching the Members App for the beta banner for days. I finally saw the banner yesterday and successfully registered. However, the download never started for me. I kept checking the banners and I kept seeing the beta banner. I even went in so far to try and re-register, but as the expected I was met with the option to unregister. Obviously, I did not click through that option... Later on, I went back in and clicked through the beta banner again and this time was met with a weird "api" error. After that the beta banner disappeared!

I followed OP's link through the Members App's thread and was able to successfully install the Beta.

After installing and visiting the Member App, I can know see the Beta program details as if I'm registered.

So my question is, will I be able to OTA download and install the next beta when it is released or will I need to flash it? Attached is a screen shot of the Member App.

Thanks guys!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
You are lucky :) . You will get the OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] rsfinsrq:
I got the same screen when I opened the Members app but when I selected beta notice or feedback button I get an error message saying I'm not registered for the beta program.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] whocares2k7:
So sorry to hear that!

I'm able to click through, thankfully!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] melendez214:
Sorry to sound like an idiot, but I haven't done this in years. I can't get past step 3 where you copy and paste the location of your adb folder. I just keep getting the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
My bad there the command should be

CD Copy-paste the location of your ADB Folder

Which means Type Cd Space then paste the location and press enter. Try now and let me know.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Elastep:
Anyone having bugs? No critical bugs for me so far! After the first reboot I had no service icon, while in reality the service was there. That fixed itself after the reboot though.

I am also hoping that as long as I'm not registered for beta it won't send all my debug info to Samsung and so I'll have better performance, lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] melendez214:
OK will do once I get back home, my pregnant girlfriend had one of her cravings.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
There are some bugs like- Themes and wallpapers from Galaxy themes are not working.

The gesture navigations isn't as smooth as it was on One UI 2.5.

Good Lock isn't working which is expected. But as you said nothing too crazy.

Yeah that's more important. That makes me think people on XDA have Girlfriends????

(OP Gets sad and slides under his blanket.. ALONE)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] melendez214:
Yeah that's more important. That makes me think people on XDA have Girlfriends.. ?

(OP Gets sad and slides under his blanket.. ALONE)[/QUOTE]

Lol well I managed to make it to step 10 now but I just got:

adb: failed to read command: No error
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Lol well I managed to make it to step 10 now but I just got:

adb: failed to read command: No error[/QUOTE]

That's coz you are using Minimal ADB please download my platform tools folder from Pre-requisites section and use that as your ADB folder.. Point the command prompt to this platform-tools folder.

I am waiting here, let me know.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Elastep:
Ooh, just told I have no bugs... And here they are.. Scrolling is glitching badly in some apps like insta at 120hz... It's not sloppy, but it's super fast instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Ahh that reminds me of one more bug the adaptive refresh is stuck at 120 hz. Now I don't use adaptive I use wqhd at 60hz but another user [MENTION=1008044]Compusmurf[/MENTION] observed that one. So what you have is probably coz of that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
Beta killed my VVM, when trying to open the app, it says it's unsupported.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hayabusa1300cc:
Thanks for the tip on version. I Odin back to Target and checked for update and it's there since I registeredView attachment 5125597
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Might want to take that up with VVM app developer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
So Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Lucky you that you were able to register. I am counting on users like you who were able to register to download the next beta and make it available for us if not atleast capture the FOTA link for us.

Yes sir.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
Okie dokie
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hayabusa1300cc:
Right yeah lucky I was just randomly checking and I got it right when they released it. But even more lucky that I was able to withdraw and enroll like 4 times before leaving it enrolled, not knowing the banner would disappear shortly thereafter.

If I can grab the link without rooting I will share it no doubt
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Yeah its very easy. Almost ready to sleep now. But I will add a new post somewhere here and link it in the first post about how to capture the OTA.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hayabusa1300cc:
Good stuff, thank you chief. And great job on the post. Well laid out. Remind me of the old school posts back in the days, good memories
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] melendez214:
That's coz you are using Minimal ADB please download my platform tools folder from Pre-requisites section and use that as your ADB folder.. Point the command prompt to this platform-tools folder.

I am waiting here, let me know.[/QUOTE]

OH OK GOT IT! it's currently updating as I type this :fingers-crossed:. I promise I'm not this slow just a little tired right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] alfamega190:
I keep getting loafing update.zip then cannot read update.zip. I placed zip inside of the folder I downloaded from OP but same. I rebooted phone and laptop still the same result
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] baaadandy:
Successful flash, but crashing with a reboot about a minute or two in. Anyone else?

Wiped cache, removed all GoodLock, etc. Trying to think of any problem apps that might be causing it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hybrid.moment:
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but if I flash the Beta using this method, will my Note 20 Ultra still get automatic updates? For example, when One UI 3.0 officially releases, will it automatically update or will I need to manually update going forward? Thank you for the guide by the way!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] whocares2k7:
That's coz you are using Minimal ADB please download my platform tools folder from Pre-requisites section and use that as your ADB folder.. Point the command prompt to this platform-tools folder.

I am waiting here, let me know.[/QUOTE]

I can confirm that using OB's instruction fixed my error as well!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] hayabusa1300cc:
You will have to manually update if you use flash method.

I did manage to enroll before flashing to previous version, then get the update OTA, therefore will receive updates automatically.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] thatotherguy..:
Very nice write up man?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Thank you but would not be possible without the FOTA link and your contribution of Update.zip - - Many thanks for that and looking up to you to help us all here with the next builds too.

Make sure you are using Command Prompt and not PowerShell
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Make sure you are using CMD and not power shell. There must be same basic thing that is being missed here please share a screenshot of your CMD screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] airmaxx23:
I'm currently running into an issue with ADB. When I "adb reboot recovery" my device reboots to recovery but then when I check "adb devices" nothing shows up. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
You mean there is nothing under list of devices ? Before you reboot to recovery when you do ADB devices what does it show ? Did you try changing cable / USB port.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] airmaxx23:
It shows up the first time with adb devices but after rebooting to recovery it doesn't show up. I tried a different cable and port. I'm going to delete and reinstall the drivers.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Really a unique and Weird error. Anyhow try this after rebooting to recovery disconnect the cable from PC wait for few seconds and Plug it back in PC do you hear a connected tone? If you do then try adb devices command again. If nothing shows up still try to see if you can proceed to next step of selecting apply update from ADB .. select that.. then type ADB Devices .. let me know i am online for now.

If you want to do live chat right now I am here: https://tlk.io/xda
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] mellojosh:
You may be skipping the step where you use the volume keys to highlight and select the sideload from adb option on the phone itself after you ran the adb reboot recovery cmd. Use the power button to choose that option, then run the adb sideload update.zip command in cmd screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] airmaxx23:
I wasn't skipping that step, after removing and reinstalling the adb drivers it's now working. Thanks for the great instructions and sorry for wasting your time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Please share the link to drivers that you updated i would like to add it to troubleshoot, not everyone here knows what they are doing so will help to make it more newbie friendly. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] jsminnis:
Can I just flash back to android 10 via odin if I wish?

So.....

I flashed back to android 10 carrier version (I'm on Verizon), just note that I did have to wipe because the phone wouldn't boot into the system using home_csc, so I used csc and userdata to make it as fresh as possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] mellojosh:
I flashed back to ATID after going to one ui 3 beta to check for the banner again with no issues. I flashed with non home csc so everything wiped, which I wanted. I assume flashing back will wipe the phone even with home csc, but maybe someone who has tried that can confirm.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] airmaxx23:
Here you go.

https://samsungusbdrivers.me/samsung-galaxy-note-20-ultra-5g-usb-drivers-download/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] NippleSauce:
Another VVM problem, ehh? Since I've gotten my Note 20 Ultra, I've been using Google Phone... And yeah, Google Phone's voicemail has not worked at all. It keeps throwing these errors at me saying "Unknown Voicemail Number". I checked in the settings and my voicemail number is correct - voicemail just doesn't work at all on this phone for some reason... And I have T-Mo so I instantly uninstalled their VVM app when I first booted the phone. I've tried reinstalling it, but that doesn't work either now =/.

I guess people have to text me instead now...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
Yup, pretty annoying how hard it is to get OEM VVM on Samsung phones. Never had this problem with my One Plus. Guess I'll just use Google voice for my voicmail and be done with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Am i the only one for whom this is working. I am using tmobile Visual voice mail app. It was installed before i sideloaded Beta. I have Unlocked Variant using with Tmobile sim.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
Thats because you are using your carriers VVM app not the OEM built in VVM from Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Please explain how are you guys trying to use the Samsung VVM, I just tried it and it works for me. I opened the dialer keypad>> 3 dots and then Voicemail = Worked. Opened the dialer keypad long press 1 = Worked. Am i missing something that you guys are doing ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
I dont even have an option under the three dots for voicemail, and when I hit 1 it just dials voicemail. Before I had to download Samsung VVM app from the galaxy store, but with the Beta when I try to use the app it it says unsupported and crashes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
So weird, i want to help but beyond the scope of this thread but i will dig more into it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] airmaxx23:
What VVM app were you using? I can't find the Samsung one in the Galaxy Store.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] mellojosh:
It's not in the galaxy store if you are on the beta. Mine showed up under the last supported vzw build, but after the beta I get unsupported error and crashes like everyone else.

I do get a voice-mail option with the 3 dots with a tmo sim in, I don't with a vzw one.

I've added the apk pulled from the last build I had. It was working with Verizon. Doesnt work with ui one 3 though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
Just tried this one as well and can confirm it does not work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
Hmm to me it seems more like Android 11 issue rather than One UI 3 issue. Seems Vzw and ATT have not yet started making their apps compatible with changes in Android 11. Probably thats why they opted out of Android 11 beta as they weren't ready yet. To me it seems as soon as ATT and VZW have their first Android 11 OTA (For whatever device) these issues will go.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Fatmonk8:
You don't understand. It is not ATT or VZW app.is Samsung. We are not using carrier visual voicemail apps we are using the stock Samsung visual voicemail app

Place to add to that I have an unlocked phone I bought straight from Samsung
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] warriorvibhu:
My Bad if there was a problem in understanding from my side, once we understand the problem well we can solve it... So someone above said when they put in Tmobile sim the Voicemail works .. Is that right ?

Also meanwhile did you try using another third party app- this is not a solution but a workaround for the timebeing - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voxist.vm.android

The misunderstanding may have happened coz i do not have Samsung VVM stock app. Even though i bought it unlocked. I never saw that app. May be as soon as i put in my sim it was gone. I installed the one attached a few posts above and it keeps crashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] TechGoon954:
Followed your guide and everything is all good! Thank you [MENTION=587077]warriorvibhu[/MENTION] !