[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Kleitian:
I apologize if this has been addressed elsewhere already, but I've been hopping all around the forums the last few days without any luck of finding something that addresses my particular situation (and I apologize if this' the wrong place for this too)...

Phone info:

Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 512gb, bought off Amazon.

Model # is SM-N960U

Android 8.1.0

Verizon Branded

It came with a Verizon SIM card, but I already have a Sprint SIM card.

My situation: I have a Sprint branded Samsung Galaxy Note 9, it got damaged, but I didn't want to upgrade to a newer model (for reasons not relevant to this) and for $200 more than the repair costs, I was able to buy the same phone, but the 512gb version...

...So I did.

However, after activating it, which means putting my Sprint SIM card in it, and following all the steps with Sprint, I could receive calls and text-only SMS messages, but I could not get my mobile data to work on the phone and decided to blame the fact that it is Verizon branded* for this 😩

*Sprint Customer Service kept saying I need to reset the PRL, among other things, like I would on a Sprint branded Note 9, but you can't do any of that on one that's Verizon branded; the options/menu in the settings is different 😣

...So, this led me to downloading:

Odin3 v3.14

Sprint Branded Firmware from Updato: https://updato.com/download-samsung-galaxy-note9-firmware/spr/

...Specifically, I downloaded the one dated October 29, 2018 on Updato since it seemed like the closest to what was on the phone... 🧐

...I then turned on USB debugging through the Developer Options (could not find or gain access to the OEM Unlock option though, no matter what I tried, on my phone), rebooted my phone into Download Mode, but did not "proceed" as it were, plugged my phone into my laptop, Open Odin as an Administrator, put the firmware files (i.e., BL, AP, CP, and CSC) in their respective places...

...I picked the CSC, not the Home CSC, for the CSC spot in Odin, in case you were wondering...

...and finally pressed Vol Up to "Proceed," as it were, into Download Mode and clicked start on Odin, which did its thing...

...And, after a bit, I got a green "Pass" in Odin and my phone was now in Recovery Mode, since I left the "Auto Reboot" checked in Odin...

So, I selected "Reboot Now" and... I got the Verizon Splash screen and it was like nothing had happened to the phone... Except... My Sprint Mobile Data now works on the phone... 🙃

Now, I could technically live with this and begin transferring my data from my old Sprint branded Note 9 to this new Verizon branded one, now that the mobile data works, but there are WAY to many smaller annoyances with the new phone (like how one updates the PRL) that I was hoping to fix by rebranding it as a Sprint Note 9 via Odin 😩

...So, any advice on what I should do?

Also, I'm not married to Oreo either, I just went with that because it is what the new phone has on it as my old phone is running Android 10 with One UI 2.5... And I figured I'd update the new phone to that, via OTA, once it was rebranded too... 🤔

Just clarify:

-Is "rebranding" possible with my Note 9?

-What can I do to make it happen or what have I done that I could do differently to make it happen?