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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
Her, actually, but I think I can do that.

What's the exact process to go about doing it? I'm more a mixed visual/text learner.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zxalilh:
This should help you. This is basically how you should use Odin by Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
Thank you so much. I'm going to give this a try to see if this works.

One more question: Which CSC on the download page would be the HOME_CSC?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ace2nutzer:
When you unpack the zip, both CSC versions are inside. So you need to load only the HOME_CSC in the CSC BOX in ODIN.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
Okay, thank you!

One more question: The phone was originally unlocked, but the original carrier was ATT, but the SIm card now has my current carrier, Verizon. Which CSC should I download from the page, as I'm not certain which unlocked carrier it should be. My model is G950U1UEU8DUG4, so I'm not sure which carrier I need to go with or if I need a specific download that doesn't have any of the carriers listed or what.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ace2nutzer:
I always use firmware without any branding. Everything works fine. The most important thing is to choose a CSC that is appropriate to your region.

In my case I'm living in germany, so I just use the european / germany version. This is important for the modem and wifi in order to work properly. In the end it doesn't matter which sim card you'll use.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zxalilh:
Before you flash it, make sure it's for the Snapdragon variant of your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
Okay! Which firmware would technically be unbranded, in this case? I'm not sure which ones are which- aside from the ones that have the carrier names obviously in them.

By that I mean, which one with the three letter codes would be the unbranded one?

How do I go about checking that?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zxalilh:
You can pick anything from the link I gave you a few replies before. All of them are for the Snapdragon variant.

The three letter codes are for region and not for carrier if I'm not mistaken.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
Are you sure? Because it seems like quite a few of these letters match up with provider names, like VZW for Verizon Wireless or ATT for AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
I just want to make sure there's not a specific HOME_CSC I need to be using, is all.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Zxalilh:
It shouldn't really matter as long as you flash a American one.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
My phone finally works! I couldn't use the Home_CSC unfortunately, as it didn't solve the problem, but flashing with the other files made it work again!

Unfortunately, all my datga was lost and no recovery tools I've tried to use seems to be able to get any of it back. At least my phone works again, though.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ace2nutzer:
Well, then the /data partition was somehow broken. Likely a filesystem error and therefore the only way to fix it was to format /data partition using the CSC package. Same result you get by wipe data on the recovery. But it was still better to renew the other partition like /system and especially the bootloader was rewritten to the flash memory, making your phone to survive longer until you can't turn it on anymore because bootloader was "deleted" by itself. Yes, those things just happens on flash memory, but not on any good old HDD.

Yeah, you can forget once it gets overwritten with new data.

So now enable USB debugging and make a connection to your PC with ADB. Then next time you can pull all the data with ADB.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
HDDs are still the best data backup media because of data retention time. Even if the drive's interface is damaged the data can be recovered from the disks. If anything goes wrong with a flash drive most times it's game over.

A single flash drive isn't reliable enough particularly if it also has the OS on it. Even if you were using expandable storage as the data drive you still need more redundancy for the critical data.

Always backup critical data regularly and redundantly to at least 2 drives that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. While Androids rarely crash it does happen as does physical damage. Using an SD card as a data drive reduces the risk of data lose but not sufficiently.

I had my N10+ go black while using it a couple weeks ago. All critical data except one app, ColorNote was fully backed up on the SD card.

I lost a year's worth of notes and bookmarks because ColorNote stopped auto backups to the SD card and I failed to detect that🤣 Fortunately it was just a freak battery failure and the data wasn't lost. I promptly backed it up... always check your backups for folder count, file size and readability before disaster strikes to avoid rude surprises.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
I'm a bit bummed out that my data was lost, but hey, at least my phone works!

I've already enabled USB debugging, but I'm not entirely sure how to pull all my data with adb. What all do I have to do with that?

Had I known uninstalling stuff with ADB might've caused that I would've backed up everything beforehand.

At least now I know. I'm still not going to use any of the default back-ups on my phone though, I don't exactly trust major companies with my data. I'd rather pull the data from the phone myself and save it somewhere off my PC.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
It's rather a sobering event.

Edit the wrong thing... and remember dependentcies or you'll end up with a dysfunctional mess. Best to leave the many small Samsung system apps alone. Target outright bloatware and the power hogs.

If you have expandable storage, use it! Get a V-30 rated SanDisk Extreme and use it as a data drive. Format in phone and leave it there; do downloads and up loads through the device only. Never "share" the card with other devices. Do Not encrypt it!!!

Never encrypt or password protect backup data drives!!!

Take some time to devise the folder naming structure for the data drive so it's organized.

Use a prefix in the data files like "Master" to ID them.

If it's not synced to other devices back up by copy/pasting the entire folder to backup.

Never compress or clone data drive content!!!

Only the apps, the download and dcim folders go on internal storage, the left over space can be used as "scratch space". The dcim folder contents can be manually backed up to the data drive. Do Not use "dcim" in the data drive folder name! Rename something like "Master Pictures" instead. You could also allow the cam to write directly to the data drive but I prefer the former personally.

Files in the download folder can be moved to the data drive once vetted free of malware. Best practice to contain them within a folder to protect them and other files! At the very least open jpegs, pngs in the download folder first and watch for any abnormal changes in the download folder. Scripted jpegs are real and insidious; anitvirus frequently fails to detect them. Their damage is generally contained to the folder that file is in with Androids.

Remember to frequently backup contacts, bookmarks, any app that allows backup like Poweramp and anything else you want to backup to the data drive.

Then simply backup the data drive regularly to at least two external drives as I previously described. You may lose some data but never all your data if you do this. You can never have too many backup drives. Time staggering backups to multiple backup drives is another strategy to reduce the risk of any undetected malware in the database.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
This is super helpful, thank you! I have stuff like flash drives and an external hard drive, but I'll have to look into that and see if I can get another external storage like that!

Also thank you to everyone that helped me out, I really appreciate all the effort!

Now I just need to find a list of stuff that's safe to remove without risking a bootloop. I suspect a few packages I uninstalled may have caused it- one being the ant.server package.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ace2nutzer:
Backup with ADB:

adb pull /sdcard backup_sdcard

Restore backup with ADB:

cd backup_sdcard
adb push * /sdcard

Warning:

DO NOT override /sdcard directly because it's a symlink to /storage/emulated/0

Also you would mess it up with the proper permissions.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
There's a problem with this: I don't have an SD card, and there's no place on my phone to put an SD card in.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
OTG flashsticks. Get a fast one. I use them for quick backups.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] A Cool User:
/sdcard is the folder on Android that stores Documents, Downloads, Pictures etc. That folder is not actually used to access files on a uSD card. If you run those commands on your PC, you will get a backup_sdcard folder with your Documents/Pictures/Downloads in it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
When I try to run the command, it keeps saying "adb: not found" or "pull: not found".

I'm definitely planning on it. Just need to find the money for it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] A Cool User:
You have to install ADB... this should help you.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
I already have ADB installed, it still won't let me pull anything. I've used it before when trying to debloat my phone.

That's actually how I ended up in this situation: I found a list of stuff that was supposedly "safe" to uninstall, but turns out some of the stuff in the list was not safe to uninstall.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] A Cool User:
What does just adb return? It may be that you downloaded to a folder and it is not in your PATH
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Post your debloat list, maybe we can spot the cause.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
It also does adb: not found.

The weirdest thing is just yesterday I actually tested to see if it could work by disabling the android easter egg thing and uninstalling it, and it works perfectly fine. It just won't let me pull for some reason.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
Though it's long past due because I had to flash my phone anyway, it'd probably be a good idea to post it here and see what all in the list might've caused my bootloop initially.

I suspect the ant.server package might've been one of the reasons why my phone went into a bootloop before, though.

Here's the list:

How to Remove Samsung Bloatware without Root

Samsung phones and Galaxy Tabs come with lots of preinstalled apps many of which are useless to the end-user. Such apps are called bloatware and because they are installed as system apps, the uninstall option for them remains unavailable. Below is a big list of Samsung bloatware that is safe to...

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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Most of those I leave alone. Clipboard and Edge are very useful and pose no huge security risk if used wisely. I would scrap that list!

Those Bluetooth apps don't consume much resources if bt is off and one those may have caused it. Anything that runs at boot is a possible suspect. Some of those modified the UI and should be left alone. Worse some of the biggest offenders aren't addressed!

Target crapware like FB certainly but be very careful with the many small Samsung system apps! Selectively target the power hogs. Knowing what they do and any dependentcies they have is best.

It's a steep learning curve but it's best if you commit yourself to taking it on. Each user is different; one size doesn't fit all!

Using Package Disabler is a good learning tool for this as it give some guidance. Not thrilled with their latest UI though. I block about 70 apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
It's hard to tell what all goes to what though. I've since found lists that actually tell what each thing goes to and if they're vital or safe to remove, but it's not a complete list of everything and I don't know about what of the rest is safe to remove and what isn't.

I know I don't want Bixby at all on my phone, the only things i use are the calling and text features, the camera, the alarms and the reminders, and I only need to play store because I only play like three games total from time to time. Everything else I don't use.

That being said, I still can't figure out why I can't pull the memory off my phone to save as a back-up, because the only thing I've uninstalled since getting my phone working again was the android easter egg thing as a test. All other commands work except for the pull command.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
There are multiple Bixby apps, might want to keep bixby vision and vision framework.

The alarms just sit there unless being used.

Reminders edit through notification settings if that's the cause.

Turn off Google Play Services when not needed as that will help SOT. Playstore, Gmail, Framework and Background Transport are it's major dependentcies.

Normally I disable all unless needed.

Pull memory? Meaning files/folders?

That debloat list is a mess. Magnifier uses nothing unless in use for example.

This gives you an idea of what the typical SOT for a functional but optimized N10+ is. Both my N10+'s are getting similar SOT.

One reason I run only the Beast...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Celna349:
Oh no no I mean, I use the alarms every day, like I use reminders and all the apps and all of that, I don't want to mess with anything connected to what I use in case it messes anything up.

Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to pull all my memory off my phone with adb. The pull command won't work, as you can see a few messages up above, even though the rest of the commands work.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] Vinno1965:
I am going to install a rom made for the NE - how can I disable the device check.

Please no warnings about bricking etc - just a solution required.

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] Vinno1965:
The

tequilaOS tobacco rom is actually an Android 14 rom and is buttery smooth!​
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] vitox207:
did you manage to install it?
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] Vinno1965:
No sadly.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G] Clyde6790p:
CPU's are different so dont expect anything
[OnePlus 9 Pro] The_Keeper86:
Hey guys!

I've tried several custom roms lately and each time I try to verify my phone number in the Meet app I get "Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again." I even tried adding everything Google including Meet to the deny list on Magisk with the same result.

I rely on Meet for some situations. I could find another alternative but would prefer not to.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Thanks!
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Fishawy:
Try with mobile data not wifi

Try with disabling your adblocker if any

Try uninstalling the app and starting from scratch

Hope these work.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] The_Keeper86:
Thanks for replying!

I tried everything you suggested and nothing worked. Even un-installed Adaway and still same result :/
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Fishawy:
Are you able to verify your number on any other app? WhatsApp or TrueCaller for example? And have you had this issue on stock ROM?

It could be the custom ROM you're using, but I'm not sure.

Sorry I can't be of more assistance.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] The_Keeper86:
Yeah, I can verify it on other apps. Right now on the Evolution X Android 13. It did the same same on Crdroid 13 and 14 and Evolution X 14 all the same thing :/ stock rom it works fine which is weird. I really appreciate the help though!
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Fishawy:
Cheers.

If it works fine on stock, then perhaps you wanna talk to the devs of those ROMs and see if they can provide some advice.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] The_Keeper86:
True I did try in one of the threads. I'll probably have to reach out on Telegram.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] The_Keeper86:
Just wanted to report back that I was about to give up and go back to OOS, then I remembered safetynet fix I flashed that in Magisk rebooted tried again and now it's working!
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Kal-El7:
Hello. I have the exact same problem. Rooted Google Pixel 4a5G on stock ROM. I've used Google Meet & Google Duo on this device as rooted perfectly fine since this device was first released to the world. No issues using Google Duo/Meet WITHOUT SafetNet fix. But all of a sudden I now have the exact same problem as you initially described. I've tried everything except for SafetyNet Fix. What is that, how may I learn the detailed steps to get this and what did I not need to use this before?

The latest version of Google Meet is installed. It works on my other devices but not this Google Pixel 4a5G anymore.

Thank you.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] The_Keeper86:
Hello there!

I'm not sure why this started happening all of a sudden. Has to be something Google did on their end. This is one I used https://github.com/kdrag0n/safetynet-fix/releases just flash it in Magisk. That also allowed for RCS to work on messages as well for me. Hope it works for you.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Appreciative:
@Kal-El7 @The_Keeper86

It is recommended to stop using safetynet fixes as it was deprecated for Google's Play Integrity system. It was also recommended to stop using yasnac and safetynet checker tools and opt for tools that do Play Integrity checking. The ones I use are SPIC (Simple Play Integrity Checker), TB Checker, Play Integrity Check tool and the built in one from play store developer options.

The goal is to get 2/3 passing. Meets Basic Integrity and Meets Device Integrity. These apps all make errors (even the one built into play store) and you may need to run them several times to get them to return the results. If you see all red/no integrity, try again.

The fix for this, that worked for me, was to flash Play Integrity Fix (PIF) version 15.4 module in magisk. Then I followed the directions for installing and running PickAPrint.sh from GitHub. That is a script that will allow you to get a fingerprint automatically and then you check it, if it's good, you press Y. If it's bad, you press N. Good meaning you pass the 2/3 integrity checks above.

Certain kernel names and many fingerprints are banned by Google. Lately, it's been required to restart gms services in between checking too. I will attach links at the bottom.

I recommend pif15.4 because it works for me, you may have success with a different version. PIF 15.5 has reports of bootloops, 15.7 failed for me for whatever reason (maybe user error).

Download PIF15.4 and flash in Magisk:

Release v15.4 · chiteroman/PlayIntegrityFix

Spoof Kernel release name! (uname hook) Xiaomi.eu spoofing apps are now replaced correctly! Fixed BUILD_ID / ID spoof code. Added DEVICE_INITIAL_SDK_INT spoof support from @osm0sis fork! New way to...

github.com

Visit this GitHub and follow instructions for putting the PickAPrint script on device, using termux or your favorite root terminal. Make sure to chmod it +x as you'll need to run it:

GitHub - TheFreeman193/PIFS: A collection of build properties for the PIF module

A collection of build properties for the PIF module - TheFreeman193/PIFS

github.com

Between each automated fingerprint check, you may (sometimes must) need to restart GMS (Google services). I used the following code and put it inside of a new script called killgms.sh and chmod'd it to +x as well. You could add it directly into the PickAPrint script if you wanted. I just chose not to. Drag the left side of termux to open another termux tab. Make sure to su before running either:

{ if pgrep -f com.google.android.gms > /dev/null; then pkill -f com.google.android.gms && echo "com.google.android.gms process killed."; else echo "com.google.android.gms process is not running."; fi; } && { if pgrep -f com.google.android.gms.unstable > /dev/null; then pkill -f com.google.android.gms.unstable && echo "com.google.android.gms.unstable process killed."; else echo "com.google.android.gms.unstable process is not running, no need to kill."; fi; }

Device should show up as Certified in play store About section. You may prefer to use a different method of fingerprint finding and inserting, there are several ways available if you look around GitHub pif fingerprint thra
[OnePlus 9 Pro] The_Keeper86:
Thank you! I didn't know about any of this!
[OnePlus 9 Pro] Valiante:
Wait so Google is not letting me verify my number because my phone is rooted? Is this real life?

Edit: Simply installing Play Integrity Fix from the above mentioned links worked. No messing about the fingerprint required. This is getting ridiculous though.
[OnePlus 9 Pro] TheMystic:
Possible. Google is blocking rooted devices from accessing many of its services, including RCS.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series ROMs, Kernels, Recover] amarithetopg:
and learn to make a .TAR FILE https://download.lineageos.org/devices/gta4lwifi/buildstar file download WARNING Only for wifi
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series ROMs, Kernels, Recover] Oswald Boelcke:
RULES for posting in Development

I know we all have busy lives and don't have time to go through a list of long winded rules, so here's a shortened version to make your life easier Only the following topics are allowed in DEVELOPMENT area: [DEV] - Development for any...

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[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] JohnTheFarm3r:
12.01.2024: LOS20 GSI - October Security Patch

>>>Download link: John's ODIN Flashable LOS20 GSI ROM - Google Drive<<<
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] 213321sadasd22:
Can confirm works on SM-T875
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] margee82:
Does Spen work ? Any extra feature?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Clancee:
does the fingerprint and the Keyboard cover work (if you have it)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] lewmur:
I'm confused. I have an SM-T870 but it is a Tab S7 and not an S7 Plus. I thought the S7 + was an SM-T970. Which one is this ROM for?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Clancee:
there is another build for the plus, this is for the s7... boots and everything for me!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] lewmur:
Downloading now to try it. Need to change the wording under supported devices where is says S7 Plus.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] lewmur:
Got it working. Can we get it rooted by patching the AP file or extracting and patching the boot.img with Magisk?

edit: I went ahead and extracted the boot.img and patched it. Renamed and tarred the patched file and flashed it with Odin. It worked. I now have root.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] VeruCuriousGato:
To the people who tried this rom, how satisfied are you from the performance and general behavior so far ?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Clancee:
very much! only thing i noticed is when i didnt reboot for a few days it did get a little choppy
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] VeruCuriousGato:
Much obliged for the response buddy ! Ill deff try it, since no more official updates for S7.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Johann43750:
Hi JohnTheFarm3r! Thanks for the download description and link, but I have a question. When I download the file I have AP, BL, CSC but not the CP and therefore it gives me an error message. How can I do ? Thank you so much ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] JohnTheFarm3r:
That's kind of self-explanatory. CP is the modem, and this ROM is made for T870, which is the one that doesn't have the modem (SIM CARD/LTE). Try using the CP out of the latest firmware for your specific TAB, although I don't support it and if something goes wrong, it's on you.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] qigoolee:
I don't familiar with flash image of lineage, someone can show a full guide for me? thanks a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Rec] JohnTheFarm3r:
Clue: Read the description.