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Tired of waiting on the next beta build, or wait, will there even be another beta release before the Stable Build?! This is what I ran across yesterday and what steps I took to get my SM-S908U on the Stable Build, ending with DWK5.

My apologies, before I proceeded with a post, I wanted to bounce my step by srep guide by one of our forum Moderators and team, because I haven't posted anything decent for awhile. Yeah, it's a long read as it's a bit wordy as this began yesterday as a conversation with one of our Moderator's and team. es

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If you're like me and flashed the U1 firmware to obtain the beta builds, and we're planning on going back to network locked or the stock SM-S908U firmware, ck. out what I found, what I did to get the One UI 6.0 Android 14 Stable Build, DWK5 as showing on the SamFW site.Read my earlier conversation I directed to one of our Moderators and team:XDA Forums

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Recently-Successfully Flashed Stable Build For One U.I. 6.0 Android 14 "DWK5" As Posted On SamFW

ParticipantsevnStevnkarandpr Start dateYesterday at 5:05 PM

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evnStevn

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Yesterday at 5:05 PM

Dear Samsung Mod Team:

I didn't want to duplicate or steal someone else's thunder (so to speak), but glancing at SamFW's site on an unrelated matter I stumbled upon a Stable Build For One UI 6.0 Android 14 Build (the first, I believe) for my handset SM-S908U, ending "DWK5". Although this Stable Build was for AT&T CSC and not specifically for my device as TMB (T-Mobile), drawing on my past encounters with picking my superiors (XDA Developer) brains, using modded-odin (patched, 3-b) and removing my nano-sim card beforehand, I had a successful flash event, even after Odin had me stalled at the beginning with an "analyzing files" notification(on screen msg.), which cleared itself after a few minutes had passed since toggling the start button. At the end, as previously stated I got the green light with the Pass=1/Fail=0 msg., but my device failed loading the Stable Firmware as it reminded me in a recovery screen(not seen b-4 and new to me) that I may need to perform a device factory reset to allow the new update to load, to which I did with the selection right there given to me in recovery. Afterwards, after everything was complete with this new firmware uploading perfectly to my device, I powered down my handset to add my TMB sim card to the mix, and following it's reading my carrier's instructions-configuration, during the reboot process I got the standard T-Mobile boot logo and start-up jingle they're known for. Please see my screenshots I've included to support my findings and show the successful flashing of AT&T's CSC "DWK5" as you can see with the few screenshots I've included supporting my claim of a successful flash of Samsung's Official Firmware DWK5 using Odin (Patched) 3-b to my (USA variant) SM-S908U still with the CSC configured as TMB. Feel free to post my conversation directed at you, if you feel inclined to do so. If not, and you give this conversation I directed at you and your team a green light, please reply to me with any comments you may have to add to it's content and advise me on where I might post for others to see (if applicable).

Many Thanks! es

Note To Any-All (Disclaimer):

We are all adults.here, so please.know this is a try at your own risk step by step process that I had success with. But as we all know, and have in the past read some bad news that one of our comrades at XDA Developers tried something similar and it went sideways and ended up with a bricked device (worst case scenario).We know there is always risk involved with flashing firmware not specifically designed for your device. Proceed if you choose to do so, and remember it's not something you should try before performing a full backup of your data, files, etc. To be really safe, I always perform the.Samsung.Cloud backup.and Google.Drive (for some, it's Google One). Good Luck, and I just finished my Uber-Lyft shift (I call it 3rd shift), so I'll be up for a min to help out where I can and if needed, to help clarify anything on this guide. es