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[Q] Note 3 N900W8 soft bricked, backup not working.. can't find a compatible firmware

I'm with Bell (Canada.) I was hesitant to root this device as it's a pretty significant investment, but I have rooted my original note with few issues, so I figured it should work as long as I follow every step carefully. Well unfortunately, upon first trying to root it, apps would start updating right at bootup, and SuperSU continuously crashed. So I decided I was just going to restore it to my original state and be done with it for now. Nope. Once I did this, the phone would just enter a boot cycle. (How does restoring my backup place me into a boot cycle?)
The only SM-N900W8 firmware downloads I can find are for south american regions... I have tried one of them and it failed to install. I am a bit panicked at the moment. Is there some crucial step I'm missing here?

Apra24 said:
I'm with Bell (Canada.) I was hesitant to root this device as it's a pretty significant investment, but I have rooted my original note with few issues, so I figured it should work as long as I follow every step carefully. Well unfortunately, upon first trying to root it, apps would start updating right at bootup, and SuperSU continuously crashed. So I decided I was just going to restore it to my original state and be done with it for now. Nope. Once I did this, the phone would just enter a boot cycle. (How does restoring my backup place me into a boot cycle?)
The only SM-N900W8 firmware downloads I can find are for south american regions... I have tried one of them and it failed to install. I am a bit panicked at the moment. Is there some crucial step I'm missing here?
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have the same issue a man on xda helped me to get a nandroodmfrom is phone now my phone boot but no network cause i force flash the south america modem, and i have error msg. process system in not reponding and it boot. do u have an errormmsg too?

Yorgo1982 said:
have the same issue a man on xda helped me to get a nandroodmfrom is phone now my phone boot but no network cause i force flash the south america modem, and i have error msg. process system in not reponding and it boot. do u have an errormmsg too?
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I got an error message trying to flash a SAM firmware. It would just say FAILED in red letters. I'm going to try the Mexico one next, and hopefully it will work. I'm hoping someone could upload a working backup from their phone.

Apra24 said:
I got an error message trying to flash a SAM firmware. It would just say FAILED in red letters. I'm going to try the Mexico one next, and hopefully it will work. I'm hoping someone could upload a working backup from their phone.
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wait sammobile if u r with rogers bell telus fido vmc koodo, and if with other carrier contact them with ur phone model and serial num so they will upload it ..

Apra24 said:
I'm with Bell (Canada.) I was hesitant to root this device as it's a pretty significant investment, but I have rooted my original note with few issues, so I figured it should work as long as I follow every step carefully. Well unfortunately, upon first trying to root it, apps would start updating right at bootup, and SuperSU continuously crashed. So I decided I was just going to restore it to my original state and be done with it for now. Nope. Once I did this, the phone would just enter a boot cycle. (How does restoring my backup place me into a boot cycle?)
The only SM-N900W8 firmware downloads I can find are for south american regions... I have tried one of them and it failed to install. I am a bit panicked at the moment. Is there some crucial step I'm missing here?
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Did you restore from CWM/TWRP?

Pikezer1337 said:
Did you restore from CWM/TWRP?
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TRWP. I'm in the process of uploading a zip of my backup through hotfile, if anyone else who is having the same problem would want to try it out..

Apra24 said:
TRWP. I'm in the process of uploading a zip of my backup through hotfile, if anyone else who is having the same problem would want to try it out..
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If you restored through TWRP there is a good chance that you are softbricked. There are restoring issues that mess with the system partition.

Update: I was able to flash the tar file from inside the zip of mexican firmware through odin (I was trying to install the zip through TWRM before... perhaps you need to install stock firmwares through odin? It's been a while.)
It's not rooted, and the icons are all different looking... but it's back in working condition

Apra24 said:
Update: I was able to flash the tar file from inside the zip of mexican firmware through odin (I was trying to install the zip through TWRM before... perhaps you need to install stock firmwares through odin? It's been a while.)
It's not rooted, and the icons are all different looking... but it's back in working condition
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can u give the file name?
plz

Yorgo1982 said:
can u give the file name?
plz
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I am using the TCE (Mexican) firmware from this link (It won't let me post links since I'm a newly registered account on these forums, but if you google "n900w8 firmware site:samsungis.com" it will be the first result)
I unzipped the file and flashed the tar file within using odin.

Apra24 said:
I am using the TCE (Mexican) firmware from this link (It won't let me post links since I'm a newly registered account on these forums, but if you google "n900w8 firmware site:samsungis.com" it will be the first result)
I unzipped the file and flashed the tar file within using odin.
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Not working having same prob and same msg pop up. Means my phone is a factory damaged. And since i rooted it we will see what they will do at sammy lol

Yorgo1982 said:
Not working having same prob and same msg pop up. Means my phone is a factory damaged. And since i rooted it we will see what they will do at sammy lol
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You know what.. Me being a dumbass tried again to root it after restoring it to the mexican firmware, and now I have the same problem. And now the restore isn't working this time. Why did it work once and not again? Who knows? I just keep trying to factory reset and reflash the firmware, but I'm getting nothing but bootloops.

Could this be a Knox created problem? The reason I say this is you were able to restore a "new" (unknown to Knox) firmware, but it failed on the second time (as it is now no longer newer). I wonder if you were able to find a firmware with a later number (ex ...H2 rather than ...H1) it would install?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317

Dumbo53 said:
Could this be a Knox created problem? The reason I say this is you were able to restore a "new" (unknown to Knox) firmware, but it failed on the second time (as it is now no longer newer). I wonder if you were able to find a firmware with a later number (ex ...H2 rather than ...H1) it would install?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
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I'm wondering if the official Bell/Rogers firmware will be available any time soon? Does it typically get released soon after the phone launch, or are they withholding it for some reason?

Apra24 said:
You know what.. Me being a dumbass tried again to root it after restoring it to the mexican firmware, and now I have the same problem. And now the restore isn't working this time. Why did it work once and not again? Who knows? I just keep trying to factory reset and reflash the firmware, but I'm getting nothing but bootloops.
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I was abe to load the peru (SAM) version on my device with no problem, i am with WIND however but under networks i now have lte as an option as before i did not. i did not just download the kernal i download the stock firmware. do a factory rest after the odin process is done.

eklipse1 said:
I was abe to load the peru (SAM) version on my device with no problem, i am with WIND however but under networks i now have lte as an option as before i did not. i did not just download the kernal i download the stock firmware. do a factory rest after the odin process is done.
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I was trying the Peru one for a while, but it kept hanging up during the bootup. The message was in a foreign language, but I'm assuming it was "initializing". It would initialize for about 3 minutes then an error message would pop up saying something is not responding.

Did you try recovery factory reset right after Odin does the root and installs the files?
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

eklipse1 said:
Did you try recovery factory reset right after Odin does the root and installs the files?
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Well I have been trying to. When I flash the firmware in odin, it reinstalls the stock recovery mod. Right after flashing firmware, it won't go into recovery mode on the first boot (first does some android robot install thing, then boots up). I attempted to install the TWRP recovery directly after the firmware, and then booting directly into recovery to factory reset, but I'm still getting a boot loop.

Apra24 said:
You know what.. Me being a dumbass tried again to root it after restoring it to the mexican firmware, and now I have the same problem. And now the restore isn't working this time. Why did it work once and not again? Who knows? I just keep trying to factory reset and reflash the firmware, but I'm getting nothing but bootloops.
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I think due of the lock. We are not free as b4 to flash anyrom. 2day im shipping my phone to samsung rooted lol how gr8 is that lol

Yorgo1982 said:
I think due of the lock. We are not free as b4 to flash anyrom. 2day im shipping my phone to samsung rooted lol how gr8 is that lol
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do they know it's rooted/void? Or did you somehow not trigger the knox/warranty void switch? I may just have to do the same thing...

Stock Firmware for L29C567? Phone soft bricked!

I was installing TWRP and superuser and something failed. Now the phone soft resets and bounces between TWRP and Huawei eRecovery. Does anyone have a L29C567 firmware I can flash? I've done some searching and there doesn't seem to be any sources for the firmware yet. Just trying to get the phone working again.
I think I could use FunkyHuawei if they had the firmware but I don't believe they do yet.
Edit: Looks like I put this in the wrong sub forum, sorry

Please be patient. Soon enough it will be available.

JJBTEXAS said:
I was installing TWRP and superuser and something failed. Now the phone soft resets and bounces between TWRP and Huawei eRecovery. Does anyone have a L29C567 firmware I can flash? I've done some searching and there doesn't seem to be any sources for the firmware yet. Just trying to get the phone working again.
I think I could use FunkyHuawei if they had the firmware but I don't believe they do yet.
Edit: Looks like I put this in the wrong sub forum, sorry
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When that happened to me I flashed the update_full_hw_spcseas.zip folder through dload (vol up + down + power) to get the phone booting again.

Try this guide,it will change ur region to Asia C636 but the phone will work 100%
You can rebrand later when official USA version is available.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-rebrand-chinese-al00-mate9-to-t3554656/page4

gm007 said:
Try this guide,it will change ur region to Asia C636 but the phone will work 100%
You can rebrand later when official USA version is available.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-rebrand-chinese-al00-mate9-to-t3554656/page4
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Yes I did this last night but now I'm stuck on B110. When I tried to flash update_full_hw_spcseas.zip my update restore failed and I got stuck in the bootloop again. I was able to dload B110 again so the phone is running but not sure how to get to B136 or B138 or even B158.

JJBTEXAS said:
Yes I did this last night but now I'm stuck on B110. When I tried to flash update_full_hw_spcseas.zip my update restore failed and I got stuck in the bootloop again. I was able to dload B110 again so the phone is running but not sure how to get to B136 or B138.
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Do you have all apps and themes installed or they are missing?
To update use system update,try with wifi and 4g, there is 3 dots in the upper right click download latest package.

gm007 said:
Do you have all apps and themes installed or they are missing?
To update use system update,try with wifi and 4g, there is 3 dots in the upper right click download latest package.
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I lost all the google apps and the keyboard when I tried to updated from B110 to B136 using step 7 "flash hw_data" but got it all back when with dloading back to B110.
I'm trying the updater now and it seems to be updating to B158! will update.

Update worked and I'm now on B158 which is awesome! The only thing that's odd now is that my MEID is 000000000000. I'm not sure if that's a big deal.
To update use system update,try with wifi and 4g, there is 3 dots in the upper right click download latest package.
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Any reason to use steps 5 - 9 instead of doing the update from B110?

JJBTEXAS said:
Update worked and I'm now on B158 which is awesome! The only thing that's odd now is that my MEID is 000000000000. I'm not sure if that's a big deal.
Any reason to use steps 5 - 9 instead of doing the update from B110?
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Step 5 to 9 is to restore the Missing application and data i recommend do this steps again.
If you have boot loop boot to stock recovery and do factory reset.

gm007 said:
Step 5 to 9 is to restore the Missing application and data i recommend do this steps again.
If you have boot loop boot to stock recovery and do factory reset.
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Hmm. I don't think I'm missing any applications though. I have all the google apps, which is what I lost last time I tried.

JJBTEXAS said:
Hmm. I don't think I'm missing any applications though. I have all the google apps, which is what I lost last time I tried.
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Did you tried a factory reset from settings?
If that didn't restore ur meid than maybe you need to flash the public data zip,will give you link later.

JJBTEXAS said:
Hmm. I don't think I'm missing any applications though. I have all the google apps, which is what I lost last time I tried.
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sorry but can i ask if you have restore the oeminfo to c636?

eddmecha said:
sorry but can i ask if you have restore the oeminfo to c636?
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Yes. I did the following:
* Unlock bootloader
* install twrp
1- restore oeminfo for C636 http://www.mediafire.com/?szws87sk7rrkqr6
2- download c636 offline firmware,and flash it from an sd card using 3 buttons method by dload folder. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mat...4/post70465883
3- factory reset from settings.
4-use system update to get the latest firmware.
Basically gm007's but skipping a few steps
The end result was a seemingly complete L29C636B158.

gm007 said:
Did you tried a factory reset from settings?
If that didn't restore ur meid than maybe you need to flash the public data zip,will give you link later.
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Yes, I believe I did. Is there any reason for me to fix the meid?

JJBTEXAS said:
Yes, I believe I did. Is there any reason for me to fix the meid?
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If everything is working fine no need, maybe later if you decide to rebrand to original usa version.

gm007 said:
If everything is working fine no need, maybe later if you decide to rebrand to original usa version.
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That's what I was thinking. I might try another factory reset just to test it.

JJBTEXAS said:
That's what I was thinking. I might try another factory reset just to test it.
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Could be cause u skiped step 5 there is a mismatch in system files.
The update you got via system update is a small update or full firmware?

gm007 said:
Could be cause u skiped step 5 there is a mismatch in system files.
The update you got via system update is a small update or full firmware?
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Reset didn't solve it. I think the update was over 2gb so full firmware.

ajsmsg78 said:
When that happened to me I flashed the update_full_hw_spcseas.zip folder through dload (vol up + down + power) to get the phone booting again.
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hi bro how do u manage that can u full explain ?

Sorry to resurrect the old thread but I am having the same problem with meid number all zeros. The phone seems to work fine except that I cannot get LTE or 4G on certain provider's. Mine is also the US version. What did you do to fix this issue?

Failed to update Zenfone 3 ZE552KL for Nougat 7.0

I have bootloader unlocked, I downloaded nougat 7.0 firmware and tried to update manually, everything installs normally, but at the time of calling it says that the system is corrupted.
I already tried to put the boot and recovery of the version 7.0, already tried to put of the old, but always of the same thing, only version that works is previousor, someone knows how to do?

luizflb said:
I have bootloader unlocked, I downloaded nougat 7.0 firmware and tried to update manually, everything installs normally, but at the time of calling it says that the system is corrupted.
I already tried to put the boot and recovery of the version 7.0, already tried to put of the old, but always of the same thing, only version that works is previousor, someone knows how to do?
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Whats the link for the manual download, ill experiment with it when i can update

Sm0k3r83 said:
Whats the link for the manual download, ill experiment with it when i can update
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i used this link: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Ze...ser.zip?_ga=1.245707268.1656347377.1488140054

Finished the update, all went well. Was a little laggy at first, so i cleaned the cache. Then rooted. Everything seems to be fine for me

same issue here. I can't update both with trwp and stock recovery. Originally my zenfone 3 was TIM SKU. Should be that the reason?

Hai.... someone could help me, I need recovery.image for asus ze520kl

zulfikarbugis said:
Hai.... someone could help me, I need recovery.image for asus ze520kl
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mega.nz/#F!ok0V0RIA!5WKtHe98opzjVI3NPbM7Ww

Nobody knows a solution? I have tried to change the reocvery and the boot to the nougat version, and install the firmware manually, everything installs normally without errors, but when it connects it appears the following message "your device software can not be checked for corruption, Please lock the bootloader".
The cell phone is just that and I have to go back to the previous version!
I already took root, xposed and everything, and it always gives the same thing!

luizflb said:
Nobody knows a solution? I have tried to change the reocvery and the boot to the nougat version, and install the firmware manually, everything installs normally without errors, but when it connects it appears the following message "your device software can not be checked for corruption, Please lock the bootloader".
The cell phone is just that and I have to go back to the previous version!
I already took root, xposed and everything, and it always gives the same thing!
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Same issue here =(

luizflb said:
Nobody knows a solution? I have tried to change the reocvery and the boot to the nougat version, and install the firmware manually, everything installs normally without errors, but when it connects it appears the following message "your device software can not be checked for corruption, Please lock the bootloader".
The cell phone is just that and I have to go back to the previous version!
I already took root, xposed and everything, and it always gives the same thing!
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Updating thru TWRP results in an Error 7.

mxdxl said:
Updating thru TWRP results in an Error 7.
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You did not understand, I installed the original recovery, both the last version of 6.0 and the version of 7.0, all install the update without error, but when it goes online does not work and I have to go back to the previous version

Raw firmware
I have the same issue. My phone was branded "tim italy". When i bought it, I flashed the WW version via asus flash tool, and I'm currently able to update till the last M version, which is the ......152.
If i try to update to Android N, my phone will not boot, giving me the corruption message and shutting down after 10 seconds. I also tried to perform the dm restore procedure; the dm error disappeared but the system is stuck on the Asus boot screen
I believe that the only solution is to flash a Nougat RAW firmware via asus Flash tool. Does Anyone have a download link for the N version ?

I have the same problem .. is there who can help?

`same problem can't update to nougat but my error is signature verification
hope someone can help us both
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Sm0k3r83 said:
Finished the update, all went well. Was a little laggy at first, so i cleaned the cache. Then rooted. Everything seems to be fine for me
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Did you unlocked before updating?

same problem here....i downloaded the update and put it in internal storage...it automatically detected system update but when i try to update it it failed during installation....anyone help pls

mxdxl said:
Updating thru TWRP results in an Error 7.
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if you want to update with twrp you must modify the update-script file placed in
UL-ASUS_Z012D-WW-14.2015.1701.8-user/META-INF/com/google/android
i have uploaded my one, if you can't modify the file you can download it and replace it in zip file

ExperienceTesla said:
if you want to update with twrp you must modify the update-script file placed in
UL-ASUS_Z012D-WW-14.2015.1701.8-user/META-INF/com/google/android
i have uploaded my one, if you can't modify the file you can download it and replace it in zip file
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This works well? I have unlocked the bootloader and root my device. if this works for it?

zulfikarbugis said:
This works well? I have unlocked the bootloader and root my device. if this works for it?
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The solution to the picture is Flash through the course

JadeKubPom said:
The solution to the picture is Flash through the course
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I've done this but still fails. My phone will not boot, giving me the corruption message and shutting down after 10 seconds.

zulfikarbugis said:
I've done this but still fails. My phone will not boot, giving me the corruption message and shutting down after 10 seconds.
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mine does the same even with the right update-script.
When i try to update using stock recovery i get failed signature message

mha-al00coob211

Saw this firmware update mha-al00coob211 on firmware finder.... Someone has tried this?

downloading right now, it should be installed in a few

I downloaded, it was weird because the update started at 500 mb then asked me 4 times for package updated approval and ended up in a 3 gb download which failed authorization and was deleted, I couldn't do anything about it. will try it again tomorrow

My mate 9 had been updated to B211 yesterday.
Did this way: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108

Thanks, but I'm not rooted yet

vuhongduong said:
My mate 9 had been updated to B211 yesterday.
Did this way: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108
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Any changes? Changelist of b211 doesn't say much

jona_baires said:
Any changes? Changelist of b211 doesn't say much
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Very smooth, better battery and perfect image quality

vuhongduong said:
Very smooth, better battery and perfect image quality
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how big was the download for you?

ilbambino said:
how big was the download for you?
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Download here, I got 3 packages with about 2.5Gb.
http://hwmt.ru/hwmtsite/firmware-database/?firmware_model=MHA-AL00&firmware_page=0

hmmm something is wrong with my device then, I'm using firmware update app and for some reason ONCE i click download B211 firmware I got 9 patch updates for 520 mb each giving me a total of 4.57 gb downloaded, it failed download at 90% and have to switch from wifi to cellular download and then resumes but when finishes download it fails update saying is an unauthorized package and it gets deleted, tried downloading full ota as well with same results but in this case the total size is 4.79gb, see attachments for reference.

tried again today and still update failed on me again
does anybody knows how to fix this?

ilbambino said:
tried again today and still update failed on me again
does anybody knows how to fix this?
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It can't be fixed literally.
You have two options:
1. Wait when Huawei will authorize this update
2. Force update via recovery (must unlock bootloader and do factory reset while processing)

ilbambino said:
Thanks, but I'm not rooted yet
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Basically you just unlock bootloader and oem, flash twrp and use the force update guide. Your bootloader will be locked when its done.

Is there still a problem of notification in this version?

Yes! I tried several times this morning (OTA and FullOTA) without any luck. Still authentication error.
It seems we have to wait...

I got b213 installed over the night in my cellphone, only problem so far is all my gapps stopped working I needed to run gms installer to reinstall all google apps again do you know why is this happening every time a big OTA is installed?

ATT //N950U\\ Stock N950USQS3BRB2 Odin Files

Stock Nougat N950USQS3BRB2 Odin files for AT&T NOTE 8
Model: SM-N950U
Model Name: Galaxy Note 8
Country: USA
Version: Android Nougat 7.1.1
Security Patch Level: February 1st, 2018
Product Code: ATT
PDA: N950USQS3BRB2
CSC: N950UOYN3BRB2
Download here: N950USQS3BRB2

Thank you for posting this. I was hoping when my phone said there was an update today that it would be Oreo. No such luck. Thanks for the upload though.

AllTheWay said:
Thank you for posting this. I was hoping when my phone said there was an update today that it would be Oreo. No such luck. Thanks for the upload though.
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It could be close, but you know how that rolls :silly:

Downgrade from 8 to 7.1.1
bboii86 said:
Stock Nougat N950USQS3BRB2 Odin files for AT&T NOTE 8
Model: SM-N950U
Model Name: Galaxy Note 8
Country: USA
Version: Android Nougat 7.1.1
Security Patch Level: February 1st, 2018
Product Code: ATT
PDA: N950USQS3BRB2
CSC: N950UOYN3BRB2
Can I use this download to downgrade from N950USQU2CQL7 (Oreo) back to 7.1.1? The boot loader is 2 going to 3. Will this break my future OWA updates from ATT?
Thanks for any help, because I'm confused.
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tsquareweb72 said:
bboii86 said:
Stock Nougat N950USQS3BRB2 Odin files for AT&T NOTE 8
Model: SM-N950U
Model Name: Galaxy Note 8
Country: USA
Version: Android Nougat 7.1.1
Security Patch Level: February 1st, 2018
Product Code: ATT
PDA: N950USQS3BRB2
CSC: N950UOYN3BRB2
Can I use this download to downgrade from N950USQU2CQL7 (Oreo) back to 7.1.1? The boot loader is 2 going to 3. Will this break my future OWA updates from ATT?
Thanks for any help, because I'm confused.
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Yes, you can use this and flash back to Nougat.
Yes, this is bootloader version 3, so you won't be able to flash back to any previous build in bootloader version 2.
No, it won't break any future OTA updates. If you do experience any problems with OTA updates, I do have them available to flash manually, if needed.
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It worked!
bboii86 said:
tsquareweb72 said:
Yes, you can use this and flash back to Nougat.
Yes, this is bootloader version 3, so you won't be able to flash back to any previous build in bootloader version 2.
No, it won't break any future OTA updates. If you do experience any problems with OTA updates, I do have them available to flash manually, if needed.
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I installed it and as soon as it booted (and I got through all of the setup), it said there was an OTA update. I installed it and now I'm back to a functional phone with the latest OTA update!
Thank you!
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tsquareweb72 said:
bboii86 said:
I installed it and as soon as it booted (and I got through all of the setup), it said there was an OTA update. I installed it and now I'm back to a functional phone with the latest OTA update!
Thank you!
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Your welcome!
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I cant get this to download. Every time it is corrupt or the files have errors and will not load up to Odin. I've tried different browser, different pcs. Nothing works. What am I doing wrong?

Kakarot2614 said:
I cant get this to download. Every time it is corrupt or the files have errors and will not load up to Odin. I've tried different browser, different pcs. Nothing works. What am I doing wrong?
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You mean the link isn't working for you?

No, I dont think so. I've tried to download it 20 times already. First time I downloaded, it says download finished. Then when i went to unzip it, there was 5 files and I got some sort of error unzipping on 2 of the 5 files. So I downloaded it again, this time I only got 2 of the 5 files with another error. Redownloaded, got 5 files, error unzipping. Tried different download managers, different browsers.... I'm lost......

Kakarot2614 said:
No, I dont think so. I've tried to download it 20 times already. First time I downloaded, it says download finished. Then when i went to unzip it, there was 5 files and I got some sort of error unzipping on 2 of the 5 files. So I downloaded it again, this time I only got 2 of the 5 files with another error. Redownloaded, got 5 files, error unzipping. Tried different download managers, different browsers.... I'm lost......
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Hmm, weird. No one else encountered this problem. I'm going to have to upload a new file link.

I am a Noob in odin. So do I just flash those files BL CSC ETC Into odin and thats it? I know how it works .. but I do not know which files to flash. I am in AT&T Note 8.

Cool Person said:
I am a Noob in odin. So do I just flash those files BL CSC ETC Into odin and thats it? I know how it works .. but I do not know which files to flash. I am in AT&T Note 8.
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Make sure your phone is in download mode. I'm about to give this a go when I get home tonight. There are lots of little things about Oreo that I don't like.
Should be flashing all files that match up with the slots in Odin. I don't think the HomeCSC is absolutely needed (I believe it preserves your data, not sure). I've never used it before. Just know this will erase everything on your device.

My phone is currently bricked, or at least I believe so. It was bricked before and I flashed a different firmware, and after I had it working I upgraded all the updates through the phone to Oreo, from Nougat 7.1.1, and then tried to root it which was stupid on my part, now the firmware that un-bricked my phone won't flash again and it stops after it says xbl.elf. Also on my phone after it fails it says something about SW Rew 3 > binary 2 or something along those lines. I believe this is happening because the firmware I am trying to flash that worked before is now older or something, and right now I am downloading this firmware to try it out.
I have tried flashing this onto the phone, the first time everything went fine, but then when the android came up it said Error..., then it just goes to the charging circle but it doesn't show what my battery is at, and also what I have noticed is my phone will not go into download mode or do anything unless it's plugged in, I have no idea what to do as of right now.

jack man said:
Make sure your phone is in download mode. I'm about to give this a go when I get home tonight. There are lots of little things about Oreo that I don't like.
Should be flashing all files that match up with the slots in Odin. I don't think the HomeCSC is absolutely needed (I believe it preserves your data, not sure). I've never used it before. Just know this will erase everything on your device.
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Ok let me know how it goes.

Cool Person said:
Ok let me know how it goes.
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Had a couple of scares but it worked fine.
1. After selecting the files in Odin, it took a while for a couple of the files to populate into the slot. Wasn't expecting it to take so long to analyze the files.
2. After it finished, there was a pause at 32% on the phone saying there was an error. After a minute or so it rebooted.
3. When it rebooted it went to a screen saying the phone was encrypted and to enter my password. I had never encrypted the phone, plus, I had done a complete factory reset before flashing in Odin.
The solution to fix this was to power off, boot to recovery, factory reset and clear cache. It booted up fine after that.
Now I'm back to what I wanted. I had purchased Package Disabler a while back so I first installed that and disabled software update so it won't upgrade to Oreo.

jack man said:
Had a couple of scares but it worked fine.
1. After selecting the files in Odin, it took a while for a couple of the files to populate into the slot. Wasn't expecting it to take so long to analyze the files.
2. After it finished, there was a pause at 32% on the phone saying there was an error. After a minute or so it rebooted.
3. When it rebooted it went to a screen saying the phone was encrypted and to enter my password. I had never encrypted the phone, plus, I had done a complete factory reset before flashing in Odin.
The solution to fix this was to power off, boot to recovery, factory reset and clear cache. It booted up fine after that.
Now I'm back to what I wanted. I had purchased Package Disabler a while back so I first installed that and disabled software update so it won't upgrade to Oreo.
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So now you are in Oreo?

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So now you are in Oreo?
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No. Read my last sentence in my last post. I did all this so I could go back to Nougat and stay there by disabling the software update. I did not like Oreo. I didn't like the way notifications were changed for Oreo. Badges were tied to status bar notifications, unlike Nougat.
Plus, my phone didn't feel as smooth in Oreo and my battery life was worse.
I'm staying on Nougat for a while.

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No. Read my last sentence in my last post. I did all this so I could go back to Nougat and stay there by disabling the software update. I did not like Oreo. I didn't like the way notifications were changed for Oreo. Badges were tied to status bar notifications, unlike Nougat.
Plus, my phone didn't feel as smooth in Oreo and my battery life was worse.
I'm staying on Nougat for a while.
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I will propablu upgrade to android P.
If it gets a major design change.
Is Ui in Oreo almost the same as noughat?
By the way is your Phone Unlocked?

Cool Person said:
I will propablu upgrade to android P.
If it gets a major design change.
Is Ui in Oreo almost the same as noughat?
By the way is your Phone Unlocked?
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My phone is not unlocked. The UI in Nougat and Oreo are very much the same. There are some features that are different to each one.
I don't see how you can upgrade to Android P. Oreo for Samsung was just released back in March. Unless there's something I don't know, P won't be released for this phone for quite a while. But I hope I'm wrong about that.