Galaxy S9 SM-G960U (Snapdragon) Engineering ROM

[this.guy.lol]

Question..

Since this is FW and the oem option is present, can this be flashed on a USA model G960U/U1? Further more could it be used to flash SS/FF once a port is made to obtain root? I know the G9600 is a SD model with an unlocked bootloader and it can flash twrp. I know the USA s8 and plus have root and a working SS/FF method. Couldnt the same be applied to our models? I feel root can be obtained if flashing some G9600 firmware. It makes so much sense.

 

[elliwigy]

Since this is FW and the oem option is present, can this be flashed on a USA model G960U/U1? Further more could it be used to flash SS/FF once a port is made to obtain root? I know the G9600 is a SD model with an unlocked bootloader and it can flash twrp. I know the USA s8 and plus have root and a working SS/FF method. Couldnt the same be applied to our models? I feel root can be obtained if flashing some G9600 firmware. It makes so much sense.

no no and no

this firmware doesnt do anything towards a bl unlock.. all ppl really use it for is to bypass frp

we have no form of root so no ss/ff as of now

also, the same methods they use on s8/s8+ do not work on the s9/s9+ or even latest revs for s8/n8

in fact, s8/s8+/n8 never had rootvon oreo..

and lastly, the g9600/g9650 are not the same and are signed using different keys so they cannot be flashed to a g960u/g965u.. thats like 1 of the very first things ppl try lol.. it also is the same for s8/s8+/n8, they cant flash the unlockable firmware either

 

[this.guy.lol]

no no and no

this firmware doesnt do anything towards a bl unlock.. all ppl really use it for is to bypass frp

we have no form of root so no ss/ff as of now

also, the same methods they use on s8/s8+ do not work on the s9/s9+ or even latest revs for s8/n8

in fact, s8/s8+/n8 never had rootvon oreo..

and lastly, the g9600/g9650 are not the same and are signed using different keys so they cannot be flashed to a g960u/g965u.. thats like 1 of the very first things ppl try lol.. it also is the same for s8/s8+/n8, they cant flash the unlockable firmware either

I'm not concerned about a BL unlock, but more a SS/FF port over since the OEM unlock would need to be present as seen in the previous Sammy phones. Where might I be able to buy a SM-G9650? Regretting buying this phone big time lol. Even tho I knew what I was getting into at time of purchase.

 

[Chibisuke1219]

can u???

hi so i was wondering if u could go back to stock still with oem unlock in other words if u could go back to the way ur home screen looked before so that i can have the play store while still having oem unlock is this possible

 

[KC69]

The guy in the utube video is in Dallas. Just called him, im in Conroe. 4 hours away. The SOFTWARE GUY wasnt there. Left my name and number with model of phone. 965u1. We will see if hes legit, IF he calls me back . LOL

 

[GSM CHEN]

you do understand that combination roms are NOT ENG and will not help us in rooting right? Not sure why it keeps popping up but we've been in and out of every combo firmware probably since the S6 and not once has it actually helped to root the device...

s8/s8+ it helped us with SamPWND root but that was only because it was permissive and had dm verity disabled... it didnt actually help to "root" the device since for that we needed an actual ENG firmware and some exploits even then to actually root the device...

ENG firmware will clearly say ENG in its name and if you are able to flash it at all it will typically have su binaries already in the system..

So your title is misleading and inaccurate.. what you guys keep finding (thats all over the internet on various sites) is COMBINATION firmware.. this firmware is a FACTORY binary.. typically ppl use these to bypass frp since adb is enabled on boot as well as to do things with EFS such as sim unlick, read/write NV items, certs, qcn etc etc, thats about all its good for right now...

So theres a few different binaries I'll clarify here:

USER Binary = Basically almost all devices will be on USER binary. This is basically your stock firmware.

FACTORY Binary = This is what you have posted in this thread. Basicaly your COMBINATION firmwares are factory binary. ADB enabled by default, permissive selinux and a few test apks to test things on the device but nothing special that allows root.

USERDEBUG Binary = This would allow root! At least an ADB root shell typically. This will have USERDEBUG in the firmware name. I havent really seen a userdebug firmware probably since Note 7 launch? I'd be VERY surprised if one of these popped up for us but if it does thatd be excellent!

ENG Binary = This would be excellent as well as thered surey be a way to root this. It would have ENG in its name and typically has su binaries in system. These are pretty rare. It was used to create SamPWND for the S8/S8+ but only ever had the rev1 ENG.. Never saw one again and no ENG has surfaced for the Note 8 either.

Typically anyone who gets their hands on a userdebug or eng either its leaked from a samsung employee or someone paid a pretty penny for the files.. They dont usually just pop up on t-flash or gsm firm sites.. 99.9% of the time those sites will just have plain old combo firms which we have plenty of...

Hopefully that clears things up a bit.. dont mean to be negative or shoot hopes down but now hopefully ppl will get out there and search for eng or userdebug firm and maybe we'll get lucky lol

:good:You're always so good

 

[kluongo]

"networking"; a term that contains multiple definitions. In this situation, it might be a partial answer for what we are looking for. So, get out there , meaning (the internet), and do some networking. Find the right person/people, and maybe, just maybe, we obtain what we seek.

 

[Huele Fello]

I'm new to the U version of Samsung devices, since I have a Note 8 F/DS. Meanwhile, my long lost niece is coming to stay with us, and she has a Verizon based S8 U version. Is it possible to unlock this phone and make it work on T-Mobile and better yet, a custom ROM that really works well?

 

[Kdminter]

The guy in the utube video is in Dallas. Just called him, im in Conroe. 4 hours away. The SOFTWARE GUY wasnt there. Left my name and number with model of phone. 965u1. We will see if hes legit, IF he calls me back . LOL

Hey buddy I'm in Conroe also maybe you can leave an email address I could get ahold of you at

 

[17mm]

so to clarify the above posts flashing SM-G960U1_G960U1UEU5CSF1_G960U1OYM5CSF1_USA_5Fil.zip through odin wont give me the oem unlock option? I feel like theirs a way to still root/install twrp on the 960U

 

[elliwigy]

so to clarify the above posts flashing SM-G960U1_G960U1UEU5CSF1_G960U1OYM5CSF1_USA_5Fil.zip through odin wont give me the oem unlock option? I feel like theirs a way to still root/install twrp on the 960U

no.. its same exact thing as U except less bloat..

ik sure theres many ways, just not anything known or public or without needing eng tokens etc etc which is the problem.. that and theres no one even working on it anymore

 

[joeldf]

I feel like theirs a way to still root/install twrp on the 960U

Stand in the long line of others who have "felt" the 960U can still be rooted for the nearly 2 years this phone has been out.

You can be fairly confident that every trick has been tried by now. Pretty sure what you just posted was tried way back in mid 2018.

 

[17mm]

is this legit?
http://fixfirmwares.com/sm-g960u-cf-auto-root/
i feel like its not going to work since it says not confirmed to work but has anyone tried it?

 

[elliwigy]

is this legit?
http://fixfirmwares.com/sm-g960u-cf-auto-root/
i feel like its not going to work since it says not confirmed to work but has anyone tried it?

No.. file might be legit but since bl is locked it's useless and cannot be used.

I recently rooted stock firmware on n960u.. I imagine it will work the same on s9.. patience is key.. I'm getting testers for n9 then once its posted I can prolly make it for s9 also

 

[17mm]

No.. file might be legit but since bl is locked it's useless and cannot be used.

I recently rooted stock firmware on n960u.. I imagine it will work the same on s9.. patience is key.. I'm getting testers for n9 then once its posted I can prolly make it for s9 also

Amazing! Cant wait to see it asap. If you need a tester I can give it a try.

 

[17mm]

root finally

so incase anyone is wondering the root is out
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...s-recoveries--other-development/root-t4041815

 

[joeldf]

Finally. People will be happy.

However, it seems that you need to be on the original OS ... Oreo in this case. How many S9s are still on Oreo at this point?

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[17mm]

Finally. People will be happy.

However, it seems that you need to be on the original OS ... Oreo in this case. How many S9s are still on Oreo at this point?

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actually you dont need to be on oreo, what it means is that it will flash you to oreo stock rooted.
their are a couple of nit picks, battery max set to 80%(which is actually better for your batteries life as you will use like half as many charging cycles charging to 80%) and having to go back to oreo after being used to pie, biometrics not working, and selfie camera problems. But yeah you can flash this on the latest revision, says it works on rev 1 to current, which is 3 i believe. oh and having to boot recovery to boot the os as your partitions will be switched, other than those things is root on snapdragon s9