[INFO] [Exynos] Note 8 - Exynos - N950F/FD - OEM Unlock Option available?

[puddingoz]

Finally out of jail exactly 7 days, 168 hours it automatically appears, them OEM option. Now I have rooted my phone and installed Dr ketan's Rom and patched it. Its working perfectly now.. Just that when I restart my phone there is a red sentence on top saying kernel is not seandroid enforcing or something..

Nothing to worry about but if you find it annoying,flash Iron kernel followed by magisk and it's gone.

 

[davidof]

288 hours and oem not back .


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[desmond462]

So i have on issue with my camera, it keep saying camera failed,so i want to factory reset in settings, so am wondering if i will lose oem unlock for the next 7 days?, even though i did flash the patch for oem issue by dr.

 

[sefrcoko]

So i have on issue with my camera, it keep saying camera failed,so i want to factory reset in settings, so am wondering if i will lose oem unlock for the next 7 days?, even though i did flash the patch for oem issue by dr.

I don't think you'll get it back waiting longer. Have you already tried a reset or flashing original stock firmware?

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So i have on issue with my camera, it keep saying camera failed,so i want to factory reset in settings, so am wondering if i will lose oem unlock for the next 7 days?, even though i did flash the patch for oem issue by dr.

If you reset then the patch is gone. If you have OEM issue device then you may have to wait 7 days again.

 

[naef]

288 hours and oem not back .
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my 256 hours - not See Oem :crying:

 

[davidof]

Oem I will never come back. it's a false information that he returns after 7 days. If it were true, everyone would come back. And if it does not come back 7 days, there is nothing to it. the reason is different. And someone has come up with 7 days and everyone believes in it and lives in hope for the next weeks. This is my second phone. I sold the previous one and bought a new one. I had rom renovate 2.3, infiniti tnt and it was ok. I installed dr.ketan rom and oem disappeared. in earlier I had no problem with oem with a second phone. And now I will have to sell a second phone. because oem will not come back.

 

[ucevik]

Oem I will never come back. it's a false information that he returns after 7 days. If it were true, everyone would come back. And if it does not come back 7 days, there is nothing to it. the reason is different. And someone has come up with 7 days and everyone believes in it and lives in hope for the next weeks. This is my second phone. I sold the previous one and bought a new one. I had rom renovate 2.3, infiniti tnt and it was ok. I installed dr.ketan rom and oem disappeared. in earlier I had no problem with oem with a second phone. And now I will have to sell a second phone. because oem will not come back.

My phone had had the OEM issue. When I got the switch I rooted the phone and flashed Dr. Ketan's ROM exactly following his instructions. I have been using Dr. Ketan's ROM without any problem since then.

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[Zayatoshi]

Hi. On my Note 8 Oreo has definitely solved the problem of the invisible OEM. After my MAJ OTA he was still there, even after several reboots. I reset my phone after an oreo flash via Odin, for a clean installation, and the OEM was still visible to be the first shot. A friend had the same problem as me and Oréo also solved his problem. I also read on other forum several posts that went in this direction.

 

[davidof]

My phone had had the OEM issue. When I got the switch I rooted the phone and flashed Dr. Ketan's ROM exactly following his instructions. I have been using Dr. Ketan's ROM without any problem since then.

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My phone NO had the OEM issue. Im flasch other roms and no oem issue.
If I knew that the rom would do a problem with me, I would follow the instructions. earlier I had no problems with other roms. It does not change the fact that oem does not come back after 7 days and will not come back.

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---------- Post added at 08:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:39 AM ----------

Hi. On my Note 8 Oreo has definitely solved the problem of the invisible OEM. After my MAJ OTA he was still there, even after several reboots. I reset my phone after an oreo flash via Odin, for a clean installation, and the OEM was still visible to be the first shot. A friend had the same problem as me and Oréo also solved his problem. I also read on other forum several posts that went in this direction.

Previously you had a problem with oem? he disappeared? And after the installation, oero appeared?

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[Zayatoshi]

My phone NO had the OEM issue. Im flasch other roms and no oem issue.
If I knew that the rom would do a problem with me, I would follow the instructions. earlier I had no problems with other roms. It does not change the fact that oem does not come back after 7 days and will not come back.

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---------- Post added at 08:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:39 AM ----------

Previously you had a problem with oem? he disappeared? And after the installation, oero appeared?

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Yes.

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[davidof]

Yes.

OEM NOT BACK AFTER CLEAN INSTAL OREO.

 

[PlutoDelic]

What brings it back and what get's rid of it, especially if you are completely stock during any time of usage, is still a myth.

1. I bought the phone in November, shipped with the initial update AQH9, OEM was not present. [November]
2. Got the AQI1 OTA literary 10 minutes later, OEM was not present. [November]
3. A month passed, and OEM was not present. [December]
4. Got the AQK9 update, a week after, OEM was still not present. [December]
5. Received BQKG just before New Years eve, to my surprise OEM showed up randomly right after the flash. [December]
- This was very ironic, as BQKG literary patched a few tricks people were using before. Something noteworthy, i got OEM when the firmwares switched from AXXX to BXXX.
6. Got the BRA8 OTA a month after, OEM was intact. [January]
7. Flashed XEF Oreo CRC1 build with a complete wipe using CSC (not Home CSC) to trigger a CSC change. [March]
- Unfortunately i forgot the SIM inside while doing all the procedures. OEM was unfortunately lost. Another noteworthy point, i lost OEM when i switched from a BXXX rom to a CXXX rom.

I made it a half week through with Oreo on the original CSC that i was in Nougat, here's to hoping that i should be here in Monday.

 

[sefrcoko]

Oem I will never come back. it's a false information that he returns after 7 days. If it were true, everyone would come back. And if it does not come back 7 days, there is nothing to it. the reason is different. And someone has come up with 7 days and everyone believes in it and lives in hope for the next weeks. This is my second phone. I sold the previous one and bought a new one. I had rom renovate 2.3, infiniti tnt and it was ok. I installed dr.ketan rom and oem disappeared. in earlier I had no problem with oem with a second phone. And now I will have to sell a second phone. because oem will not come back.

You just flashed Oreo so I would wait 7 days if it's not there right away . 7 days is indeed valid, but other things such as CSC changes seem to have an impact as well and it's hard for anyone to say for sure.

 

[Conito11]

What brings it back and what get's rid of it, especially if you are completely stock during any time of usage, is still a myth.

1. I bought the phone in November, shipped with the initial update AQH9, OEM was not present. [November]
2. Got the AQI1 OTA literary 10 minutes later, OEM was not present. [November]
3. A month passed, and OEM was not present. [December]
4. Got the AQK9 update, a week after, OEM was still not present. [December]
5. Received BQKG just before New Years eve, to my surprise OEM showed up randomly right after the flash. [December]
- This was very ironic, as BQKG literary patched a few tricks people were using before. Something noteworthy, i got OEM when the firmwares switched from AXXX to BXXX.
6. Got the BRA8 OTA a month after, OEM was intact. [January]
7. Flashed XEF Oreo CRC1 build with a complete wipe using CSC (not Home CSC) to trigger a CSC change. [March]
- Unfortunately i forgot the SIM inside while doing all the procedures. OEM was unfortunately lost. Another noteworthy point, i lost OEM when i switched from a BXXX rom to a CXXX rom.

I made it a half week through with Oreo on the original CSC that i was in Nougat, here's to hoping that i should be here in Monday.

I'm on a big dilemma... according to your information I'm going to explain my case I order to get an advice please.

Well, I bought my phone in December and quickly activate developer mode to get
Oem unlock. Nothing happened so I supposed that I was a lucky one with super locked bootloader. Then I was surprised because I didn't get any update, so I look for my current csc and I discover that is xsg, an Arabic one, but I use my phone on Chile. I keep reading the forum and an possible solution was make a factory reset with local SIM to get Chilean csc but nothing happen, still xsg. Looking on sammobile for updates I discover that there are 3 updates that I never received. Reading an thread some guy told me that he uses his phone on Canada and also has xsg csc but he really received Oreo update.

I suppose my phone is the problem so what can I do? I was thinking on flash xsg oreo firmware but I don't get the oem unlock option yet, is that an problem? If I flash it could brick the phone? Also I want to change the csc stuff to an Chilean one but my sim is from a virtual operator (provider) and had not a specific csc (entel has his csc, movistar and claro too). It is possible to change the csc stuff to cho or crc (unbranded ones)?

Thanks you guys. My best regards.

Ps. I'm quoting plutodelic because of this:
2. Got the AQI1 OTA literary 10 minutes later, OEM was not present. [November]
So I will never get the oem stuff because I'm stuck on that firmware.

 

[sinkoo1979]

I'm on a big dilemma... according to your information I'm going to explain my case I order to get an advice please.

Well, I bought my phone in December and quickly activate developer mode to get
Oem unlock. Nothing happened so I supposed that I was a lucky one with super locked bootloader. Then I was surprised because I didn't get any update, so I look for my current csc and I discover that is xsg, an Arabic one, but I use my phone on Chile. I keep reading the forum and an possible solution was make a factory reset with local SIM to get Chilean csc but nothing happen, still xsg. Looking on sammobile for updates I discover that there are 3 updates that I never received. Reading an thread some guy told me that he uses his phone on Canada and also has xsg csc but he really received Oreo update.

I suppose my phone is the problem so what can I do? I was thinking on flash xsg oreo firmware but I don't get the oem unlock option yet, is that an problem? If I flash it could brick the phone? Also I want to change the csc stuff to an Chilean one but my sim is from a virtual operator (provider) and had not a specific csc (entel has his csc, movistar and claro too). It is possible to change the csc stuff to cho or crc (unbranded ones)?

Thanks you guys. My best regards.

Ps. I'm quoting plutodelic because of this:
2. Got the AQI1 OTA literary 10 minutes later, OEM was not present. [November]
So I will never get the oem stuff because I'm stuck on that firmware.

Try to download the Chilean firmware on Sammobile and installed it using odin 13.1. My Note 8 is originally from the Philippines but they did not get oreo so I installed XSG firmware so I could upgrade to oreo. This is official firmware so will not brick your phone. To change CSC I guess you have clean install the Chilean firmware not using Home CSC. And about the OEM unlock mine does not have yet still waiting for the 7 days. Hope this helps....

 

[Conito11]

Try to download the Chilean firmware on Sammobile and installed it using odin 13.1. My Note 8 is originally from the Philippines but they did not get oreo so I installed XSG firmware so I could upgrade to oreo. This is official firmware so will not brick your phone. To change CSC I guess you have clean install the Chilean firmware not using Home CSC. And about the OEM unlock mine does not have yet still waiting for the 7 days. Hope this helps....

So should I flash a 7.1.1 Chilean firmware and wait to the update? Or flash the xsg oreo? (I'm on xsg) and the last: if I want to flash the Chilean one and I'm on xsg, did I need oem first? Or it doesn't matter?

Thanks my friend for you answer.

 

[sinkoo1979]

So should I flash a 7.1.1 Chilean firmware and wait to the update? Or flash the xsg oreo? (I'm on xsg) and the last: if I want to flash the Chilean one and I'm on xsg, did I need oem first? Or it doesn't matter?

Thanks my friend for you answer.

it's up to you on what you want to flash. Since you are not getting any OTA updates. Mine does not have OEM unlock before or now so I guess that won't really matter if you flash different country firmware. If you want oreo than flash XSG if not, flash Chilean firmware. This is up to you

 

[PlutoDelic]

I'm on a big dilemma... according to your information I'm going to explain my case I order to get an advice please.

Well, I bought my phone in December and quickly activate developer mode to get
Oem unlock. Nothing happened so I supposed that I was a lucky one with super locked bootloader. Then I was surprised because I didn't get any update, so I look for my current csc and I discover that is xsg, an Arabic one, but I use my phone on Chile. I keep reading the forum and an possible solution was make a factory reset with local SIM to get Chilean csc but nothing happen, still xsg. Looking on sammobile for updates I discover that there are 3 updates that I never received. Reading an thread some guy told me that he uses his phone on Canada and also has xsg csc but he really received Oreo update.

I suppose my phone is the problem so what can I do? I was thinking on flash xsg oreo firmware but I don't get the oem unlock option yet, is that an problem? If I flash it could brick the phone? Also I want to change the csc stuff to an Chilean one but my sim is from a virtual operator (provider) and had not a specific csc (entel has his csc, movistar and claro too). It is possible to change the csc stuff to cho or crc (unbranded ones)?

Thanks you guys. My best regards.

Ps. I'm quoting plutodelic because of this:
2. Got the AQI1 OTA literary 10 minutes later, OEM was not present. [November]
So I will never get the oem stuff because I'm stuck on that firmware.

Dont worry about manual updating the firmware, Odin is a Samsung tool that is not supposed to be public, frankly, it is the easiest solution on the android world to flash a firmware.
When i upgraded my phone, i was aiming to change the CSC code, and i actually flashed the full wipe way, but i had the SIM in which kept the old CSC (my CSC and SIM location match anyway).

When you download the firmware, there will be 5 files, which you have to load 4 of them in Odin, the CSC_### will wipe everything, the HOME_CSC_### will not. All these files will update everything for you, newer to what you missed so far with the OTA's.

What i did resulted in what i did not aim, however, if you do what i did, it will lead you to have the CSC where you are currently, which will most probably give you the OTA's in the future. And you dont need OEM Unlock to flash official firmwares.

In summary:
1. Make sure you backup first as it will wipe everything. Also, for the sake of taking things normal, make sure you dont have things like FRP/Secure Startup on (the ability to put a pin/password in order to boot), and also log out of your Google account.
2. Download firmware and flash BL, CP, AP and CSC respectively (ignore HOME_CSC), it's easy to know which file goes to which tab .
3. Keep the SIM inside.
4. Have a look if CSC has changed.

You're good to go.

 

[Conito11]

Dont worry about manual updating the firmware, Odin is a Samsung tool that is not supposed to be public, frankly, it is the easiest solution on the android world to flash a firmware.
When i upgraded my phone, i was aiming to change the CSC code, and i actually flashed the full wipe way, but i had the SIM in which kept the old CSC (my CSC and SIM location match anyway).

When you download the firmware, there will be 5 files, which you have to load 4 of them in Odin, the CSC_### will wipe everything, the HOME_CSC_### will not. All these files will update everything for you, newer to what you missed so far with the OTA's.

What i did resulted in what i did not aim, however, if you do what i did, it will lead you to have the CSC where you are currently, which will most probably give you the OTA's in the future. And you dont need OEM Unlock to flash official firmwares.

In summary:
1. Make sure you backup first as it will wipe everything. Also, for the sake of taking things normal, make sure you dont have things like FRP/Secure Startup on (the ability to put a pin/password in order to boot), and also log out of your Google account.
2. Download firmware and flash BL, CP, AP and CSC respectively (ignore HOME_CSC), it's easy to know which file goes to which tab .
3. Keep the SIM inside.
4. Have a look if CSC has changed.

You're good to go.

Thanks you so much too, so I will wait for oreo on my country firmware and then flash it. Also will logout of everything. Thanks again.

 

[ChainFires Son]

Heres my report
Note 8 (Exynos)
Build Number NMF26X.N950FXXU2BQKG this is the frimware out of the box, havn't updated/flashed anything
Oem unlock appeared at 8 days but early in the morning. Enabled Oem and rebooted to test if it acually disappears. And it did, but it appeared again a minute later without a reboot. Also worth noting that during my 8 days i did reboot my device numerous times it didnt affect the timer at "jail"