(No progress yet)Root dev for Galaxy S9 Plus SM-G965U (Snapdragon)
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thx for getting back about what firmwares i can flash onto my 960w.
can you mod snapdragon unlockable firmware to flash onto US/CAN in hopes it replaces files which would allow the unlock to show up?
i dont know much but just wondering what ideas have tried. such a beautiful phone and imo ruined the experience for me not having root
the firmwares for usa and canada variants are interchangeable.. basically U/U1/W..
none of the firmwares on any of the variants (U/U1/W) have oem unlock in settings..
with that being said, all the combos do.. but as we know it doesnt actually unlock the bootloader.. it does set sys.oem_unlock_allowed=1 and it sticks through any flashes including back to stock but all this seems to do is wipe out the frp.. it has been this way for as long as i can remember.. no ones figured it out in years.. sammy has the bootloader locked tight im afraid lol
our only hope is finding a way to root as we have in the past.. on s8/s8+ we coudnt figure it out and we even had full eng firmware lol
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Someone posted this in the S9/Plus Pie Beta forum, interesting read
https://www.sstic.org/media/SSTIC20...ticle-attacking_samsung_secure_boot-basse.pdf[/QUOTE]
https://www.sstic.org/media/SSTIC20...ticle-attacking_samsung_secure_boot-basse.pdf[/QUOTE]
The realist in me thinks that a 2017 exploit has probably already been patched by now. But here's to hoping ?
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too bad it was patched
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Since Knox is Samsung's pride and joy, so much so that root breaks it and ability to use Samsung Pay forever, and it sets up an entirely different encrypted shell OS within Android - has any developer tried to exploit Knox and its root access? ?
Since Knox is Samsung's pride and joy, so much so that root breaks it and ability to use Samsung Pay forever, and it sets up an entirely different encrypted shell OS within Android - has any developer tried to exploit Knox and its root access? ?
I have a different idea. I assume BL not hardlocked, can be unlocked by scumsung in firmware. Why don't we demand from scumsung to unlock it? Sign a petition? Go on social media and bash scumsung for keeping BL locked to prevent development of custom roms. Many/most? others give that option. I've had motos, huaweis, lg, galaxy s3, galaxy tab, none had permanently locked bl except verizon phones. I don't care if some brick their phones and scumsung is worried about providing warranty repairs. Every phone i "bricked" in the past turned out to be unbrickable. Scumsung still must cover hardware regardless of root. But that's not even important at this time. Whenever i need to get something done and small-medium-large businesses refuse for whatever reason i go to social media and post things about them they aren't proud of. I always get things accomplished that way. It's insane i'm willing to spend $500+ on a phone and scumsung tells me i can't have full control of my device. I would demand to unlock bl on social media, flood execs with emails demanding to unlock. At least for the unlocked model. Their mentality "we're scumsung if we make it they will buy it" needs to change. We won't buy it. We'll buy a brand that doesn't lock BL.
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No i haven't. I'm only looking into it. If something else comes up in this size or google decides to make pixel 3+ with sd slot, goodbye forever scumsung. I haven't owned a scumsung since s3. Should've kept it, probably getting Lineage-Pie soon. I would still demand scumsung unlocks s9. I'm likely going to buy as soon as price drops a little more.
The S9+ is my first Samsung phone and it'll be my last, regardless of the features -- I'm not going to sit around holding my breath from them to allow bootloader unlocks for US devices. Samsung doesn't give a **** how we feel about it.
If something new comes up on the market the size of s9 or pixel 3, i'll forget about scumsung like it never existed. Of course they don't care about us we only complain to each other in forums. Maybe we should try flooding them with requests to unlock or else we'll stop buying. We can start bashing them on social media. I haven't tried sams yet but works for me with other big and small corporations for problems i have with their products. I don't even know how Sams handles os updates for unlocked devices. Will i be stuck with Oreo or Pie 2-4 years down the road, instead of any updated optimized custom rom of my choice. No idea...
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There is: the OnePlus 6t. There is also the International versions of the s9 and s9+, both exynos and Snapdragon. Both are completely unlockable and can be easily rooted.
Basically if you buy the us versions of these phones, don't expect to ever get root, and given how often this is repeated on blast here, I'm inclined to think you get what you deserve for not doing research ahead of your purchase ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm not familiar with one+ brand, i know it doesn't have SD which is a must for me. Second important thing is size. Can't have international need standard us&a warranty. I can wait it's not critical for me to have a flagship phone. I'm just as upset as current and past scumsung device owners. Wonder about their tabs.
You will be waiting forever, because there is about a 0.00000000000000000000000000000000007% chance of it happening.
Most sellers will proxy a return on the unlikely event you actually have warranty work, but I can't remember the last time I saw someone need any outside of stupid brick stuff directly resulting from the device being locked down (and thus easily fixable if unlock were possible).
I really don't understand the obsession with a "us warranty" and willingness to completely forego customization of it's sake.
Having difficulty paying up front is one thing (although things are possible then too) but the warranty? Do you guys always buy the extended warranty on all your other purchases too?
it's still better than .0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000%
tell this to those who bought anything international on ebay and had trouble returning
us warranty is a must. everything is made like **** these days. i end up returning 99% of things i buy, and that's not even electronics but anything. i never buy extended warranty for electronics because i don't waste money on anything warranty-worthy. partly for tax reason. other reason it'll likely fail anyway. my current phones cost $1.
Its disappointing
I bought mine directly from samsung i havent even gotten the one ui update every carrier got it. Its the same snapdragon that everyone.
You absolutely can but buy them from Samsung, as you are buying out of region. Your have to buy from someone selling direct, for which there are tons of sellers on Amazon, with prime shipping, and backed by Amazon's guarantee so you know it's not fake. Couldn't be easier if you have the money
Right but I'm pretty sure that'd brick you. But general rule of thumb, if it was that easy don't you think we'd already have root. But even if, best case scenario, let's say they could work and don't brick us, I'm doubtful we would make it through secure boot. Unless those tars are signed by Samsung and pass the secure boot/Odin security check. And we would have to flash everything, I'm guessing that includes the userdata too because if we just flash one part it and it has one piece to getting around one check, another part might be required to get through another check. I just doubt the **** would boot if we tried flashing it because it would fail the PBL sector.
I don't know honestly the only known ones are the ones posted with guides in the forum.
Also attached is me asking them to release the ENG firmware. For the keks Bois.
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