Note 8 Android Pie Quirks

[sabjeedmn]

Ok.. so i got my pie update with One UI last night. COOL.. i love it.. laggy at first, after full reset, it works just fine, smooth and fast.. snappy. battery life is great.. However, after using it for awhile and after restoring backup, i have some quirks..

1. Samsung now do not allow SD Card to be used together with both sim cards.. previously i have been using dual sim and SD card via an adapter.. now it just says "SIM Card Tray Slot Problem. There seems to be something in your SIM Card tray slot that doesnt belong there. Check it and try again".
I saw somewhere in this forum, that there is a method that can fix this issue, but i require root access.. DAMN..

2. Call recorders is disabled for third party apps.

Is there a native call recorder in the note 8 android 9? like when i use note 2, i just need to tweak the CSC file and the native call recorder will come out. Is it still present?

If the native call recorder is still present, i am very willing to root my phone.

Samsung pay is just something that i would love to have, but not a must. Call recorder is important.

I travel often, and frequently receive instructions from bosses or customers on what they want, and it is often lengthy.. without a pen and paper, and phone stuck to my ear, i rely on call recorders to record what they want, and then when i am back in office or hotel room, or somewhere quiet, i can replay what they want and work on a proposal to them or quotation. This is important to me and the reason i forked out to buy pro version of the call recorder app i was using previously.

my question is, if some kind hearted person can assist me, is as follows:

1. Is android call recorder still present? will tweaking the CSC file or installing an xposed module bring it back? (thats how i did it on my very old note 2)

2. If i root my note 8, secure folders wont work. Samsung Pay wont work. will masking root allow samsung pay? if not, will i still be able to use samsung pay on my Samsung Gear Sport instead.. currently i use samsung pay mainly on my samsung gear sport anyway.

After the recent update my phone reports a problem with my two SIM cards + SD card hack.
Everything is working, but an annoying pop up that I cannot get rid off prevents me from using the phone.
I just updated the phone, I did not change the SIM cards or SD card - now it is suddenly complaining.

Any ideas how to fix this?

 

[shortee81]

guys, 30 min ago i updated my note8 to Pie, and screwed myself...there is no more 2 SIM + SD ( via adapter ) working. I see many of you having same issue..is there any way this can be restored back.
I am open to restore to android Oreo back since it was working perfectly well. Any help please? Regards.

 

[vash_h]

I went to install custom Rom that disabled the checks on the dual sim with sdcard.

There is another way but it requires root.

Seems for now the only way to fix is by tripping knox

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[shortee81]

hi vash..can you help me to sort this.. you can write here or PM if there is. since i really need to have 2 sim + SD . i am open to go back to oreo 8.1 which was great everything was working super fine. i can also Root device i do not care, and do not use samsung pay ..if you can guide me would be very nice...pleeeeeaseeeeeeeeeee

 

[vash_h]

hi vash..can you help me to sort this.. you can write here or PM if there is. since i really need to have 2 sim + SD . i am open to go back to oreo 8.1 which was great everything was working super fine. i can also Root device i do not care, and do not use samsung pay ..if you can guide me would be very nice...pleeeeeaseeeeeeeeeee

The Rom I'm using now is dr ketans rom.

U can search for the link on xda.

Please read through the process on flashing thoroughly.

This is what I did.

Download odin on pc
Download twrp on pc
Download the custom rom on phone sdcard

Set phone to download mode then connect to pc with odin running.

Flash twrp. Do not select restart/reboot.

Once done unplug the phone and switch off.

Then go into recovery mode. It should load twrp. If you accidentally start the phone, the recovery will be reverted back to stock recovery. You'll need to repeat the process.

In twrp, custom recovery, wipe internal storage, data, media..

Then flash dr ketan custom Rom

Wipe cache again

Reboot

Set up phone

Don't use any root applications for 5 minutes

Go into rom tool n8.

Grant Superuser access

Apply essential fix

Go to mods and fix

Select dual sim thing. I also wanted native call recording so I selected call recording as well.

Done.

Note, Cerberus is a pain of u don't use it. Dnt select it if you don't want to use it when flashing dr ketan rom. It's one of the options in aroma menu.

Once again this is how I did it. Please read through the full guide in the rom first few postings.

And install twrp again from the phone after done flashing. Since knox already triggered, might as well do the best we can do with the phone, a nandroid backup. Only do this after you set up the phone the way you like it like installing apps, settings etc.

Done.

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[vash_h]

Before applying fix, the phone will prompt telling you the sdcard needs to me formatted. Ignore it. After applying fix it'll work just fine.

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[vash_h]

You can use banking apps, just nice them with magisk hide. So far every app I encountered that don't allow rooted phones has no issues after I hide using magisk.

Apps like citibank, maybank, ambank, pokemon go, touch n go ewallet, wechat (not allowed when you enter its ewallet).

Except samsung ones. But samsung pay is working if you have a samsung gear.. Hide samsung pay packages and setup samsung pay from samsung gear.

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[shortee81]

thanks men for detailed explanation but i am dumb ass for this and this is quite complicated..i found some tutorial and donwloaded official 8.0 firmware for my carrier and now trying to flash it via odin...off course it wont work due to some errors...damn Samsung why they had to release this update i dunno..cheers

 

[shortee81]

hi,i solved it...downgraded to stock rom 8.0.0 and all is working as before..thanks for help. your tutorial was nice but i made it the other way.
cheers

 

[bergoulle]

Hello,

Since android PIE update my phone is choosing an incorrect APN. Therefore no data..
SIM Card : PROXIMUS (BE) Auto selected APN "UPC Mobile Internet"
Any one else is having this ?