Or... You can just manually boot to recovery, do the wipe there, and then choose Reboot Bootloader to go to Download Mode. Much fasterNOTICE (PLEASE READ):
Credit to @iBowToAndroid for the FIRMWARE.
3.) Perform a 'Factory Data Reset'
(Settings > General Management > Reset > Factory Data Reset)
4.) After the 'Factory Data Reset' is fully complete, your Device will restart. This is expected behavior.
5.) After the restart, you will be greeted with a 'Let's Go!' page and a prompt to select a language.
6.) Power off the Device.
7.) With the Device powered off, hold down the BIXBY BUTTON and the VOLUME DOWN KEY at the same time.
8.) While still holding down the BIXBY BUTTON and the VOLUME DOWN KEY, press and hold the POWER BUTTON.
9.) When done correctly, you will be greeted with a teal colored screen that reads the following:
'Warning
A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.'
10.) Press the VOLUME UP KEY to enter 'Download Mode'.
Incorrect.
Nope. HOME leaves data and settings intact, and the other one performs a wipe. A wipe is needed when swapping firmwares since the partition table is slightly different, and even if they were the same, you'd have crashes and glitches and errors galore until you wiped.@iBowToAndroid
I was under the impression if we go from U1 to U, we use CSC_OMC and HOME_CSC if we go back to U1.
1. If you want carrier bloat and/or specific features, then you need U firmware. You can't get any of that with U1Thanks for clarifying. You provided some insight on a prior thread but this is much more in-depth.
So, in this Users case, was a full flash of U software needed? Or could we have simply flashed the appropriate Userdata and CSC based on his Carrier of choice (AT&T)?
It's not newer. It's just been patched, to remove the incompatibilities that would normally appear. This is the correct version of Odin to use - it can flash pretty much anything, for any modelLet's try with a different Odin.
I've attached a newer patched version of Odin.
(Courtesy of this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572)