Sprint SM-G955U help!!!

[sthumond88]

Hi I'm not sure if my problem has been answered already but I haven't seen anything so I please if u can help it would be greatly appreciated. I have a Sprint SM-G955U and I was wondering if there is any root method for this device. When I try to downgrade it says: SW REV CHECK FAIL : [abl]Fused 5 > Binary 1.
Can someone please let me know if I can root or is it a waste of time trying to root right now. If anyone can give me any information about it I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[eddyo1993]

Hi I'm not sure if my problem has been answered already but I haven't seen anything so I please if u can help it would be greatly appreciated. I have a Sprint SM-G955U and I was wondering if there is any root method for this device. When I try to downgrade it says: SW REV CHECK FAIL : [abl]Fused 5 > Binary 1.
Can someone please let me know if I can root or is it a waste of time trying to root right now. If anyone can give me any information about it I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

By the look of it looks like you're on nougat and as far as I know only oreo could be rooted.

 

[[email protected]]

I need help with this to. I think we upgraded to, to new of a revision in the firmware. And thats why it wont work. What is your exact firmware

 

[sthumond88]

I need help with this to. I think we upgraded to, to new of a revision in the firmware. And thats why it wont work. What is your exact firmware

I honestly have no clue....I got the phone because someone tried to root it and now it has no firmware or recovery on it anymore....... but now its saying binary 2 not binary 1 anymore and I don't even know how that happened..... I have been working on this for months......I refuse to give up lol......for real though its just bugging me.......

 

[[email protected]]

I honestly have no clue....I got the phone because someone tried to root it and now it has no firmware or recovery on it anymore....... but now its saying binary 2 not binary 1 anymore and I don't even know how that happened..... I have been working on this for months......I refuse to give up lol......for real though its just bugging me.......

What carrier is it thru and it has to gmhave firmware on it to turn on brotha but it might be bricked . Luckily yours a easy fix. All you gotta do is flash the stock firmware back on there. Tell me what carrier and ill give you a link and explain how to do it.

 

[sthumond88]

What carrier is it thru and it has to gmhave firmware on it to turn on brotha but it might be bricked . Luckily yours a easy fix. All you gotta do is flash the stock firmware back on there. Tell me what carrier and ill give you a link and explain how to do it.

It's sprint..... can I root it?

 

[sthumond88]

It's sprint..... can I root it?

OK I figured out how to fix it.....I had to flash it in odin with G955USQS5CRH1_G955UOYN5CRH1_SPR firmware which i downloaded from sammobile.com. Than I followed this root method https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...nt/root-using-odin-modified-firmware-t3693790 ...so try that and see if it works....but I do have one more question....i am trying to unlock my phone and dealing with sprint has been nothing but a headache. so does anyone know where else i could try to get this phone unlocked???? I'd really appreciate the help...

 

[dark_phoenix]

guys,
i have a question,
my friend has a s8+ model G955U. ATT version. unlocked.
baseband is = G955USQU1AQEF
he is on security patch May 1, 2017.
latest patch is september 1, 2018.

he is not receiving updates after that. at least 15 updates are issued after that.
from various online searches i have read that users are facing problems.
now i am asking if i can flash sammobile firmware ????
will he lose sim unlock or not ?
he will backup the data beforehand. MAIN query is about SIM UNLOCKING.