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ICS Update Leak Info

Well the time has come!!
We have ICS for the AT&T model. Here is the info about it. More to come
1. Yes, it is ICS from a leak on one of the servers, thank you cheesecake
2. Huge thanks to leifemagnuson, he gets the credit for finding this, but asked me to take it over.
3. huge thanks to jimbridgman for tearing this apart and generally being awesome at everything
4. Once applying, you can downgrade to GB by FXZ just as before.
5. Jim is making us a flashable zip with the update that includes root.
6. anyone can install that as long as they are totally stock 2.3.6
7. I will build a simple rom based off it, and then maybe more later.
8. Yes, the bootloader is still locked in this
I will add links and stuff later hen we get things under control.

GREAT NEWS! Can't wait for the zip!! Love all ya guys!!!

Thanks a lot to all of you for the time and work you put on this, this is the kind of stuff that makes me proud to be a member of this forum and push me every day to contribute with anything I can.
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So excited. this is freakin' awesome.
AND I just got an email with an invite code to Little Big Planet Karting beta! <3
good day for my nerdiness

How stable is this leak? I would like to put it on my Dad's Atrix II, but only if it's stable and mostly bug free, he's not a techie like me

californiarailroader said:
How stable is this leak? I would like to put it on my Dad's Atrix II, but only if it's stable and mostly bug free, he's not a techie like me
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Hold off for the real OTA then, this is a beta.

jimbridgman said:
Hold off for the real OTA then, this is a beta.
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Thanks, I thought maybe if it was final enough, but I think I will wait.

So you can't be on a custom ROM and flash this? I'm ON 2.3.6
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Guys, be sure to shoot Leif a thanks in the OP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778953
Stoked!
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Fall of Enosis said:
Guys, be sure to shoot Leif a thanks in the OP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778953
Stoked!
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Yeah, he is the one who found this leak! everyone needs to go over to that link ^^^ and click the thanks button in the OP.
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Things I have learned with this update.
1) You MUST be 100% stock, with root before attempting the update, and even then, just wait and do the rooting after the ICS update.
the reason is because the update even checks the sum for the logcat program, which we use to hijack boot for the CWM recovery. I was completely stock 2.3.6 with bootstrap CWM on boot and root, and it would still not update.
2) Use RSDlite for the stock restore, as any scripts tend to do something funny when restoring boot, the ONLY way I got the update to take was to use RSDlite. I tried my scripts and I also tried a few others and it still did not work.
3) As has already been reported, cheesecake does not work on ICS, so you are pretty much stuck here.
4) Do not try to download the update and flash with CWM! Sorry but it will not work, it must be done with the stock recovery.
I am sure there is more, and time comes I will add to this.

Does it have any special features? Anything different from the usual, don't know if you could write a changelog. Sorry if it's too much.
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Got some aospx OTA love

Synthetic Nightmare's aospx MR1 hit my phone right now. Downloading it. Did you get your OTA update?

nlaplante said:
Synthetic Nightmare's aospx MR1 hit my phone right now. Downloading it. Did you get your OTA update?
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I was just asking about this in my thread lol. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks
Thank you for getting me to check my phone, didnt notice the notice. Downloading now
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OTA notice, download, and install worked as it should. Thank you for your brain power and letting it shine on all of us

Hit up your thread I posted more details up there

I got the message but ended up having to do a manual download. It went through and everything is fine. My only question is does this include the changes from the test kernel? I think it was "grapefruit" I may be mistaken. That was what I was using before the update.
As always I appreciate your hard work. Thanks!

pkmncole said:
I got the message but ended up having to do a manual download. It went through and everything is fine. My only question is does this include the changes from the test kernel? I think it was "grapefruit" I may be mistaken. That was what I was using before the update.
As always I appreciate your hard work. Thanks!
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It has most of them with some updates from existz repo. Only thing I remember removing was xvmalloc/zram. I have some things I want to test first before adding that into the build (if I decide to add it in).
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[Q] JB for Asian Markets. Any chance of porting to AT&T phones?

the official JB for CN is out and appears to be bug-free / stable. There are warnings not to install that image onto AT&T phones for some reason although I have not seen an explanation why.
Is there a chance that this release could be ported to devices running AT&T OTA ICS release? I am specifically interested in porting because I like the lapdock 3.0 feature of "Blurred" Rom.
Have anyone attempted to install that CN JB release on AT&T phone? Why isnt that possible?
Thanks so much in advance.

Ok. This has been discussed many times already.
For the moment there's no version available for AT&T.
Just wait until a developers port this.

brianmoyano said:
Ok. This has been discussed many times already.
For the moment there's no version available for AT&T.
Just wait until a developers port this.
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I know there is no art version but I see no threads discussing why. You said it has been discussed. Where?

duchski said:
I know there is no art version but I see no threads discussing why. You said it has been discussed. Where?
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Ok i think u are a new user
This was discussed when we were on gb and ics China leak came out
Due to the cruelness of ATT u cannot flash the bootloader of other Chinese roms or any other rom
So this is a easy reason but if u want to know all details u can dig posts till ics leak
And seeing ur curiosity i think u are trying to port something if not then i am sorry but ur argument is invalid :banghead:
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im sorry but is there any dev left that owns an att phone? if i remember well jim was the only one i recall releasing att roms, please dont flame me if im wrong
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demonoid phenomenom said:
im sorry but is there any dev left that owns an att phone? if i remember well jim was the only one i recall releasing att roms, please dont flame me if im wrong
sent from the gray stuff inside my skull
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Alteredlikeness is still here. But he must be working on his PA ROM.
life!

OK, as a parting gift I will port this and make a flashable CWM zip, but I need help from someone who flashed it to their phone already. Someone who has an SEARET or MEARET phone, preferably.
What I need is a dd of /system and the boot partition (the boot partition is so we can get the kernel updates for the cm and open source ROMs).

In my opinion everyone with a ATT A2 needs to be patient. If there are any devs working on this it will take some time. This phone doesn't play well with firmwares. Also if anyone is working on a rom for us they are going to keep quiet about it because they will get hounded by the public in here as to when it will be released if they speak up. We need to be focusing on cheesecake at the moment just in case.
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answersamir said:
Ok i think u are a new user
This was discussed when we were on gb and ics China leak came out
Due to the cruelness of ATT u cannot flash the bootloader of other Chinese roms or any other rom
So this is a easy reason but if u want to know all details u can dig posts till ics leak
And seeing ur curiosity i think u are trying to port something if not then i am sorry but ur argument is invalid :banghead:
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Actually he has a point. Noone has piped up and said they are working on using the CN JB and making it functionally on ATT.
Unless I wrong, I don't think it's a bootloader issue.
What is a Bootloader?
The bootloader is a program code that is executed before the device OS starts up, and that instructs that device to boot “normally”. The bootloader can come locked or unlocked from the manufacturer. A unlocked bootloader will allow you to install custom ROMs & Kernels (as well as some other neat things) on your device.
Since the CN JB is essentially stock, not custom and the kernel is 3.0.31 I believe, and ICS is 3.0.1. I don't think the bootloader is the issue. Again, I may be wrong. The kernel version may be off enough to barf on boot.
In my mind, again I could be wrong, it would be similar like what wanggjghost did for the MIUI for Retail Asian/ATT. Which is running sweet on my US ATT phone.
The MIUI for Retail Asian/ATT phones, is a rom based on MIUI patch rom for Retail China stable branch project and re-packed for retail Asian/ATT phones.
This rom solved the battery drain issue(wake lock issue) when flashing official miui on retail asian/att phones.
Who developed Miui? Xiaomi Tech, a Chinese mobile phone company. Which would make it a Chinese ROM.
We are still left with three talented devs, wanggjghost, alteredlikeness, and rdavist. Not sure if TimmyTim is still around.
The reason no one has probably mentioned they are working on making it work for ATT phones is because they don't want/need people busting their balls every half hour asking when it will be done.
They have lives. They are busy. Sometimes they just mess around with getting something running on THEIR phones. Then they are generous enough to share it with the rest of us.
Wow, I must be tired.
/end monologue
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jimbridgman said:
OK, as a parting gift I will port this and make a flashable CWM zip, but I need help from someone who flashed it to their phone already. Someone who has an SEARET or MEARET phone, preferably.
What I need is a dd of /system and the boot partition (the boot partition is so we can get the kernel updates for the cm and open source ROMs).
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And during my rant, Jim swoops back in for a final act of kindness.
Hopefully I'm right and these commands will get Jim what he needs
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p15 of=/mnt/sdcard/boot.img
and this: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p21 of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
1. Fire up your command prompt and go to the directory that you have ADB installed to. Type "adb shell" and hit enter.
2. Type "su" and hit enter. You now have root privileges.
Type the commands above and it'll save off to your sdcard.
I don't remember you may need to mount system. Below should do that.
adb shell
su
mount -o remount, rw /system
If my instructions are incorrect, please someone correct them.
And an premature THANK YOU to whoever gets this done for Jim to give ATT users a massive parting gift !

jimbridgman said:
OK, as a parting gift I will port this and make a flashable CWM zip, but I need help from someone who flashed it to their phone already. Someone who has an SEARET or MEARET phone, preferably.
What I need is a dd of /system and the boot partition (the boot partition is so we can get the kernel updates for the cm and open source ROMs).
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I have flashed it. Anything u ask, I will be glad to help
But what is DD?

For what it's worth, I PM'd Samcripp to see if we could get some cheesecake going for ICS. I see on Motowatcher that some of the servers have been updated just days ago. I've been trying like mad to find a way to check them manually, but no avail. If any AT&T users can get back to 2.3.5, it might be worth it to do so and load up cheesecake and motowatcher, and see if there's any goodies hiding in those servers.
Poor Jim, every time he thinks he out, we drag him back in. :laugh: Seriously though, there isn't a person here that doesn't appreciate all he's done for us.
MotoWatcher
Cheesecake

jimbridgman said:
OK, as a parting gift I will port this and make a flashable CWM zip, but I need help from someone who flashed it to their phone already. Someone who has an SEARET or MEARET phone, preferably.
What I need is a dd of /system and the boot partition (the boot partition is so we can get the kernel updates for the cm and open source ROMs).
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THANK YOU!!!

dicksteele said:
Actually he has a point. Noone has piped up and said they are working on using the CN JB and making it functionally on ATT.
Unless I wrong, I don't think it's a bootloader issue.
What is a Bootloader?
The bootloader is a program code that is executed before the device OS starts up, and that instructs that device to boot “normally”. The bootloader can come locked or unlocked from the manufacturer. A unlocked bootloader will allow you to install custom ROMs & Kernels (as well as some other neat things) on your device.
Since the CN JB is essentially stock, not custom and the kernel is 3.0.31 I believe, and ICS is 3.0.1. I don't think the bootloader is the issue. Again, I may be wrong. The kernel version may be off enough to barf on boot.
In my mind, again I could be wrong, it would be similar like what wanggjghost did for the MIUI for Retail Asian/ATT. Which is running sweet on my US ATT phone.
The MIUI for Retail Asian/ATT phones, is a rom based on MIUI patch rom for Retail China stable branch project and re-packed for retail Asian/ATT phones.
This rom solved the battery drain issue(wake lock issue) when flashing official miui on retail asian/att phones.
Who developed Miui? Xiaomi Tech, a Chinese mobile phone company. Which would make it a Chinese ROM.
We are still left with three talented devs, wanggjghost, alteredlikeness, and rdavist. Not sure if TimmyTim is still around.
The reason no one has probably mentioned they are working on making it work for ATT phones is because they don't want/need people busting their balls every half hour asking when it will be done.
They have lives. They are busy. Sometimes they just mess around with getting something running on THEIR phones. Then they are generous enough to share it with the rest of us.
Wow, I must be tired.
/end monologue
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And during my rant, Jim swoops back in for a final act of kindness.
Hopefully I'm right and these commands will get Jim what he needs
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p15 of=/mnt/sdcard/boot.img
and this: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p21 of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
1. Fire up your command prompt and go to the directory that you have ADB installed to. Type "adb shell" and hit enter.
2. Type "su" and hit enter. You now have root privileges.
Type the commands above and it'll save off to your sdcard.
I don't remember you may need to mount system. Below should do that.
adb shell
su
mount -o remount, rw /system
If my instructions are incorrect, please someone correct them.
And an premature THANK YOU to whoever gets this done for Jim to give ATT users a massive parting gift !
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DITTO! Int'l users please help out. Let's make A2 an exciting phone again.

anyone ? i would do it myself but i no longer own an intl atrix 2
sent from the gray stuff inside my skull

DD is basically a backup of the partitions in one file.
The instructions I posted were pulled from another thread after we got ICS leak. I just haven't verified if the /dev mount points are valid.
I'm hoping a dev sees this thread to verify I'm right.
If I don't see anything this afternoon and them and notify them of Jims offer.
Thanks for offering to help!
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Lifehacker7 said:
I have flashed it. Anything u ask, I will be glad to help
But what is DD?
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I forgot to quote and posted a reply to you.
Thanks again
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dicksteele said:
DD is basically a backup of the partitions in one file.
The instructions I posted were pulled from another thread after we got ICS leak. I just haven't verified if the /dev mount points are valid.
I'm hoping a dev sees this thread to verify I'm right.
If I don't see anything this afternoon and them and notify them of Jims offer.
Thanks for offering to help!
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I forgot to quote and posted a reply to you.
Thanks again
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Oh that's all new to me! anyway I will try. I have asked other members to look into it too
life!

jimbridgman said:
OK, as a parting gift I will port this and make a flashable CWM zip, but I need help from someone who flashed it to their phone already. Someone who has an SEARET or MEARET phone, preferably.
What I need is a dd of /system and the boot partition (the boot partition is so we can get the kernel updates for the cm and open source ROMs).
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Direct dump?? you mean copy the /System folder into a USB drive and zip it and post it here??
Where is boot partition and how to dump it?? Or Shall I make a fresh install and create CWM backup and post it here?

It`s easy. just install some kind of terminal emulator (find it on Google Play)/ Start it and execute
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p15 of=/mnt/sdcard/boot.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p21 of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
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It will generate two files on your sd-card. Post it here please.
Am I right?
Help us, please

Creeepy said:
It`s easy. just install some kind of terminal emulator (find it on Google Play)/ Start it and execute
It will generate two files on your sd-card. Post it here please.
Am I right?
Help us, please
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I will reflash stock rom and post it here. thanks.

Creeepy said:
It`s easy. just install some kind of terminal emulator (find it on Google Play)/ Start it and execute
It will generate two files on your sd-card. Post it here please.
Am I right?
Help us, please
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Yes, those commands are correct, except please do not post the links here in this thread, please PM me with a place to download them.
I do not want anyone accidentally trying to put these on an AT&T phone and bricking. I have some magic that I will need to work first before these can be used.
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NHS2008 said:
I will reflash stock rom and post it here. thanks.
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Please do not post the link to DL them here.... PM me with a way for ONLY me to get them. I will then make it work on the AT&T phones.
If someone else wants to play with these files please PM me, and we can talk.

Can anyone help, my HTC one xl does not update, it only stRt and go half way then sto

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I'm sorry, you posted your problem in the title and not the description and maybe you typed more or something but I can't tell. Could you please re-describe your problem?
Also questions go in the Q&A section because well....questions go in the Q&A
-Sugardaddy

Sir Im glad u like puttin your too cents on things. But if u not trying to help pls keep then pretty DLS to your self sorry for everybody that come here for help not as smart as u. But if you not trying to help don't post. P.S. not every one perfect remember that
Sent from a ungrammer person using viper xl lol
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Im new to here to but if u type your device where it has find your device go to Q&A for HTC one xl there will be somebody more in glad to help u with your problem
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ware84 said:
Sir Im glad u like puttin your too cents on things. But if u not trying to help pls keep then pretty DLS to your self sorry for everybody that come here for help not as smart as u. But if you not trying to help don't post. P.S. not every one perfect remember that
Sent from a ungrammer person using viper xl lol
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Im new to here to but if u type your device where it has find your device go to Q&A for HTC one xl there will be somebody more in glad to help u with your problem
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You need to pull your head in mate. You don't know what you're talking about. Arrow44 is trying to help. All be asked was for the OP to re-describe his problem because it wasn't posted correctly in the first post. And the reason he asked this was because he wants to help, but can't help until he gets the right information.
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ware84 said:
Sir Im glad u like puttin your too cents on things. But if u not trying to help pls keep then pretty DLS to your self sorry for everybody that come here for help not as smart as u. But if you not trying to help don't post. P.S. not every one perfect remember that
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It looks like you are the one being much too eager to jump down someone's throat. All Arrow44 did was inform the OP that he posted incorrectly (and also asked him to describe his problem further, so he could try to help). Its pretty clear the OP thought he was typing in the "Message" area, when in fact he was typing in the title instead.
Nothing Arrow44 typed was even close to a flame or attack.
Arrow44 is completely correct in that we need MUCH more information, if we are to have any hope of helping the OP. For instance:
1) update by RUU or OTA?
2) What firmware version are you trying to update to?
3) Is the phone modded? Is it rooted? Bootloader unlocked? Custom recovery?
4) Any error messages?
5) What state is the phone in? Does it still boot into Android, or is it stuck on the boot screen?

Moved to Q&A.
Let's all just calm down, it's much too beautiful a day for arguing.
@ OP, can you describe your issue a bit better? (see redpoint's questions)

I'm also having the same problem on my htc one xl.
it's currently on 4.0.3
i'm trying to update to 4.1 it completes the downloading but during installation it stops during midway and then restarts, the update is not installed.
my phone is not rooted.
any help would be appreciated.

Anejagaurav said:
I'm also having the same problem on my htc one xl.
it's currently on 4.0.3
i'm trying to update to 4.1 it completes the downloading but during installation it stops during midway and then restarts, the update is not installed.
my phone is not rooted.
any help would be appreciated.
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are you updating by RUU or OTA?

orangekid said:
are you updating by RUU or OTA?
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By OTA.
it's around 150mb update.

Anejagaurav said:
By OTA.
it's around 150mb update.
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Updating to 4.1.1? What carrier? And ruu is always better than an ota
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Anejagaurav said:
By OTA.
it's around 150mb update.
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Backup any personal data, they try a factory reset. User apps or configurations are known to cause problems with OTAs sometimes.

B2 Root? Is root currently still being worked on?

Sorry to post this but havent seen any updates on any types of root lately, being that the Bounty Sampwnd thread is locked. i know that there is root for the Bootloader v1 but havent seen nothing lately on the Bootloader v2. Just curious as to if it is being worked on or forgotten. I know its a big job with Samsung putting its bootloader on super lockdown and i am in no way nagging a dev to rush, was just wondering how it looks or if files are needed or what may be the problem. Thanks.
PS. before a dev comes on here acting crazy, i dont need root,not as of yet, but, i havent seen the question asked lately and i know some people want to know but are afraid to ask haha. So im doing it for them. And Im pretty sure people,well maybe just me, is getting over flashing back to qk5 and to the next oreo update. Flashfire is a Godsend with that type of thing. Thanks

In my limited reading at this S8+ forum for a week, I haven't come across anything on it that seems current.. near as I can tell.

JeffDC said:
In my limited reading at this S8+ forum for a week, I haven't come across anything on it that seems current.. near as I can tell.
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Yeah I guessed that much. Ice been messing around with the files that I have but to no succession as of yet. I will be messaging these guys hopefully if I have time tonight, and see what they can do for us cause it's possible,but, in their thats I haven't seen anyone ask for it. They modify a whole bunch of stuff for you and all you do is install and let them know what happened and if successful you are only allowed to share the finished product by giving them acknowledgement and a link to their site. Well that would mess it up for me hahaha. I'll see what I can do

Good luck.

JeffDC said:
Good luck.
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luck is actually not needed in this process.. There is a developer who actually has had his QK5 rooted. He has been very busy working and said he will surely upload his method when he has free time. at the moment he is releasing the G950U bootloader 2 root. For those of us with rhe G955U will have to wait for a bit as he has to build it for us. Thankfully for him, S8+ has not been forgotten. Unfortunately the bootloader is still locked but thata ok. As long as we have some sort of root.
Will keep this thread updated once i receive confirmation of methods.

podagee said:
Will keep this thread updated once i receive confirmation of methods.
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podagee,
Thanks for the info.
However, I was using "Good luck" as a colloquial expression, not litereal.
Regards.

JeffDC said:
podagee,
Thanks for the info.
However, I was using "Good luck" as a colloquial expression, not litereal.
Regards.
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Oh haha my bad.

podagee said:
luck is actually not needed in this process.. There is a developer who actually has had his QK25 rooted. He has been very busy working and said he will surely upload his method when he has free time. at the moment he is releasing the G950U bootloader 2 root. For those of us with rhe G955U will have to wait for a bit as he has to build it for us. Thankfully for him, S8+ has not been forgotten. Unfortunately the bootloader is still locked but thata ok. As long as we have some sort of root.
Will keep this thread updated once i receive confirmation of methods.
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What's qk25? Will the new root method work on Oreo?

anewday said:
What's qk25? Will the new root method work on Oreo?
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QK25 is a modified version no one will see because its a typo geez.... QK5 is what i meant but the QK5 rooted is already out. Partcyborg has released it on his thread. As far as the root for Oreo,not sure if it will stick as of yet. still downloading the Bl and AP from Partcyborg. I was gonna try and make a system only update for it so ill let you know when i get done with it.

podagee said:
QK25 is a modified version no one will see because its a typo geez.... QK5 is what i meant but the QK5 rooted is already out. Partcyborg has released it on his thread. As far as the root for Oreo,not sure if it will stick as of yet. still downloading the Bl and AP from Partcyborg. I was gonna try and make a system only update for it so ill let you know when i get done with it.
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It's out ?

partcyborg said:
It's out ?
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Is there another of obtaining root for say like the 2BQL1? Something similar to say SamPwnd or is root only obtained through an AP flash created by You? I ask only because on Christmas Day, I spent my whole morning and afternoon trying to get my phone to actually boot up into it and not sure why but flashed multiple times and couldn't even get stock to boot after continuously trying to get the Samsung account fixed on the Rom provided. But also so we all know that if we wanted to flash say any other bootloader 2 Rom we could have root on any. But in every current event, thank you partcyborg for your dedication, time, and hard work you do for us here in the s8 & s8+ threads.

podagee said:
Is there another of obtaining root for say like the 2BQL1? Something similar to say SamPwnd or is root only obtained through an AP flash created by You? I ask only because on Christmas Day, I spent my whole morning and afternoon trying to get my phone to actually boot up into it and not sure why but flashed multiple times and couldn't even get stock to boot after continuously trying to get the Samsung account fixed on the Rom provided. But also so we all know that if we wanted to flash say any other bootloader 2 Rom we could have root on any. But in every current event, thank you partcyborg for your dedication, time, and hard work you do for us here in the s8 & s8+ threads.
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If you are having flash problems the issue is your USB setup. The most common case is usb3.0 ports that are apparently not compatible with the s8, particularly with large files like the samfail images. If your ports are usb3 switch to usb2 ones and if you don't have one a usb2 hub has been reported to work.
Also try different cables and check your drivers

How does this works and where do I find it?

britchel said:
How does this works and where do I find it?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...root-partcyborgrom-aqk3-samfail-odin-t3717702

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podagee said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...root-partcyborgrom-aqk3-samfail-odin-t3717702
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Do you have your s8 root?

britchel said:
Thanks...
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Do you have your s8 root?
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Yes definitely with partcyborgs Rom. If you were rooted on rev1, I didn't like the first root, you'll be happy with what he has done. Smooth and everything,well almost everything, just works. By far, a better root experience than what we've had.