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[Q] New Note Pro?

Hey guys, I just got my Note Pro a week ago and just started looking into rooting. I keep getting a notification about a 128mb stability update. I would assume it's gonna update to the latest build but I'm not sure what the latest build is or if it'll be rootable afterwords. my current build is KOT49H.P900UEU1ANAE. What is the latest build #? Is there a list of updates somewhere detailing what the improvements are? I just want to root, debloat, turn off OTA and remove KNOX.
Edit: sorry forgot to mention it's just the wife model SM-P900

So 48 views and not one person can tell me the latest build# ? I'll figure out the rest.
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Have you checked SamMobile?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-P900/XAR/
How i got there:
http://www.sammobile.com
1. Click Firmware on the top.
2. Click the greyed out firmware database link under the blue banner.
3. Under "Select your firmware" I picked Tablet-->Android-->SM-P900....-->Cellular South (which matches the US variants)

muzzy996 said:
Have you checked SamMobile?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-P900/XAR/
How i got there:
http://www.sammobile.com
1. Click Firmware on the top.
2. Click the greyed out firmware database link under the blue banner.
3. Under "Select your firmware" I picked Tablet-->Android-->SM-P900....-->Cellular South (which matches the US variants)
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Thanks muzzy! I had already been to SamMobile but all it had was foreign countries listed. I didn't know about Cellular South being the US version. I'll look again.
Edit: oh look a list of the updates and release dates! My Wi - fi reception seems slow, do any of the update fix that?

I honestly can't say. I'm on NC5 which is dated back in April and have no major issues.
I'm rooted and debloated though, not that this would impact the wifi performance . .

48 views doesn't mean 48 users. About 44 of those are Google Content Crawler, which is Google search engine's bots crawling the net for content to display in google.com. It is an automated process.
Samsung doesn't release changelists, so we don't know what each update does beyond what we can see.

Thanks for the help guys! I just accepted the first update and it took me to ANC5. I guess I'll have to accept all updates until current and then try CF-Auto-Root. I'll report back then.

Actually I just got my tablet like a week ago as well. I m on the same build no as well....haven't updated yet. I also haven't installed Knox either. There is a download arrow on the Knox icon and if I click the icon it starts downloading so I just cancel it. I am thinking of rooting as well. Well what I m trying to say is...keep the thread updated and I will just follow your lead.....hehe.

It always helps to know your country as well as different countries are on slightly different versions. You can always go to sanmobile.com, click on firmware and search for p-900. That will give you the list of all the latest ROMs for different countries / carriers. US based ROMs are listed as "Cellular South".

Successful Root!
Okay guys sorry it's taken so long to respond, I had hernia surgery on Monday so I've been behind on getting this rooted.
My plan was to use CF-Auto-Root and then load TWRP recovery and then load "Debloat Stock Variant" by Gatsrom. I decided to do it in that order because I wasn't sure I could load a custom recovery without being rooted first.
I accepted all updates up to the current = P900UEU1BNK1. Using Win 7 and loaded Samsung drivers. Downloaded ODIN 3.09, Odin 3.07 came with CF-Auto-Root and downloaded TWRP. Booted into download mode and made sure ODIN recognized my P900. And this is when to fun began! Everything seem to be going okay but I did run into a snag. I used ODIN 3.07 because that's what came with Auto- Root and I'd read somewhere of people having trouble with 3.09??? Anyways I got a red "FAIL" message and my screen displayed multicolored lines. I tried running it in ODIN 3.09 and got the same result. (i didn't disconnect anything between the 3.07 or 3.09 attempts, maybe i should have?). I disconnected my P900 and it rebooted giving me a Firmware Error screen telling me to use Kies "Recovery Mode". I tried Kies Recovery but Kies3 wouldn't even recognize the P900. (I started freaking a little at this point!) Anyways, I decided to try and load TWRP because I thought I've got nothing to lose! I loaded TWRP into ODIN and it took, so I thought, because my P900 rebooted into an up and running normal state. (Big Sigh!) I tried booting into recovery but TWRP didn't take, it came up to stock recovery, trying to load TWRP just kicked the P900 out of the Firmware Error state it was in?? I decided to give Auto-Root another go after rebooting Win 7. Used ODIN 3.09 this time and everything went fine and I was rooted! Then I loaded TWRP and it loaded fine! I performed a TWRP backup at this point and things seem to be running smoothly. I still need to load the Debloat Variant, that's what's on my plate for today.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2656551
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706982
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...t/rom-original-stock-debloated-stock-t2860069

You are a much braver sole than I. Hope all goes smoothly.

I could be wrong but I would think that if one is going to a different ROM then rooting isn't necessary. Simply use Odin to flash TWRP but ensure that auto reboot is not enabled in Odin when you do it. If you allow the device to begin booting into stock system it's going to overwrite recovery again (with stock recovery) so what you want to do is flash TWRP, and once it's flashed FORCE a reboot directly into recovery again using the hardware keys on the device. At that point you can do an nandroid backup and then flash your ROM.
Sent from my SM-P900 using Tapatalk

treetopsranch said:
You are a much braver sole than I. Hope all goes smoothly.
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I'm not that brave treetop! I just know my way around a computer and I've rooted a few of these things. Plus I know the guys here on XDA are good at helping out if you hit a snag. Luckily I figured this one out on my own! You've just gotta do your research before jumping in and search read, search read, search read! I provided some links to get you started....get to it!
muzzy99 said:
I could be wrong but I would think that if one is going to a different ROM then rooting isn't necessary. Simply use Odin to flash TWRP but ensure that auto reboot is not enabled in Odin when you do it. If you allow the device to begin booting into stock system it's going to overwrite recovery again (with stock recovery) so what you want to do is flash TWRP, and once it's flashed FORCE a reboot directly into recovery again using the hardware keys on the device. At that point you can do an nandroid backup and then flash your ROM.
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Thanks for the info muzzy, I'll remember that for next time! :good:
I did get the Debloat Variant up and running and loaded Xposed framework with sdcard full access. Everything seems to be running smoothly!

Ok So I finally got to it and successfully rooted (in first try, if I may add ). Thanks to xblue's guide/heroic efforts I avoided certain things and everything went smoothly. So Basically I installed samsung drivers using Kies, rebooted pc (Win 8.1). Downloaded cf autoroot and downloaded odin 3.09 as autoroot comes with 3.07. Replaced ONLY 3.07 odin exe with 3.09. Started Odin in Admin mode, put the tablet in download mode. Attched to pc and Odin recognized it. Then Gave it a final thought......lol. Pressed Start, device booted couple times. Then PASS appeared on the Odin window after like 30 secs. Installed root checker...successfully rooted. Installed TWRP via odin and flashed that successfully. Made a full back up and installed a ROM of my choice. I am a happy camper.

Sweet Deal singhsta! I'm glad my efforts were a help!

i would update to the latest version.. i tried using the original one that you have however i got the screen flicker issue so had to update.. the first update isnt very good wifi keeps dropping but the most recent version doesn't tho you may have a bug where every time you unlock the screen the tablet is still asleep even though the icons are visible so you have to lock the screen again and unlock. however if you factory reset this bug goes away.
i find the latest version is the most stable and battery life is better if you disable all the unnecessary apps that you can i usually get rid of most of the samsung back up apps and all the google ones bar the ones it needs to run play store etc and maintaining the ones that sync for back up.
wifi was really slow when i first got it and would drop very annoying but now it seems better but have experienced slow wifi i think it's a hardware issue all note pro's have in built that should have been sorted by the latest build. i hope they finally give it an update in the coming months even to 4.4.4. or something.

[Help][Soft Bricked]Samsung Note 8000. Recovery inaccessible. Odin, Heimdall failed.

I have a Samsung note 8000 which soft bricked suddenly. I didn't do anything. In fact, I disabled root but still it managed to soft brick itself after running BlissPop for a week.
I tried flashing stock firmware from sammobiles and few more websites. When it didn't work, I also downloaded 4Files repair firmware and tried flashing it. I also flashed TWRP again and also tried re-rooting. Also PIT files (I am not sure the version used. Can anyone send me the latest PIT file for n8000). Nothing worked.
I installed Hiemdall tried flashing with it too.
Also tried smart watch and Kies but it didn't work. They aren't able to recognize the device. Doesn't seem like a hardware problem, please help guys!!!!

Better, Updated Odin v3.12.3 for QK5+

While trying to downgrade back to Nougat from Oreo, I downloaded the QK5 firmware and proceeded to flash it to my G950U with modded Odin as I've done since that Odins release. However, it WOULD NOT flash no matter what port or cable I tried... It kept giving me a device mismatch error which was weird. I've NEVER had that Odin NOT work.
After some searching, trial and error I came across this version of Odin. It worked instantly with 0 issues.
Uploaded to my GDrive and shared here in case someone else may run into this same issue.
Odin v3.12.3
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s15geKe625T11lpkClq49zTsMjqOmYhl/view?usp=drivesdk

Thanks

This can be nothing but useful..lol. Thanks. Always good to have these things handy.

was your Oreo BL2 or BL1?

Samsung Galaxy S7 cannot flash BL

Hey,
Need some help here and not sure what's gone wrong, I've managed to root and flash custom ROM's before, but for some reason, my S7 now will not let me flash the BL file when trying to restore a stock ROM.
I can flash AP, CP and CSC with no problems, but trying to flash the BL file it gets half way and then the box at the top just goes red and says FAIL!
I've tried wiping everything from TWRP, installing custom ROM's and so forth to try and then restore from - phone is UK on BT Mobile and usually I use the XEU stock rom to reset.
The problem is, I have no carrier signal or IMEI information (I've tried the SIM in a different phone and it's working fine) so I can only presume it's something to do with the BL flash?
Any help is really appreciated!

Ok, well, hours of playing I found a SM-G930F combination firmware to flash (COMBINATION_FA60_G930FXXU2ARA2_BoxWares) - this has gotten me into FACTORY BINARY and lots of factory test / setting modes - phone now has it's IMEI number back AND I was able to receive a call from my girlfriends phone...
This seems to be running on Marshmallow 6.0.1 but obviously is not usable as an OS - so I need help to uprade firmwares in the correct order as trying to flash to 7 or 8 just fails in Odin and I can't seem to install TWRP recovery either from this.
I'm on BT Mobile (I used XEU before without issue - until recently!) so presume that's still the correct version...
Thanks!

Before I say anything DO you have a backup of your EFS folder do that first
Assuming you can only flash the binary 2 combination file firmware ,Samsung has recently updated their bootloader to not allow downgrades , you can only flash Nougat firmware from this year

Hey, I actually found that from some random spanish forum late last night... so I now have the combination rom with a useless (daily) front end / homescreen running android 6.0.1 but believe the bootloader is locked (from the nice little red error messages on startup) to a more recent version.
Supposedly I should be able to flash a `current` stock firmware then... but cannot seem to flash an AP file over this Combination rom install....
I did manage to download APKInstaller and install Kingroot (TWRP flash does not work - you cannot get into recovery anymore) and some other android apps (phone / sms / messenger) so have limited functionality but better than none for now.
No backups.

Boot into download mode , flash only the Sboot ( unzip the tar and make tar with only sboot) from any recent stock rom .
in AP put TWRP , untick the auto reboot.
when it passes( unplug phone ) hold the volume done , home power button till phone reboots (screen goes off) , quickly press volume up ,home and power button , you should be in TWRP
The combination firmware do not allow recovery modifications , it will just go in bootloop

OK, I'll try that when I get home later... lets say it works, what is my course of action then?
I still think I won't be able to flash a rom from Odin just by installing TWRP, so what actions do I need to take in TWRP? complete format ?
Thanks!

In TWRP make a backup of the EFS and Baseband partitions , copy to memory card .
I learned it the hard way , I ended up buying a second S7 with broken LCD so I can use the board
No box or tool can patch the certificate once you on Nougat as of yet
then you can go back to download mode and flash the AP ,CP ,CSC and phone should boot up , Leave the BL

Managed to get into stock recovery somehow (wasn't working before) and can see options for ADB sideloading etc again so that's something I guess lol
Presumably, if I can flash the boot file then twrp, I can then install a custom rom (i originally went from 7.0 up to 8 with Pixel Experience and Lineage, before things went tits up)
I'm guessing it'll be a case of formating data / wiping cache and installing the custom rom - assuming the BL is running 7.0 - or am i going to need to try and flash everything again via Odin (unsuccessful so far and only rom that will install is Combination)? also what about the CSC file...?
The only reason I'm in this predicament is because one of the custom roms somewhere (or google) screwed my IMEI settings, but Combination has brought those back.

you should be able to install any stock firmware from March 2018 onwards without any problems

Hmm ok so the network things I'm on T-Mobile and not BT Mobile lol (presumably because of the EUR flash) not sure if this will have implications when it comes to billing etc (BT bought out EE/T-Mobile but are different businesses still).
So does anyone have a working link to the XEU firmware? XEU-G930FXXS2DRC3-20180329132652 seems to be the filename... I can only find crap sites with 4kb downloads unless you pay $10-$20 lol

Success - in the absence of an upto date firmware from March for XEU - I found and installed the EUR one - BL everything went straight in and I've booted to setup screen now \o/
In Greek.... OK so hopefully I can just change language and wait for the XEU to surface (or is it OK to use the EUR? I have IMEI everything so looking good so far!)
I will probably flash Pixel Experience again unless someone recommends another over this?

Dreamz2k said:
Success - in the absence of an upto date firmware from March for XEU - I found and installed the EUR one - BL everything went straight in and I've booted to setup screen now \o/
In Greek.... OK so hopefully I can just change language and wait for the XEU to surface (or is it OK to use the EUR? I have IMEI everything so looking good so far!)
I will probably flash Pixel Experience again unless someone recommends another over this?
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As someone said before.. Flash TWRP using ODIN; boot to twrp and make a backup of the EFS partition ONLY. Store the backup in the SD card and then copy it to the pc/dropbox/Drive/whatever. There are no guaranties that you wont loose the IMEI again if you attempt to flash the custom rom again. Then If you want to be on a completely stock rom, reflash the rom using ODIN. If you want to backup the baseband too, do the same procedure again but select only the baseband partition (untick the others)
To download stock roms you can use either the SamFirm tool (google search it.. it is on XDA) or Updato (site). Both of them provide really fast download speeds as there are no caps, and they are free. The files are downloaded straight from Samsung servers.
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Dreamz2k said:
Success - in the absence of an upto date firmware from March for XEU - I found and installed the EUR one - BL everything went straight in and I've booted to setup screen now \o/
In Greek.... OK so hopefully I can just change language and wait for the XEU to surface (or is it OK to use the EUR? I have IMEI everything so looking good so far!)
I will probably flash Pixel Experience again unless someone recommends another over this?
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i guess i have the same problem like u....cant flash anything...just the combination file like u.....i have the stockrom from march but i cant flash this!! Odin does "Set partition" an do nothing!...
what can i do?

Need help. Stock S7 hangs on Samungs boot logo. Tried recovery and Odin both fail

I have hear a S7 wich hangs on white samsung boot logo.
The device is stock, no root and no custom rom.
The problems started on a failed update, it started to hang during use.
I made a backup and then tried to reset it, sadly i came no further then this boot logo after it crashed again.
I decided to enter recovery mode, when entering recovery each time i get a blue install screen of an update and each times it fails with an error.
Then i did a wipe cache and rebooted, same result, it stops at boot logo
Then i did a wipe/format factory reset (from recovery) and reboot, here also it hangs on samsung logo
Also it reports the following:
fail to open recovery cause no such file or directory
I even let the phone boot for 8 hours on the logo, it gets really hot but it does not go pass the samsung boot logo
When booting and the phone is connected by USB to my laptop i get messages that android rom is prepared and 1 later it is installed, but that is it, no booting etc.
I then entered download mode and used ODIN, downloaded the latest stock rom and try to flash it.
But here also i get each try a FAILED on the boot, even when i do no enter BL i get a FAILED, so only AP it fails also.
I tried now about 5 different stock rom versions and they all fail.
Have really no idea how to fix this, as mentioned the phone is fully stock, so stock bootloader, stock rom etc.
Anyone any idea how to get this phone up and running again?

B3rt said:
I have hear a S7 wich hangs on white samsung boot logo.
The device is stock, no root and no custom rom.
The problems started on a failed update, it started to hang during use.
I made a backup and then tried to reset it, sadly i came no further then this boot logo after it crashed again.
I decided to enter recovery mode, when entering recovery each time i get a blue install screen of an update and each times it fails with an error.
Then i did a wipe cache and rebooted, same result, it stops at boot logo
Then i did a wipe/format factory reset (from recovery) and reboot, here also it hangs on samsung logo
Also it reports the following:
fail to open recovery cause no such file or directory
I even let the phone boot for 8 hours on the logo, it gets really hot but it does not go pass the samsung boot logo
When booting and the phone is connected by USB to my laptop i get messages that android rom is prepared and 1 later it is installed, but that is it, no booting etc.
I then entered download mode and used ODIN, downloaded the latest stock rom and try to flash it.
But here also i get each try a FAILED on the boot, even when i do no enter BL i get a FAILED, so only AP it fails also.
I tried now about 5 different stock rom versions and they all fail.
Have really no idea how to fix this, as mentioned the phone is fully stock, so stock bootloader, stock rom etc.
Anyone any idea how to get this phone up and running again?
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What country are you in?
What network were you using?
What firmware was on your phone nougat or Oreo?
What firmware are you trying to flash?
What version of Odin are you using?

cooltt said:
What country are you in?
What network were you using?
What firmware was on your phone nougat or Oreo?
What firmware are you trying to flash?
What version of Odin are you using?
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Living in The Netherlands
The phone is free, not network limited but was last used on T-Mobile
I am not 100% sure, i believe Android 8
i tried: DNL-G930FXXU3ESA3-20190131134911 and EUR-G930FXXS4ESAE-20190218105256 and DNL-G930FXXU2DRC1-20180402094302 and BTU-G930FXXU1DPLT-20170117160813 and G930FXXU1DQAN_G930FFTM1DQAD_FTM
Tried Odin3_v3.12.3 and Odin3-v3.13.1

B3rt said:
Living in The Netherlands
The phone is free, not network limited but was last used on T-Mobile
I am not 100% sure, i believe Android 8
i tried: DNL-G930FXXU3ESA3-20190131134911 and EUR-G930FXXS4ESAE-20190218105256 and DNL-G930FXXU2DRC1-20180402094302 and BTU-G930FXXU1DPLT-20170117160813 and G930FXXU1DQAN_G930FFTM1DQAD_FTM
Tried Odin3_v3.12.3 and Odin3-v3.13.1
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Your trying to flash old versions of the firmware, once the boot loader is updated you can't go back.
This is the latest version of T Mobile for the Netherlands (TNL), it's always best to try the firmware you were on first [url]https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930F/TNL/download/G930FXXU3ESA3/255865/[/URL]
If that doesn't work this is the latest version of Unbranded BTU [url]https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930F/BTU/download/G930FXXS4ESAE/257466/[/URL]
Also use Odin 13. Put all files in correct slots and use CSC not HOME_CSC

As far as i could see these are all android 8 and 1 android 7 firmwares, so they are not that old.
Believe the latest one is from January this year, i know the last time the phone was updated was last October, after that all updates failed to install OTA
The link you gave me is exactly the same version i used only without the branding, so i already used the latest one.
I tried to be sure the download from the link you given but with those download speeds (15kb) it is almost impossible to download these firmware's, i am not gonna take a subscription to for 1 time fast downloading and also i do not want to risk that i paid for a fast download it fails again....
So if someone has a download link which i can use and try an other firmware please feel free to share it.
BTW i used the last Odin3-v3.13.1 version, i cannot find a newer one.

B3rt said:
As far as i could see these are all android 8 and 1 android 7 firmwares, so they are not that old.
Believe the latest one is from January this year, i know the last time the phone was updated was last October, after that all updates failed to install OTA
The link you gave me is exactly the same version i used only without the branding, so i already used the latest one.
I tried to be sure the download from the link you given but with those download speeds (15kb) it is almost impossible to download these firmware's, i am not gonna take a subscription to for 1 time fast downloading and also i do not want to risk that i paid for a fast download it fails again....
So if someone has a download link which i can use and try an other firmware please feel free to share it.
BTW i used the last Odin3-v3.13.1 version, i cannot find a newer one.
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Ok well you can listen to me or not.
None of the firmwares you are using are for your device, PHN is Netherlands and the BTU you are using BTU-G930FXXU1DPLT is on a U1 boot loader, BTU is now on S4 which is 3 versions above U1.
The reason you only download from Sammobile or updato.com is because the firmware is correct, reliable and not full of virus/spyware. You can also download direct from Samsung severs with SamFirm Tool.