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[Q] custom recovery

Saw a post on reddit and twitter that TWRP is almost ready. Has anyone come across further info yet?
Also any ideas when we may start seeing some solid development work?
Thx guys

bdt1978 said:
Saw a post on reddit and twitter that TWRP is almost ready. Has anyone come across further info yet?
Also any ideas when we may start seeing some solid development work?
Thx guys
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Twrp should be available this weekend then the roms should start coming

This is exciting to read.... Where should we check? Thank you for the reply !!!!

I can't wait, TWRP is just the beginning, then the ROMs will come.
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Whooooooooooo

I can't wait ....

jaythenut said:
Twrp should be available this weekend then the roms should start coming
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TWRP for the T-Mobile variant, correct? I haven't seen a confirmation from anyone that the bootloader is unlocked for the other variants.

Will twrp work on all variants out of interest

seboj said:
TWRP for the T-Mobile variant, correct? I haven't seen a confirmation from anyone that the bootloader is unlocked for the other variants.
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Did they find a way to unlock it and use TWRP? I know what you mean because normally that's the case unless there is a work around. In really hoping this will happen for all models of the G3.
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Pilz said:
Did they find a way to unlock it and use TWRP? I know what you mean because normally that's the case unless there is a work around. In really hoping this will happen for all models of the G3.
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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T-mobile variant is factory unlocked. There was a picture posted on Twitter of a supposed D850 running TWRP, by Autoprime I think, but nothing has come out officially yet.

bdt1978 said:
This is exciting to read.... Where should we check? Thank you for the reply !!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development should be in here but not yet

Im very confused. From what i gathered from the devs they are releasing everything for all devices at the same time, i.e. a universal bootloader tool, or is this not the case anymore...im itching to get my bootloader unlocked and this isnt an ask for an eta or anything, im just wondering if i have got my wires crossed. My d855 has been rooted since day one with no issues and im worried my bootloader will forever be sealed.....is the tool people are saying is available this weekend, the universal bootloader unlock?

B4rnzEE said:
Im very confused. From what i gathered from the devs they are releasing everything for all devices at the same time, i.e. a universal bootloader tool, or is this not the case anymore...im itching to get my bootloader unlocked and this isnt an ask for an eta or anything, im just wondering if i have got my wires crossed. My d855 has been rooted since day one with no issues and im worried my bootloader will forever be sealed.....is the tool people are saying is available this weekend, the universal bootloader unlock?
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They're working on a universal root first. I could be wrong, but I expect the release this weekend will be TWRP for the T-Mobile variant.

B4rnzEE said:
Im very confused. From what i gathered from the devs they are releasing everything for all devices at the same time, i.e. a universal bootloader tool, or is this not the case anymore...im itching to get my bootloader unlocked and this isnt an ask for an eta or anything, im just wondering if i have got my wires crossed. My d855 has been rooted since day one with no issues and im worried my bootloader will forever be sealed.....is the tool people are saying is available this weekend, the universal bootloader unlock?
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you "gathered" wrong..
dev's usually release things when they get them working perfectly, and have a safe way for N00bs to install things without immediately bricking their precious devices.
"Universal" bootloader tool is a pipe dream so dont hold your breath waiting for that
Rumors are just that; rumors, so when your phone's bootloader gets unlocked, you will surely know for sure; until then, its all just SWAG..

wase4711 said:
you "gathered" wrong..
dev's usually release things when they get them working perfectly, and have a safe way for N00bs to install things without immediately bricking their precious devices.
"Universal" bootloader tool is a pipe dream so dont hold your breath waiting for that
Rumors are just that; rumors, so when your phone's bootloader gets unlocked, you will surely know for sure; until then, its all just SWAG..
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Are you one of the devs working on bootloader unlocks...? Because the ones i know definitely are seem to disagree with what you are saying, despite what devs 'usually' do.
From what i see here, it is universal root and universal unlock they are looking to achieve.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/bounty-lg-g3-d855bootloader-unlocking-t2807900/page21

B4rnzEE said:
Are you one of the devs working on bootloader unlocks...? Because the ones i know definitely are seem to disagree with what you are saying, despite what devs 'usually' do.
From what i see here, it is universal root and universal unlock they are looking to achieve.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/bounty-lg-g3-d855bootloader-unlocking-t2807900/page21
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They are looking for a universal root for all the variants.
They are also trying to unlock all the variants.
They think that unlocking one variant might allow the unlocking of other variants, but not necessarily all variants.
They are not looking for a 'universal' unlock in the same way that they are looking for a 'universal' root.

I used the Korean version cwm recovery . it works.
I used the Korean version cwm recovery . it works.

Unlocked Bootloader in AT&T Note 4?

I've come across many posts stating that the bootloader in the Note 4 AT&T variant may be locked. Is there a way to put in a unlocked bootloader in case one wants to proceed towards rooting the device? I know Lollipop is expected to be a new day in age for the Android Community, but I'm sure the XDA community would still be able to work something out.

No, that is not currently possible. Phone is neither able to be bootloader unlocked nor rooted at this time.

Yikes, will it be able to be bootloader unlocked or rooted in the near future?
JasonJoel said:
No, that is not currently possible. Phone is neither able to be bootloader unlocked nor rooted at this time.
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arjun90 said:
Yikes, will it be able to be bootloader unlocked or rooted in the near future?
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People are working on it, but no guarantees. It is very possible that root may be found, but not a bootloader unlock.
Although it is also possible neither are achieved.
No one knows.
The moral of the story is that if you 'need' root, you should never buy a phone until AFTER it is rooted... Root is NOT guaranteed on new Samsung phones anymore - getting very locked down.
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JasonJoel said:
People are working on it, but no guarantees. It is very possible that root may be found, but not a bootloader unlock.
Although it is also possible neither are achieved.
No one knows. But I doubt it will happen in the 'near future'.
The moral of the story is that if you 'need' root, you should never buy a phone until AFTER it is rooted... Root is NOT guaranteed on new Samsung phones anymore - getting very locked down.
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A

What about the International Versions like the SM-910U?
JasonJoel said:
People are working on it, but no guarantees. It is very possible that root may be found, but not a bootloader unlock.
Although it is also possible neither are achieved.
No one knows.
The moral of the story is that if you 'need' root, you should never buy a phone until AFTER it is rooted... Root is NOT guaranteed on new Samsung phones anymore - getting very locked down.
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A
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arjun90 said:
What about the International Versions like the SM-910U?
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They have root and twrp custom recovery because they aren't locked down like Verizon and Att are.

Silly question, but doesn't this have a negative impact on the AT&T variant Note 4's resale value?
JasonJoel said:
People are working on it, but no guarantees. It is very possible that root may be found, but not a bootloader unlock.
Although it is also possible neither are achieved.
No one knows.
The moral of the story is that if you 'need' root, you should never buy a phone until AFTER it is rooted... Root is NOT guaranteed on new Samsung phones anymore - getting very locked down.
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A
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brittoking said:
They have root and twrp custom recovery because they aren't locked down like Verizon and Att are.
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arjun90 said:
Silly question, but doesn't this have a negative impact on the AT&T variant Note 4's resale value?
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Not really. 99% of people don't give a crap (or even know about) root or locked bootloaders.

I have found a working temp root method for 5.1.1

I found a bootloader unlock method for the Verizon variant of this phone, however after trying it on my phone I was able to get temp root on my AT&T Note 4. I have not tried to unlock the bootloader yet, but I will keep you guys posted.
Here is the link: galaxynote4root/galaxy-note-4-root/how-to-root-unlock-bootloader-on-galaxy-note-4/2/ (add .com infront of the first root , I can't post links yet)
(Make sure that on step 9 and up to change the file name in the command to n4-2 instead of n4-fix)
(Download everything except the Verizon stuff)
Final edit: This method only works for root, the bootloader can't be unlocked for AT&T because there was never a developer edition released for it.
Note: The root is extremely buggy and unstable, so it is not that usable. Hopefully someone else can make a root better for this device.

How did the temp root go? Doesn't it reboot after a while and then lose the root?

boofman said:
How did the temp root go? Doesn't it reboot after a while and then lose the root?
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It is very unstable and slow but it works, I'm probably going to install a different rom if I can unlock the bootloader.

bobshmo said:
It is very unstable and slow but it works, I'm probably going to install a different rom if I can unlock the bootloader.
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Great going buddy!
How long has it been running with root? Does it survive a reboot?
I do hope you can unlock the bootloader, so we csn install custom ROMs and Kernels!

boofman said:
Great going buddy!
How long has it been running with root? Does it survive a reboot?
I do hope you can unlock the bootloader, so we csn install custom ROMs and Kernels!
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It does not survive a reboot, however root although it slows the phone down seems to be working fine. I'm still trying to unlock the bootloader.

Nice to see someone take the bold risk. I hope you find success. I think everyone blew this off because this method was for Verizon and it tricks the phone to make it recognized as a Devloper model who come bootloader unlocked. AT&T does not have developer model devices so chances are this method will not unlock 910A bootloaders.

Wish you luck! There's a bounty thread here somewhere..
I saw on the other thread you temp bricked your phone attempting a bootloader unlock..hope you do unlock it without bricking your phone..

Problem with my note 4 please helppp !!
Can I update to an higher version than this ?
Android version 5.0.1
Build number : DONGCHAO.A916
Baseband version : N910FXXU1BOC4
Model SM-N910F

eypohraj said:
Can I update to an higher version than this ?
Android version 5.0.1
Build number : DONGCHAO.A916
Baseband version : N910FXXU1BOC4
Model SM-N910F
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you are in the wrong thread
Your variant for the Note 4 is the international variant
This thread is for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4
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This temp-root doesn't let us access the system partition
This type of root has been recognized by this community for several months and we dismissed as worthless because DM-Verity removes the root after every reboot and I am surprised you guys haven't gotten a brick yet because, on Android 5.1.1, Samsung added a security method where if anyone roots with Kingroot/KingORoot and reboot, you get a message saying that the kernel isn't from AT&T before fully booting up

boofman said:
Wish you luck! There's a bounty thread here somewhere..
I saw on the other thread you temp bricked your phone attempting a bootloader unlock..hope you do unlock it without bricking your phone..
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I unbricked it, bootloader can't be unlocked though, also I realized that kingoroot works on 5.1.1. It might be due to the file that I pushed for temp root, so now I have temp root on my phone that isn't that unstable.

Thanks for attempting to root though. We might have to look into other exploits to get a stable one. Or maybe there isnt one and its the end of the road on our journey to find it.

Update on how kingroot workin now?

AlexanderDAB said:
you are in the wrong thread
Your variant for the Note 4 is the international variant
This thread is for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4
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This temp-root doesn't let us access the system partition
This type of root has been recognized by this community for several months and we dismissed as worthless because DM-Verity removes the root after every reboot and I am surprised you guys haven't gotten a brick yet because, on Android 5.1.1, Samsung added a security method where if anyone roots with Kingroot/KingORoot and reboot, you get a message saying that the kernel isn't from AT&T before fully booting up
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But the thing is that when i check through the phone info app it shows that i own a n910a variant. So confused

eypohraj said:
But the thing is that when i check through the phone info app it shows that i own a n910a variant. So confused
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ok, so first of all
Go into Download mode. How to get there?
Turn off your phone entirely, and then when it has been fully turned off, hold down the power button, home button, and volume down button all at once until you get a warning screen. Press the volume down button and it should give you all the information about the phone without the system being all jacked up
Its should say if you have SM-N910F (International Variant) or SM-N910A (AT&T Variant)

Rooting Samsung S9 SM-960W

Hey everyone I'm looking to unlock my phone. The goal is unlock, twrp (or alt), Detoxed Rom w/ Root Magsik. The phone is from Telus and Telus SIM it's Canadian variant. Model # SM-G960W.
Links: Unlock Bootloader? , TWRP , Detoxed Rom
TWRP says it doesn't support W version, or is there away around this? Thanks

I would like to help you about this if you still having this problem

Unfortunately the only version of TWRP supported Snapdragon version of S9 is only for 9600. And I don't think that it will work for 960W
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One more if your real goal is to unlock Canadian version of S9 you should know that in Canada all phones should be sold unlocked since December 2017 (you should be able to use any SIM card} . But if your goal is to root the phone (for example to remove all Samsung bloatware) there's no way to do this for now
Sent from my SM-G960W using Tapatalk

If it have the ability for the BL to be unlocked then someone will probably make one for it.

Any update? I'm wondering this too.

LuminousOne said:
Any update? I'm wondering this too.
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Bump, Yes I'm wondering how to get the OEM unlock option inside my phone developer options, it seems to be missing and I do not want to wait 7 days uptime for it to come back. The sm-g960w is running with a snapdragon chip and I'm looking for a tutorial how to flash custom roms on this device, any help much appreciated.

FalsAlarm said:
Bump, Yes I'm wondering how to get the OEM unlock option inside my phone developer options, it seems to be missing and I do not want to wait 7 days uptime for it to come back. The sm-g960w is running with a snapdragon chip and I'm looking for a tutorial how to flash custom roms on this device, any help much appreciated.
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446h on and no oem unlock. even if it was , there is no twrp or custom roms available.

anyone willing to risk it?
theres samsungsfour website just google
tutorials/how-to-root-galaxy-s9-on-android-8-0-oreo-using-cf-autoroot-method-all-models
. is cf auto root safe?

seems finishy, tells me 960w can be rooted using CF AUTO Root.
Can anyone comfirm? heres link to patched s9 960w
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:1967/firmware:18377

matthewacbroad said:
seems finishy, tells me 960w can be rooted using CF AUTO Root.
Can anyone comfirm? heres link to patched s9 960w
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:1967/firmware:18377
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Lol no.

peachpuff said:
Lol no.
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i figured as much. iwouldnt trust any source besides here xda

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matthewacbroad said:
seems finishy, tells me 960w can be rooted using CF AUTO Root.
Can anyone comfirm? heres link to patched s9 960w
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:1967/firmware:18377
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well guys. this is soooooo embarrassing
not that it changes things since theres still Knox bootloader it cant bypass. but firmware.mobi is made by a xda mod. I'm so sorry mod chainfire please forgive me. its here on /android/development/firmware-mobi-t3675896 thanks for all your hard work
I'm so confused now
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matthewacbroad said:
seems finishy, tells me 960w can be rooted using CF AUTO Root.
Can anyone comfirm? heres link to patched s9 960w
https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:1967/firmware:18377
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well guys. this is soooooo embarrassing
not that it changes things since theres still Knox bootloader it cant bypass. but firmware.mobi is made by a xda mod. I'm so sorry mod chainfire please forgive me. its here on /android/development/firmware-mobi-t3675896 thanks for all your hard work
I'm so confused now maybe theres a misunderstanding

matthewacbroad said:
i figured as much. iwouldnt trust any source besides here xda
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u are going to be waiting a long time lol.. the G980W isnt unlockable to my understanding.. i kno the N960W isnt and the devices are similar

Zedroyd said:
I'm so confused now maybe theres a misunderstanding
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That patch is generated for every phone, even ones with locked bootloaders, so it will work if you can unlock the bootloader but that will never happen.

I found one way to unlock the bootloader on my galaxy s9 sm-g960w
I used this firmware on this page, it's a crom.(combinat...), https://shell.boxwares.com/Download.aspx?L=8417
Although the page says it's for the sm-g960w, the filename once downloaded says it's for g960u. Nonetheless, after flashing using odin the patched version, you can unlock the bootloader in Developer settings. At least for me it's there.
So, using this crom enable to unlocked bootloader, firmware.mobi doesn't contain a CF-AUTO-ROOT file for this version of the firmware.(COMBINATION_FAC_FA80_G960USQU3ARG2) so I still unsure whether it can be rooted. When I visit the samsungfour.com website, it gives me a security certificate error and fails to load so I cannot say for certain that the tutorial on their website for the sm-g960w snapdragon 845 varient works or not. I'll try the website later tonight or tommorow and post back here.

FalsAlarm said:
I found one way to unlock the bootloader on my galaxy s9 sm-g960w
I used this firmware on this page, it's a crom.(combinat...), https://shell.boxwares.com/Download.aspx?L=8417
Although the page says it's for the sm-g960w, the filename once downloaded says it's for g960u. Nonetheless, after flashing using odin the patched version, you can unlock the bootloader in Developer settings. At least for me it's there.
So, using this crom enable to unlocked bootloader, firmware.mobi doesn't contain a CF-AUTO-ROOT file for this version of the firmware.(COMBINATION_FAC_FA80_G960USQU3ARG2) so I still unsure whether it can be rooted. When I visit the samsungfour.com website, it gives me a security certificate error and fails to load so I cannot say for certain that the tutorial on their website for the sm-g960w snapdragon 845 varient works or not. I'll try the website later tonight or tommorow and post back here.
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i would like you to please be so kindly give me the proper shellbox link for the sm-g960w firmware as i am canadian seeing the link for it is mislabeled. great detective work btw

the download link, drive.google.com/open?id=1ftNH6mF0KVkQsWV3FYjlwBKyTaNU_yT8
again, I flashed my sm-g960w with it and was able to enable oem unlock

FalsAlarm said:
the download link, drive.google.com/open?id=1ftNH6mF0KVkQsWV3FYjlwBKyTaNU_yT8
again, I flashed my sm-g960w with it and was able to enable oem unlock
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im on G960WVLS3ARJ6 , no limitations on what build you have to flash?
I might not update to Pie when it comes out!

I was on the latest build when I flashed with patched Odin. which was G960WVLS3ARJ6

i wouldnt waste your time.. its not a "crom" more so your standard combination firmware.. combo firms have always had the oem unlock option in dev settings.. unfortunately all it will really do for you is disable frp.. the bootloader will still remain locked..
you can confirm this by going into dl mode and trying to flash a custom img.. also can verify in adb by doing a getprop..
flash lock and other lock will still be 1 and verifiedbootstate will still be green.

How to root Samsung Galaxy a50 us model

I want to root my a50 soon. Is anyone have us model can root?

From what I understand this phone is very new. Not to mention that it's if you are on a U variant like I am sad there is no root because the bootloader is locked I believe. I was trying to confirm with an expert or someone who knows more than me. My variant is "SM-A505U1"

I just bought this model of phone.
I found this url.
http://androidbiits.com/root-samsung-galaxy-a50-sm-a505u1-easily/
All the steps are not clear to me though yet.
My phone has no oem or boot loader unlock options in the settings.
It also has knox which may complicate things.

donharter said:
I just bought this model of phone.
I found this url.
http://androidbiits.com/root-samsung-galaxy-a50-sm-a505u1-easily/
All the steps are not clear to me though yet.
My phone has no oem or boot loader unlock options in the settings.
It also has knox which may complicate things.
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My phone was bought unlocked. The device is not a/b and it is system-as-root
Found this bit of information on the forums here:
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jzy88 Cmon Meow • a year ago
Lol or simply download CSC file from a region different from your country e.g if in US download and flash an european CSC file via odin."
The snapdragon chip is locked only in the US per that post. I seem to remember something about a major security issue found in those chips.
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donharter said:
My phone was bought unlocked. The device is not a/b and it is system-as-root
Found this bit of information on the forums here:
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jzy88 Cmon Meow • a year ago
Lol or simply download CSC file from a region different from your country e.g if in US download and flash an european CSC file via odin."
The snapdragon chip is locked only in the US per that post. I seem to remember something about a major security issue found in those chips.
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I found this url on changing the csc,but it erases the config.
Maybe there is another method that does not do that such as the one mentioned above.
https://www.**********.com/how-to-change-csc-in-samsung-galaxy-phones/

Has anyone successfully flashed any combination firmware? I found this at halabtech, haven't tried to flash it. I thought I seen a bootloader unlock & root for ASH6 firmware I don't think it lets you downgrade though once you have the latest ASK1 firmware. I tried installing this one as well "https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=206734" the only part it failed on was on the boot.img.lz4 everything else flashed successfully. I hope this helps get a start to troubleshooting.
(ASH6 FIRMWARE) haven't tested yet. for A505U1 variant only!
https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=165842

Correction it seems that this is not a snapdragon chip.
I was able to look at the CSC by booting into safe mode and dialing the special number which includes the IMEI #.
They seemed to be all cscs in the US which is why they called it a "US version"
There are files that could be changed with the csc in them , but I don't know what the effect that would have. (maybe bad)
It seems that in the US version there is no OEM unlock option to change in the developer settings.
Also I have not found source code yet for this particular model. (SM-A505U1)

I tried all the root apk out there like kingo-root etc. None of them would root it.

It seems that to change the CSC, you need root access or an unlocked bootloader.
So that method will not work. It seems that unless samsung releases an upgrade that allows you to unlock the bootloader then we will have to wait. That is until
a new exploit is found, and released say via kingo-root etc.

I'm really dying waiting for opportunity to root this phone and make this phone runs so smooth

Here is one URl that provides a schematic for a related phone.
https://www.mobilerdx.com/2020/01/d...0-a505f-service-manual-schematic-diagram.html
Is the boot loader stored inside the processor chip or on another one?

donharter said:
I just bought this model of phone.
I found this url.
http://androidbiits.com/root-samsung-galaxy-a50-sm-a505u1-easily/
All the steps are not clear to me though yet.
My phone has no oem or boot loader unlock options in the settings.
It also has knox which may complicate things.
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It's just a click bait article.
If you read it carefully, they're assuming there is already a BL unlock for the A505U variants, which doesn't exist at the moment.

I just got notification of an upgrade. I was hoping that the new version would have the oem unlock feature.
I had automatic upgrade turned off nad automatic download on. I was looking at the message, and it automatically scheduled the upgrade without my permission. So I ran the upgrade. It did not add the oem_unlock feature. Maybe next time. Hint! Hint!

donharter said:
I just got notification of an upgrade. I was hoping that the new version would have the oem unlock feature.
I had automatic upgrade turned off nad automatic download on. I was looking at the message, and it automatically scheduled the upgrade without my permission. So I ran the upgrade. It did not add the oem_unlock feature. Maybe next time. Hint! Hint!
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I got notice of an upgrade today. I had it set to autodownload. It said that after the upgrade was applied that I could not downgrade. Also it said the I had only 3 chances. Last time it upgraded without my permission. So I turned of the autodownload in the settings.
If I knew the new version would enable an unlocking feature, then I, of course, would upgrade.

I found a trick to the no Unlock OEM option that worked so well I didnt believe it the first time. But my bootloader is unlocked and remains unlocked.

It seems that if you specify automatic download it will upgrade it even if you turn that off.
This latest upgrade still does not have the oem unlock feature. I made sure that my automatic download is turned off.
Automatic download also means automatic install. It seems to download the upgrade into a region of the file system which only root can read.
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juniorD said:
I found a trick to the no Unlock OEM option that worked so well I didnt believe it the first time. But my bootloader is unlocked and remains unlocked.
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That method did not work for me. I tried it again and it did not work.
"Samsung allows unlocking the bootloader on the international versions of their phones. But on the Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S9, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the ‘OEM unlocking’ option only becomes available after 7 days of activating the device and adding a Samsung or Google account to the device. If you would rather not wait 7 days or if even after 7 days the button is still missing, XDA Senior Member altai1963 has posted instructions about how to fix the missing ‘OEM unlock’ button on "
Perhaps it requires a samsung account. I do not have one on my phone. Incidentally I noticed that all my contacts had been uploaded to google. I would never have knowingly done that. I had to export my contacts to a file, delete all my contacts making sure then that google was not being used, and then import my contacts from the file that I had saved them to. I was worried that I would lose all my contacts, but fortunately that did not happen. It would probably be good to verify that the file exists and notate it location using a file system browser.

donharter said:
It seems that if you specify automatic download it will upgrade it even if you turn that off.
This latest upgrade still does not have the oem unlock feature. I made sure that my automatic download is turned off.
Automatic download also means automatic install. It seems to download the upgrade into a region of the file system which only root can read.
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That method did not work for me. I tried it again and it did not work.
"Samsung allows unlocking the bootloader on the international versions of their phones. But on the Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S9, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the ‘OEM unlocking’ option only becomes available after 7 days of activating the device and adding a Samsung or Google account to the device. If you would rather not wait 7 days or if even after 7 days the button is still missing, XDA Senior Member altai1963 has posted instructions about how to fix the missing ‘OEM unlock’ button on "
Perhaps it requires a samsung account. I do not have one on my phone. Incidentally I noticed that all my contacts had been uploaded to google. I would never have knowingly done that. I had to export my contacts to a file, delete all my contacts making sure then that google was not being used, and then import my contacts from the file that I had saved them to. I was worried that I would lose all my contacts, but fortunately that did not happen. It would probably be good to verify that the file exists and notate it location using a file system browser.
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USA variants are not unlockable... Simple

elliwigy said:
USA variants are not unlockable... Simple
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juniord says that he unlocked his.
Unless I am misunderstanding what you wrote.
If you are saying that it can be unlocked, how do you recommend that it be done?
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donharter said:
juniord says that he unlocked his.
Unless I am misunderstanding what you wrote.
If you are saying that it can be unlocked, how do you recommend that it be done?
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I added my samsung account, and tried it. It did not work. I had google and samsung logins provisioned in the phone.
So I guess that I am back waiting for the next exploit which might be a while if bonuses are paid for finding them.

donharter said:
juniord says that he unlocked his.
Unless I am misunderstanding what you wrote.
If you are saying that it can be unlocked, how do you recommend that it be done?
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I added my samsung account, and tried it. It did not work. I had google and samsung logins provisioned in the phone.
So I guess that I am back waiting for the next exploit which might be a while if bonuses are paid for finding them.
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He's either bsing you or trolling or has a different variant.. the "trick" they use has been around a while now but only works on models that are actually unlockable.. the USA variants are NOT unlockable from the start so any tricks will not work.. simple as that.. this has been discussed for years and everywhere on xda as well as many discussions about this specific model.. if u want bl unlock purchase an unlockable variant..
Ppl seem to get confused cuz some devices in USA are exynos models so they think they can bl unlock them but this is not the case.. just bcuz a device is exynos doesn't make it unlockable.
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elliwigy said:
He's either bsing you or trolling or has a different variant.. the "trick" they use has been around a while now but only works on models that are actually unlockable.. the USA variants are NOT unlockable from the start so any tricks will not work.. simple as that.. this has been discussed for years and everywhere on xda as well as many discussions about this specific model.. if u want bl unlock purchase an unlockable variant..
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I did some research before I bought it. I also bought it because I could use it on multiple carriers.
The rooted ones that I saw must have been nonUS versions. What a waste of money. I only bought it because I wanted to root it and put a custom rom on it. I did not want to wait for a linux phone and truly 5g phones are coming out now.

samsung A50 security issue
https://www.inputmag.com/tech/googl...anges-to-the-android-kernel-on-the-galaxy-a50