Galaxy S9/S9+ Exynos G960F/G965F/FD OEM Unlock present? - Samsung Galaxy S9 Questions & Answers

Hello,
As the title states, Galaxy S9/S9+ G960/G965FD Exynos users, is the OEM Unlock present? Anyone ordered the Exynos Version from eBay can confirm too?
I'm waiting to pull the trigger from eBay if no Data Points are provided.
Phones bought from Clove.co.uk does have the OEM Unlock. So no problems for stock sourced from UK.
PS: I know the Note 8 Exynos OEM Unlock issue from past year, as i encountered and reported it first.

eaglerazor123 said:
Hello,
As the title states, Galaxy S9/S9+ G960/G965FD Exynos users, is the OEM Unlock present? Anyone ordered the Exynos Version from eBay can confirm too?
I'm waiting to pull the trigger from eBay if no Data Points are provided.
Phones bought from Clove.co.uk does have the OEM Unlock. So no problems for stock sourced from UK.
PS: I know the Note 8 Exynos OEM Unlock issue from past year, as i encountered and reported it first.
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I bought a G965fd on Ebay that comes from Taiwan. I don't see an OEM Unlock option in the setting. I can use my it, but unable to connect to AT&T's LTE network in LA. Though when I switch to a foreign SIM card (not from Taiwan), it can connect to LTE in the second slot in data roaming. So hope this helps.

eaglerazor123 said:
Hello,
As the title states, Galaxy S9/S9+ G960/G965FD Exynos users, is the OEM Unlock present? Anyone ordered the Exynos Version from eBay can confirm too?
I'm waiting to pull the trigger from eBay if no Data Points are provided.
Phones bought from Clove.co.uk does have the OEM Unlock. So no problems for stock sourced from UK.
PS: I know the Note 8 Exynos OEM Unlock issue from past year, as i encountered and reported it first.
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I bet will we see the same trend on the S9, clove devices are okay, Korean devices are okay but the majority of dual sims bought on Ebay will still have the 7 day jail time.
At least once jail is over there is a fix to keep oem unlock there thanks to Dr Ketan
sent from my Pixel 2 XL or Note FE

Bought S9+ Exynos on eBay via nevermsrp. It is a Taiwanese model and it is missing OEM unlock due to RMM. Will have to wait 7 days.

VICosPhi said:
Bought S9+ Exynos on eBay via nevermsrp. It is a Taiwanese model and it is missing OEM unlock due to RMM. Will have to wait 7 days.
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That sellers devices always have it missing along with most other ebay sellers unless its the korean version
sent from my Pixel 2 XL or Note FE

VICosPhi said:
Bought S9+ Exynos on eBay via nevermsrp. It is a Taiwanese model and it is missing OEM unlock due to RMM. Will have to wait 7 days.
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Yeah, it's same on every model in eBay. After 7 days, you can unlock it then root it and apply OEM fix from @BlackMesa123 and it sticks. No need of any specific file or script. Tried on my device and it worked like a charm. But i had to return the device for a plus version and i got to do the waiting again lol.

Hello. I bouth it in Ebay Duos Verison G965F Samsung S9 plus, I think is exynos, and no problem finally to unlock and root??
Thanks.
VICosPhi said:
Bought S9+ Exynos on eBay via nevermsrp. It is a Taiwanese model and it is missing OEM unlock due to RMM. Will have to wait 7 days.
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No problem to root the samsung S9 plus G965F Dual verison ? I also boguth it on ebay to qd_gb and I saw it was exynos version.
Tnaks.

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Note 10+ Canadian Thread

Greetings;
I've pre-ordered an Aura Glow, 256 GB plus the Galaxy Buds as a free bonus! from Samsung.ca
The trade in program wouldn't work for me as OnePlus isn't included in the program.
Delivery August 23.
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If I order an unlocked one from samsung.com, will it work here with Canadian carrier(Fido)? They are offering $600 US trade in for a Note 9, and samsung.ca is offering $380 CND? Really?
TRoN_1 said:
If I order an unlocked one from samsung.com, will it work here with Canadian carrier(Fido)? They are offering $600 US trade in for a Note 9, and samsung.ca is offering $380 CND? Really?
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Hold my beer!
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TRoN_1 said:
If I order an unlocked one from samsung.com, will it work here with Canadian carrier(Fido)? They are offering $600 US trade in for a Note 9, and samsung.ca is offering $380 CND? Really?
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They're offering $0 on the s10 plus. Samsung US is also offering $600 for the Pixel 3 XL and its not o. The list. I entered my Pixel 3XL info as if it were a Pixel 3 and the offer was $130.
I tweeted Samsung Canada for some kind of answer and all I got was crickets! ???
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Is it possible to order a US Note 10 from Canada? If they are unlocked, then they should be able to work here. AT $500 US after trade in its a MUCH better deal than here at $100 CND after (max)trade in.
got mine yesterday with the buds and damn this phone is nice.
I've got the unlocked Samsung.com version. Can I simply flash the Canadian firmware (want Samsung Pay) in Odin?
What deal did you get from Sam.com?
any cdn users with an F variant?
what's working and what's not working cdn carrier wise?
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anyways if anyone wants to try out a note 10 csc pack. please report any issues and save logs aswell.
make a backup first .
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhXVLDDj8g3AgfIHllGFatUnojuCEw?e=Pl97jw
Canadian vs US variant
I can find pick up the US unlocked variant for the same price as the Canadian unlocked variant (including the exchange rate difference) and the US variant has some additional LTE bands that aren't currently used in Canada, but other than that is there any advantage of one variant over the other? Are firmware updates, Samsung Pay, etc. about the same on both phones?
frcraig said:
I can find pick up the US unlocked variant for the same price as the Canadian unlocked variant (including the exchange rate difference) and the US variant has some additional LTE bands that aren't currently used in Canada, but other than that is there any advantage of one variant over the other? Are firmware updates, Samsung Pay, etc. about the same on both phones?
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You might miss out on some features like VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling. Depending on who you're wireless provider is. Other little things too. Like seeing 4G instead of LTE. It might be possible to flash the Canadian firmware but I don't know for sure. That still might not give you access to all the features I mentioned before.
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I got my unlocked Note 10+ Aura from Best Buy when they had the trade-in deal, $400 if trading in a Note phone + $500 for my Note 9, so I got $900 in total with Best Buy's trade-in offer, I'm loving my Note 10+.
When we are the last in the world to get firmware updates and fixes, like right now, I miss international version and root so much.
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I asked Samsung Canada via chat about possible October firmware that is supossed to give us security patch and native rcs supporting all providers on native SMS app (prefer it over Google app because I can pin important conversations), and fingerprint issue patch.
Was waiting to connect for a while.
They apologized for wait, apparently lots of people asking support. Told them what's up, they asked for imei, and asked me to wait,............ 20 min later... "did you try updating through settings?"
WTF!
Guess that explains long wait at the beginning.
Oh. Almost forgot. Samsung Canada mentions fingerprint patch only for s10, +, and e. The guy on chat also said. "Patch is coming to s10, 10+, 10e, 10 5g, note 10, 10+,...."... wait s10 5g? Dumbfounded. Talk about Canadian support
Turned off the chat.
Fingerprint update patch came out on the 24th of Oct. for me, Note 10 Plus model from Samsung experience store.
Got android 10 update on Canadian Galaxy Note 10+ SM-N975W today .
N975W and N975U1 are identical in hardware. The U1 firmware will work perfectly fine on the W and in Canada. Im currently running Android 10 star wars U1 firmware on W phone with Koodo. Everything works perfectly and APN was setup automatically. FYI for anyone who wants to flash using Odin. Just make sure your Note 10+ is unlocked first.
I'm with Fido, I see that the firmware has been on Sammobile from Monday but no updates as yet from Fido. Who are you with
djohne said:
I'm with Fido, I see that the firmware has been on Sammobile from Monday but no updates as yet from Fido. Who are you with
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it's bought from fido but I'm using it in india update has released for fido on 6th January you can check it here.
https://forums.fido.ca/t5/custom/page/page-id/forumpage.osupgradesen
awesome thanks

Note 10 Plus Snapdragon UK

Hi I have the exynos Note 10 plus 256GB dual sim N975F simfree I am looking to sell and import the snapdragon version as it's only £740 on Ebay to get the snapdragon version, so can anyone help me out whose already done this does in the uk does the snapdragon version get regular updates? What's the connectivity like I'm on virgin mobile 4g will this still work fine is there any issues you ran into thanks
AMARH777 said:
Hi I have the exynos Note 10 plus 256GB dual sim N975F simfree I am looking to sell and import the snapdragon version as it's only £740 on Ebay to get the snapdragon version, so can anyone help me out whose already done this does in the uk does the snapdragon version get regular updates? What's the connectivity like I'm on virgin mobile 4g will this still work fine is there any issues you ran into thanks
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Both versions will get updates and work as if they identical. The only difference you will see is performance and battery. In which snapdragon outperforms on note 10. Both support same LTE band, so yes Virgin 4g should work.
Got one too.
Using Vodafone UK, volte calling and WiFi calling both work.
Great phone and performance
EIavarasan said:
Both versions will get updates and work as if they identical. The only difference you will see is performance and battery. In which snapdragon outperforms on note 10. Both support same LTE band, so yes Virgin 4g should work.
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Actually, it kind of depends on which Snapdragon model you are getting.
N975U/U1/W have pretty much every band under the sun, but are single-SIM.
N9750 is missing a few bands compared to the above, but apparently covers everything in use in the UK. It is dual-SIM.
bigup7 said:
Got one too.
Using Vodafone UK, volte calling and WiFi calling both work.
Great phone and performance
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Did you flash UK firmware on it when u got it? Have u noticed that much of a difference between the exynos and snapdragon versions
bigup7 said:
Got one too.
Using Vodafone UK, volte calling and WiFi calling both work.
Great phone and performance
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waqqas.khokhar said:
Actually, it kind of depends on which Snapdragon model you are getting.
N975U/U1/W have pretty much every band under the sun, but are single-SIM.
N9750 is missing a few bands compared to the above, but apparently covers everything in use in the UK. It is dual-SIM.
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That's the thing I've seen it on ebay but I don't know which version it is I know it's from China and its dual sim with google services installed in your opinion which model number should I get thanks?
AMARH777 said:
That's the thing I've seen it on ebay but I don't know which version it is I know it's from China and its dual sim with google services installed in your opinion which model number should I get thanks?
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The 9750 has a less locked down firmware, but the N975U1 will get the Android 10 beta.
Living in the UK, I would go for the 9750. You are getting more features at the end of the day.
Got my Snapdragon version a few days ago. Reception and WiFi cover is much better.
I am now selling my exynos UK model lol
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waqqas.khokhar said:
The 9750 has a less locked down firmware, but the N975U1 will get the Android 10 beta.
Living in the UK, I would go for the 9750. You are getting more features at the end of the day.
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Can you tell me where you got yours from I've seen it on ebay for 735 pounds it says brand new sealed and it's the n9750 Model? Did u flash UK firmware on your device or did u just pop a uk sim in it and are using it like that
geovass said:
Got my Snapdragon version a few days ago. Reception and WiFi cover is much better.
I am now selling my exynos UK model lol
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Did you flash a UK firmware on your device or have you left it the way it was when you got it also did yours come in Chinese or English and could you tell me is the battery life that much better?
AMARH777 said:
Did you flash a UK firmware on your device or have you left it the way it was when you got it also did yours come in Chinese or English and could you tell me is the battery life that much better?
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Stock Hong Kong ROM. English language. Full EE 4G support on both VoLTE and WiFi Calls.
Battery life is much better. Reception is also improved. Highly recommended!
Sent from my SM-N9750 using Tapatalk
geovass said:
Stock Hong Kong ROM. English language. Full EE 4G support on both VoLTE and WiFi Calls.
Battery life is much better. Reception is also improved. Highly recommended!
Sent from my SM-N9750 using Tapatalk
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Does the stock Hong Kong rom get updates quicker then UK firmware? Thanks for that could you tell me what website you used to import the phone
AMARH777 said:
Did you flash a UK firmware on your device or have you left it the way it was when you got it also did yours come in Chinese or English and could you tell me is the battery life that much better?
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Just to be clear on this.....You and No one else should try to flash U.K firmware on the SM-N9750.
On the SM-N9750 you can only flash (BRI) Taiwan firmware, or (TGY) Hongkong firmware.
Sent from my God Mode 10+
AMARH777 said:
Does the stock Hong Kong rom get updates quicker then UK firmware? Thanks for that could you tell me what website you used to import the phone
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I think the last October patch came a few days ago, where the Exynos model got it a few weeks back. So no! They have their own update policy not mirroring the Exynos dates.
I got it from eBay. Do a quick search. The device was shipped from a "Swiss" Wearhouse - based on the seller. The good part was no import taxes. Ordered Tuesday, got it one week later!
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louforgiveno said:
Just to be clear on this.....You and No one else should try to flash U.K firmware on the SM-N9750.
On the SM-N9750 you can only flash (BRI) Taiwan firmware, or (TGY) Hongkong firmware.
Sent from my God Mode 10+
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Thanks for telling me that as I I thought you have to flash uk firmware so basically alls I should do is just pop my UK sim card in and everything should work fine
geovass said:
I think the last October patch came a few days ago, where the Exynos model got it a few weeks back. So no! They have their own update policy not mirroring the Exynos dates.
I got it from eBay. Do a quick search. The device was shipped from a "Swiss" Wearhouse - based on the seller. The good part was no import taxes. Ordered Tuesday, got it one week later!
Sent from my SM-N9750 using Tapatalk
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I've seen it on ebay its from a company called best buy they are saying you get 1 year guarantee but no manufacturer warranty am willing take the risk if it means I get the begger version of the phone and thanks for telling me that that's one of my main concerns did the snapdragon Version get regular timed updates
AMARH777 said:
Thanks for telling me that as I I thought you have to flash uk firmware so basically alls I should do is just pop my UK sim card in and everything should work fine
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Yup, it will provision for your carrier
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geovass said:
I think the last October patch came a few days ago, where the Exynos model got it a few weeks back. So no! They have their own update policy not mirroring the Exynos dates.
I got it from eBay. Do a quick search. The device was shipped from a "Swiss" Wearhouse - based on the seller. The good part was no import taxes. Ordered Tuesday, got it one week later!
Sent from my SM-N9750 using Tapatalk
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I may have just ordered from the same seller .. it says it's from Switzerland .. I have a concern that even though the advert says it's new and they say in their listing that its brand new I'm worried that it may actually be refurbished and how would we know ?
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Is there a way to know for sure that the phone is brand new? The seller told me that all their phones are genuine and brand new but they said that most of their phones they open the box to make sure the phones are ok ...
This worried me a bit because if they are saying its brand new then i would expect an unopened box
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Someone told me that he got the SD version on Ebay and the phone struggles to play 4k videos including YouTube whereas his exynos version has no problem
Have any of you had the same problem? Why would this happen
Benholder90 said:
I may have just ordered from the same seller .. it says it's from Switzerland .. I have a concern that even though the advert says it's new and they say in their listing that its brand new I'm worried that it may actually be refurbished and how would we know ?
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Is there a way to know for sure that the phone is brand new? The seller told me that all their phones are genuine and brand new but they said that most of their phones they open the box to make sure the phones are ok ...
This worried me a bit because if they are saying its brand new then i would expect an unopened box
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Someone told me that he got the SD version on Ebay and the phone struggles to play 4k videos including YouTube whereas his exynos version has no problem
Have any of you had the same problem? Why would this happen
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My device came brand new. Not sure if they have opened the box before but it seemed out of the box.
Not sure how I can test 4K videos. Can you share a link and I can try.
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i am also looking into getting one in uk . how is the phone after you guys have been using after a few months ?

Can't root s9 g960u

Hi, on my s9 the OEM unlock isn't showing. Even though it has been more than 7 days since I enable the developer options. Is it the verion of the phone or something else?
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DR2D2 said:
Hi, on my s9 the OEM unlock isn't showing. Even though it has been more than 7 days since I enable the developer options. Is it the verion of the phone or something else?
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Hello DR2D2,
Currently the Samsung Galaxy s9 Snapdragon U.S. models are oem locked and unable to be rooted. This has been done for all U.S. Snapdragon variants. If you would like to root your device, I would suggest buy a provider unlocked exynos version which you can find info about in other discussions on these forums.
If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask me!

OEM Unlocking option is missing from Beta 3 on SM-G981U1

Apologies in advance if this the incorrect place to post this.
I bought an unlocked US S20 5G (SM-G981ULBAXAA) from Amazon a few weeks ago and immediately upgraded to the Beta as soon as I got it. I distinctly remember that OEM Unlocking option was available under Android 10/OneUI 2.5 but it is gone from Beta 3 in Dev Options. I filed a ticket with Samsung's Beta program but not much of a response there.
Did anyone else notice this? Is this only a temporary thing for a duration of the Beta or is this going to be permanent?
I dont think there is oem unlocking option since the day 1.
USA models (including your "unlocked" u1) have locked bootloaders, there is no unpaid unlocking regardless of firmware.
I found the same thing on my mine i got from Google store.
No eSim either lol
Samsung has no intention of allowing oem unlock on US models
On exynos it's there. S20U beta 5.
olafsand said:
On exynos it's there. S20U beta 5.
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That's only for Exynos variants and a handful of Asian Snapdragon variants. None of the US editions of any S20 model have OEM Unlocking available by default. Those with US S20 models need to get in touch with one of the unlocking services available, they cost anywhere from $100-$150 USD.

Sony Xperia 1 II Sim Unlock S1 Network qunlocktool not available yet

So I picked up 2 sony 1s from Japan ebay. A version 1 and version II. The qunlocktool 2019-07-14 can unlock the version 1, which is what that update was exactly added that model. But didn't work for II. Just a information and I start a thread hopefully get an update when it will support the II. Meanwhile I just have to keep the II a home only use phone which is fine since 90% time I'm at home. Still can use the phone for pictures and upload at home wirh wifi lol. So I guess it will not work for all the mark IIs like 5 II and 10 II. The phone was super cheap 190 USD for the 1 and 230 for the II.
Also just to mention all sony Japanese models comes with missing frequency bands. Like all the flagship xperia are missing thr LTE+ band only get 4G. For fido at least. Check website for bands before you buy. I haven't bother using the snapdragon unlock band guide yet. But what bothers me is how do they make these phones with locked band where they are all made in Thailand factory? I know it's a software thing I guess they install the software with limitation at stock. Wish it's controlled by android so you don't need to root the phone first. I have two xz3 and one xz2 premium and the 1 and 1 II all from Japan so if anyone want to know more let me know. I want to take one xz3 and mess with the band since I already bootloader unlocked it. But that procedure man it's so complicated.
So I found the latest qunlocktool in the end lol works for 1 ii. Got it unlocked ok. Told the eBay seller selling tokens the latest link. Guy is grateful. So yeah if you see this post for SOG01 you can Sim unlock it for 24 USD on eBay easy.
wang890 said:
So I found the latest qunlocktool in the end lol works for 1 ii. Got it unlocked ok. Told the eBay seller selling tokens the latest link. Guy is grateful. So yeah if you see this post for SOG01 you can Sim unlock it for 24 USD on eBay easy.
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Hi @wang890 can you tell me the link where i can buy tokens? I'd like to change my allow unlockboatloader no to yes on my xz1c (so 02k.
harism.ikhsan said:
where i can buy tokens? I'd like to change my allow unlockboatloader no to yes on my xz1c (so 02k.
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To unlock BL on XZ1 compact, I used https://networkunlocking.com/shop/sony-xperia-cable-unlock-0-counter-supported

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