This is a simple guide for upgrading from JM2 Eclair which has been flashed with 512 pit and re-partition checked, to JPO Froyo. It should work for other similar variants.
This worked perfectly for me from JM2 which i had already flashed previously with 512 pit and re-partion checked.
So if you have already done this then this is how to flash to JPO. If you have not previously flashed with this method then this guide is not for you.
This is only my method but it worked perfectly for me, no FC, very good response without any lag-fix but should be much better with a lag-fix.
I'm still trying it out but so far so good.
1 - install samsung drivers (32bit or 64bit depending on setup) if not already installed, check pc recognises phone.
2 - undo any lag-fix, no need to unroot
3 - boot into recovery
4 - wipe data
5 - reboot
6 - start odin3 v1.3
7 - in PDA ONLY select JPO_JPO_U_JPP.tar (or other depending on region), leave re-partition UNCHECKED
8 - boot into download mode
9 - wait till odin shows "COMx" in a yellow box at top which means it is ready.
10 - press start, wait till it says 'success' and the phone reboots. should not take more than 5 minutes or so.
11 - when the phone fully reboots it is safe to close odin and disconnect the phone
12 - reboot into recovery again and wipe data again
13 - reboot
14 - done
you can then proceed to install any root or lagfix hacks.
Warning!
This worked for me, so I am posting it, cannot say wether it will work for you. I am a novice so this is only my experience!
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Hey guys quick question before I download and attempt it, I have an Australian i9506 (Cat 4 LTE) but we don't have an official 5.0.1 firmware yet.
Can I just download the Nordic version from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9506/ and install it, or would it brick my phone/radios not work?
Thanks
juzza87 said:
Hey guys quick question before I download and attempt it, I have an Australian i9506 (Cat 4 LTE) but we don't have an official 5.0.1 firmware yet.
Can I just download the Nordic version from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9506/ and install it, or would it brick my phone/radios not work?
Thanks
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Hi mate,
Yes you can !! it will not brick it , you may have (or not) problems with the modem as maybe is not the best for your region but you can always flash another...
should not be a problem
BACKUP first , nandroid and your EFS Folder, just in case there is a problem
Just to add to the previous suggestion, use Wanam's EFS Backup Tool rather than Samsung Tool, as it not only backs up the EFS partition but the hidden partitions where the IMEI and the modem are stored.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Just to add to the previous suggestion, use Wanam's EFS Backup Tool rather than Samsung Tool, as it not only backs up the EFS partition but the hidden partitions where the IMEI and the modem are stored.
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+1 mate!!
It also depends if your phone is carrier locked.
Thanks for the advice guys I'm giving it a try now, will edit as I go. My phone is not carrier locked (Voda AU don't lock them fortunately but they provide the codes on their website for free to unlock anyway).
So I downloaded Odin3 3.09 and the firmware I9506XXUDOA6_I9506NEEDOA6_NEE (this is the link from sammobile).
I'm following the instructions I found on another site but it's basically put the phone into download mode (home, power and volume down), agree to enter download mode, in Odin for AP select the .tar.md5, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Time Reset are ticked but not Re-Partition or anything else and start.
EDIT 1: The phone rebooted into recovery and updated something, now the phone is booting with a new boot animation. (for those referring to this I was on the latest AU Voda FW, then updated to CM12 5.0.2).
EDIT 2: After the usual nerve-wracking amount of time of first boot the boot logo finally went away and the usual "optimizing apps" message has come up and it's started (235 apps whoa the bloat). Waiting for that but at least it's working to a point where I can recover it. I just realised it's 6:10AM now and I FORGOT TO MAKE A BACK UP. I hope this works but worse case scenario there's a 4.4.2 Vodafone firmware I could flash and try my luck with if this doesn't work out.
EDIT 3: I'm not sure if it's part of the setup process but the word "UP" then a short progress bar appeared on the screen, now I've got only a black screen with a status bar (4G icon is there but no clock). I have rebooted from the power menu, let's see what's going on here.
EDIT 4: Cache wipe from stock recovery didn't work, trying factory reset from stock recovery. I note that the first time I set up the phone it was plugged into the computer with ODIN still running, I don't think it could have interfered but I unplugged the phone this time just in case.
EDIT 5: I'm not sure if it was ODIN or needing to do a factory reset but it's working now, I'm running through the set up. WiFi is working 100%.
Final EDIT: Everything is working 100%, tested the camera, proximity sensor, screen rotation, voice calls, mobile data, wifi and it's all 100%.
juzza87 said:
Thanks for the advice guys I'm giving it a try now, will edit as I go. My phone is not carrier locked (Voda AU don't lock them fortunately but they provide the codes on their website for free to unlock anyway).
So I downloaded Odin3 3.09 and the firmware I9506XXUDOA6_I9506NEEDOA6_NEE (this is the link from sammobile).
I'm following the instructions I found on another site but it's basically put the phone into download mode (home, power and volume down), agree to enter download mode, in Odin for AP select the .tar.md5, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Time Reset are ticked but not Re-Partition or anything else and start.
EDIT 1: The phone rebooted into recovery and updated something, now the phone is booting with a new boot animation. (for those referring to this I was on the latest AU Voda FW, then updated to CM12 5.0.2).
EDIT 2: After the usual nerve-wracking amount of time of first boot the boot logo finally went away and the usual "optimizing apps" message has come up and it's started (235 apps whoa the bloat). Waiting for that but at least it's working to a point where I can recover it. I just realised it's 6:10AM now and I FORGOT TO MAKE A BACK UP. I hope this works but worse case scenario there's a 4.4.2 Vodafone firmware I could flash and try my luck with if this doesn't work out.
EDIT 3: I'm not sure if it's part of the setup process but the word "UP" then a short progress bar appeared on the screen, now I've got only a black screen with a status bar (4G icon is there but no clock). I have rebooted from the power menu, let's see what's going on here.
EDIT 4: Cache wipe from stock recovery didn't work, trying factory reset from stock recovery. I note that the first time I set up the phone it was plugged into the computer with ODIN still running, I don't think it could have interfered but I unplugged the phone this time just in case.
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Hi mate
How is it going?
If trouble , do a factory reset and flash it again....
Thanks mate that did the trick!
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Thanks mate that did the trick!
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glad to hear it mate, you did it!!
Thanks for let in us know.
For any other Aussies out there trying this I'm on day two and everything is working perfectly, getting root is super easy too, just use Odin to flash a custom recovery (Solk's CWM from May 2014 works great), boot into the recovery and install UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.45.zip, exit and when it asks if you want to repair root say yes. Reboot, go to the play store, update to the latest SuperSU and all is well.
At wits end, but can't get my WiFi to turn on at all.
The setup l had before was stock Bell 4.4.2 but rooted and TWRP (with backups).
Forgot to turn off (replacement phone, forgot to turn off), auto-updates. Phone tried to update to 5.0.1 but failed, telling me to use Kies. Had to flash in Kies as my phone got stuck in Samsung's boot logo. Before plugging into Kies, l tried wipe cache, battery out, and then wipe/reset, none worked. So l plugged into Kies, it did it's thing. Went smooth. Now, my wireless just won't turn on at all. Rooted it with CF AutoRoot. Went to wpa_supplicant folder, to find l don't have the .conf file. Renamed the folder, power cycles, system created the folder but no file again. Created a file named "wpa_supplicant.conf" and power cycled, renamed it, system didn't create it again. So l think l found the issue but any fix to this? Maybe running the wrong version, even though l have stock Bell apps (how l missed them )
MODEL SGH-I337M
VERSION 5.0.1
BASEBAND I337MVLUFNI2
KERNEL 3.4.0-4508315 [email protected] #1
BUILD LRX22C.I337MVLUGOC4
KNOX 2.3 (TRIPPED)
Side note: I do get a WiFi MAC address that appears valid (haven't compared to my router logs) under status.
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Update I FIXED IT! YAY!
For those who are having the same issue. Do the following steps:
Download Odin 3 - Make sure Kies isn't running
Verify ID COM has a number like COM0 or something.
Leave everything else alone.
Download ROM from SamMobile or another ROM site Link (filtered to Bell)
Unplug phone
Place phone into download mode (Vol Down, Home, Power)
Using Odin, hit PDA and put the ROM in, give it some time
Plug phone in, and verify COM and message saying ADDED!!
Start it, then give it some time.
If you want to root it, do the same procedures but grab CF-Auto-Root and repeat it. Easy root.
Optional stepsbut l did it anyways:
Before doing this, l rooted it with CF Chain, and installed TWRP. Wiped Cache, Dalvik, System.
Hello dear friend
i wanted to thank you for your solution and specially download links, had the exact same issue which was resolved by the solution you provided.
I recommend flashing with Odin and a stock ROM from Sam mobile.com. kies has never worked for me so no now stick with Odin.
Verizon Note 3 - SM-N900V - Lollipop 5.0 - OB6
Lollipop pretty much wrecked my phone. Apps crash, wireless turned very sporadic especially when changing hotspots, I've had to pop the battery out of it multiple times now due to it completely freezing, I like using the weather widget but now my GPS locator goes off the grid at times, and battery life is just dead overall with 70-80% spiked battery usage from the OS at 1-2am when I'm sleeping. I've done a full format on my phone to no avail.
That said, I'm new to the game and I've been doing a lot of research on how this all works and have questions/want to do this properly and cleanly. It seems like my 2 options are to:
1. Revert my phone back to 4.4.4 somehow(haven't figured that part out yet), root it, and install JasmineRom 5.0 then dirty flash it to JasmineRom 5.3
2. Leave Lollipop 5.0 on it, buy a nice microSD card (I have a 2gb card but I think it may be too small for JasmineRom), get multisystem running in it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-multirom-recovery-replacement-t3102395 Then get JasmineRom on the multisystem setup and boot to that.
I would prefer option 1 honestly and any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
Grotick said:
Verizon Note 3 - SM-N900V - Lollipop 5.0 - OB6
Lollipop pretty much wrecked my phone. Apps crash, wireless turned very sporadic especially when changing hotspots, I've had to pop the battery out of it multiple times now due to it completely freezing, I like using the weather widget but now my GPS locator goes off the grid at times, and battery life is just dead overall with 70-80% spiked battery usage from the OS at 1-2am when I'm sleeping. I've done a full format on my phone to no avail.
That said, I'm new to the game and I've been doing a lot of research on how this all works and have questions/want to do this properly and cleanly. It seems like my 2 options are to:
1. Revert my phone back to 4.4.4 somehow(haven't figured that part out yet), root it, and install JasmineRom 5.0 then dirty flash it to JasmineRom 5.3
2. Leave Lollipop 5.0 on it, buy a nice microSD card (I have a 2gb card but I think it may be too small for JasmineRom), get multisystem running in it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-multirom-recovery-replacement-t3102395 Then get JasmineRom on the multisystem setup and boot to that.
I would prefer option 1 honestly and any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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only thing you can do is go back to 4.4.4 , http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/to-4-4-4-lollipop-t3090936
as of now there is no root for 4.4.4 or 5.0
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only thing you can do is go back to 4.4.4 , http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/to-4-4-4-lollipop-t3090936
as of now there is no root for 4.4.4 or 5.0
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Do you know if there is a step by step guide for this? I read through the forum posts you linked me but all they said is that they did it with Odin and it worked. I'm a scrub when it comes to tinkering with phones because I usually end up selling them on Craigslist and buying new ones or doing trades so I usually keep them stock but I really like this phone. Once again any information would be appreciated. I'm going to dig around XDA a bit more to try and find one specific to my phone.
I can write one if you like, but their are step by steps on using odin. I used Odin 3.09 along with NK1 firmware from sammobile. It's extremely easy. There is a link on here and a few other Android forums tho.
Sent from my SM-N900V using XDA Free mobile app
1. Download Odin 3.09 and NK1
2. Backup applicable data (photos, exports contacts to SD card, or internal storage then move everything onto your PC for now..)
3. Turn phone off, launch Odin on your PC. Put the phone into download mode by holding down volume down and home button. Press power button while holding vol down and home, release when Launching recovery appears. When the phone is in download mode and Odin is open in your computer, connect the two. A blue COM1 should appear and odin should say something roughly along the lines of device connected (language may differ.)
4. The NK1 firmware file you downloaded, check off the AP slot and select it in browse. Make sure the only checkmarks are next to F.Reset time and Auto Reboot!!
5. Flash it. It'll take around ten minutes, then odin will reboot the phone.
The phone will probably bootloop, and that's okay..infact as soon as I saw the Samsung logo then the verizon one after it had restarted i pulled the battery and went into recovery. (with phone off, volume up home+power) and select factory data reset (don't worry, it's already gone anyway!!)
This will put you back on NK1. When and if you get the update nag, select 'no thanks.'
Download links
Odin 3.09: http://androidhost.org/PVAIv
4.4.4 VZW Build NK1 (second one down) http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900V/
Do not trash to flash any other firmware, it has been blacklisted..and NK1 will probably be blacklisted after the next update to the Note 3. I don't know why it wasn't in the firstplace..
Got a huge problem with a AT&T phone Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Got it from an ebay handler. It was supposed to be rooted. However, after installing Magisk software (https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445) I got the message "System software not authorized by ATT has been found on your phone". Whenever I turn it on, I see it and the phone doesn't start. Since more than 6 months have passed, the ebay handler declined to help. I called AT&T, but since the phone is rooted, they declined to repair it even after I offered to pay. There are some solutions I found online for other samsung galaxy models, but none which works for note 4.
Tried to restore the system to the factory version, it said that restoration has been successful, but I still see the AT&T message.
I followed the instructions to unbrick the phone by reinstalling the firmware - the method that should work for all phones (not just note 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_NCfYemEs with the firmware for SM-N910A , however no matter how long I waited, the download process never completed.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
vmmessage said:
Got a huge problem with a AT&T phone Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Got it from an ebay handler. It was supposed to be rooted. However, after installing Magisk software (https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445) I got the message "System software not authorized by ATT has been found on your phone". Whenever I turn it on, I see it and the phone doesn't start. Since more than 6 months have passed, the ebay handler declined to help. I called AT&T, but since the phone is rooted, they declined to repair it even after I offered to pay. There are some solutions I found online for other samsung galaxy models, but none which works for note 4.
Tried to restore the system to the factory version, it said that restoration has been successful, but I still see the AT&T message.
I followed the instructions to unbrick the phone by reinstalling the firmware - the method that should work for all phones (not just note 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_NCfYemEs with the firmware for SM-N910A , however no matter how long I waited, the download process never completed.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Grab latest firmware for N910A from here
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120746376
Make sure samsung usb drivers are properly installed on your pc before you begin.
STEPS
1 Download odin and Firmware and Extract it.
2 open odin tool and upload firmware in AP slot.
Odin can take up to 5 minutes to upload firmware so be patient
3 put phone into download mode
4 connect phone via usb cable and hit start.
5 After FLASH once odin shows pass boot into stock recovery by pressing 3 button combo volume up+ home+ power.
6 in recovery do wipe cache+ wipe data factory reset.
7 reboot system and wait 10 to 5 minutes.
DONE
Trex888 method should be good, however you may need to find the pit file and flash it before odin back to stock. I bought my note 4 already rooted, but the person that did it used the wrong files to flash. Mine was good but buggy. The rom flashed was not verizon, and it locked out some partitions including the one where the imei was held. I had to fix the partitions with the pit file then reflash to a different rom and i was good to go after that.
Thanks
Thanks for the reply! Great! I will try that - very hopeful
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Trex888 method should be good, however you may need to find the pit file and flash it before odin back to stock. I bought my note 4 already rooted, but the person that did it used the wrong files to flash. Mine was good but buggy. The rom flashed was not verizon, and it locked out some partitions including the one where the imei was held. I had to fix the partitions with the pit file then reflash to a different rom and i was good to go after that.
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You dont need dedicated pit file unless your device has errors such as "dm verity verification failed" or failed to mount cache/efs etc etc.
If stock rom flashing by odin went smoothly no require for repartition or pit file.
Playing with pit file and repartition is extremely dangerous and can cause device to hard brick so i would not recommend unless some serious issues with device.
Fyi every samsung stock firmware has pit file in the system image by default and odin take advantage of it by it self during flashing.
Have a nice day.
Trex888 said:
You dont need dedicated pit file unless your device has errors such as "dm verity verification failed" or failed to mount cache/efs etc etc.
If stock rom flashing by odin went smoothly no require for repartition or pit file.
Playing with pit file and repartition is extremely dangerous and can cause device to hard brick so i would not recommend unless some serious issues with device.
Fyi every samsung stock firmware has pit file in the system image by default and odin take advantage of it by it self during flashing.
Have a nice day.
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in my case, whoever flashed my phone flashed an f file instead of the v file. It lost the imei and would not recognize a sim card. I tried flashing original firmware but the imei was still gone. The ONLY thing that saved mine was to find the correct pit file and flash it before firmware. It fixed my issue and got me back up and running. every original fw flash for me failed until I flashed just the pit. I cannot explain why the original fw included in the odin package would NOT work. Hence the statement of "you may need to" instead of "you will have to".
Hello all,
My odyssey with the S8 continues.
I tried to do a rollback to stock rom android 8 and I broke nox apparently.
I am tried to reinstall again using this guide on the forum https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/development/rom-galaxy-s8-t3749171
but apparently my phone just doesn't want to run android 8, its stuck on android 9.
I then reinstalled android 9 downloaded from samfirm.
all ok except i found out google pay doesnt work anymore, althought the rom should be the stock one.
I tried to follow some guides on there again to fix this but my knowledge is not that deep to be honest.
Is there a clear guide I can follow to truly flash a genuine version of android 9 on my S8 and have google pay working again please?
Device is an S8 originally from O2 (O2U carrier)
Many thanks for all your help I really appreciate every efford.
Kind Regards,
Adelio
Adelio85 said:
Hello all,
My odyssey with the S8 continues.
I tried to do a rollback to stock rom android 8 and I broke nox apparently.
I am tried to reinstall again using this guide on the forum https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/development/rom-galaxy-s8-t3749171
but apparently my phone just doesn't want to run android 8, its stuck on android 9.
I then reinstalled android 9 downloaded from samfirm.
all ok except i found out google pay doesnt work anymore, althought the rom should be the stock one.
I tried to follow some guides on there again to fix this but my knowledge is not that deep to be honest.
Is there a clear guide I can follow to truly flash a genuine version of android 9 on my S8 and have google pay working again please?
Device is an S8 originally from O2 (O2U carrier)
Many thanks for all your help I really appreciate every efford.
Kind Regards,
Adelio
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1. From the link provided you cannot downgrade firmware firmware with lower bootloader versions which is why it didn't work.To downgrade you will need the same bootloader vesion ( 5th number from right of firmware name).
2. Using samfirm or sammobil or updato (websites) firmware won't trip your Knox.
3. As for Google pay ( I don't use it ) the issue is not Knox related.Something's to try:
- In recovery clear cache
- backup phone and factory reset.
Not 100% sure but I think Google pay rely's more on safety net ( and maybe Google Play store verification ) so that maybe something else to check.
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1. From the link provided you cannot downgrade firmware firmware with lower bootloader versions which is why it didn't work.To downgrade you will need the same bootloader vesion ( 5th number from right of firmware name).
2. Using samfirm or sammobil or updato (websites) firmware won't trip your Knox.
3. As for Google pay ( I don't use it ) the issue is not Knox related.Something's to try:
- In recovery clear cache
- backup phone and factory reset.
Not 100% sure but I think Google pay rely's more on safety net ( and maybe Google Play store verification ) so that maybe something else to check.
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I have lost SO MUCH time trying to fix this omg.
I think I will just try to take it to a carephone warehouse and just leave it to them. I am so done with this really.
Lost count on how many evening i have spent to try fix this *****y phone.
Thank anyway really <3
Adelio85 said:
I have lost SO MUCH time trying to fix this omg.
I think I will just try to take it to a carephone warehouse and just leave it to them. I am so done with this really.
Lost count on how many evening i have spent to try fix this *****y phone.
Thank anyway really <3
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OMG I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 - Open Odin v3.13.1
2 - Reboot to Download mode your phone
3 - Connect phone to PC
3 - install Android pie 9 from Samfirm with Odin BL+AP+CP+CSC Not the home CSC
4 - Reboot, fully start the phone and let it do all updates
5 - Odin, use AP to install TWRP, uncheck autoreboot in odin
6 - Manually reboot into TWRP (so you can take your time)
7 - Select "keep system do not let TWRP modify the system"
8 - TWRP->WIPE->FORMAT DATA
9 - flash from SD root folder No-verify encryption.zip
10 - Reboot and start up the phone, let it update, now you have TWRP permanent and you can unroot the phone
11 - reboot to recovery
11 - install -> select SD storage and flash Magidisk19.2.zip from TWRP
12- reboot
13 - start phone (is a fresh start) and put on SD card Magisk APK
11 - install the apk (give app permission) and run it
12 - perform safetynet check
13 - done
Google pay works
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Adelio85 said:
OMG I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 - Open Odin v3.13.1
2 - Reboot to Download mode your phone
3 - Connect phone to PC
3 - install Android pie 9 from Samfirm with Odin BL+AP+CP+CSC Not the home CSC
4 - Reboot, fully start the phone and let it do all updates
5 - Odin, use AP to install TWRP, uncheck autoreboot in odin
6 - Manually reboot into TWRP (so you can take your time)
7 - Select "keep system do not let TWRP modify the system"
8 - TWRP->WIPE->FORMAT DATA
9 - flash from SD root folder No-verify encryption.zip
10 - Reboot and start up the phone, let it update, now you have TWRP permanent and you can unroot the phone
11 - reboot to recovery
11 - install -> select SD storage and flash Magidisk19.2.zip from TWRP
12- reboot
13 - start phone (is a fresh start) and put on SD card Magisk APK
11 - install the apk (give app permission) and run it
12 - perform safetynet check
13 - done
Google pay works
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Rock ON!!
Wish my S8 Active had a Android 9 ROM, still on Oreo, which isn't too bad, but ya.