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Hey Guys, please help me out here... I have a US TMobile variant s7 edge, flashed SM935U however unable to use VoLTE.. I have been told that I cannot flash an Indian firmware, isnt there any other solution out there that can help me enable VoLTE.. Im using a calling app to make and send calls/sms.. someone pls helppp...
If the local carriers don't support VoLTE, nothing you do can allow you to use it.
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chanchan05 said:
If the local carriers don't support VoLTE, nothing you do can allow you to use it.
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Hi Chanchan,
The local carrier supports ONLY VoLTE hence making it imperative for me to enable VoLTE!! Any solutions??
Flash the INS CSC and you'll be golden.
sourabhsrinivas said:
Flash the INS CSC and you'll be golden.
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snapdragon tmobile
exyn is indian
sourabhsrinivas said:
Flash the INS CSC and you'll be golden.
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Will that not brick the phone as Indian firmware is dual sim and on a different chipset...
Yes it will brick. Basically your only option is a new phone.
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Use BTU
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Use BTU
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BTU? What's that, how can I make that work..Sorry Im new to this so not sure what BTU stands for...Any link/video u can direct me to??
BTU is UK firmware, just search the forum's here on s7edge
k****ij84 said:
BTU is UK firmware, just search the forum's here on s7edge
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Gotcha.. If i flash btu on 935u that will enable my phone to use VoLTE in India??
Don't flash BTU. Your phone will be bricked. As all International models are in exynos you can't flash an exynos Rom over snapdragon
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For VoLTE you need an Indian localized rom (for Samsung usually the local unbranded one works, too). Since in India the Exynos variant is distributed you will have a hard time to find a suitable rom for your Snapdragon one. If your provider does not have any app based solution you may be out of luck.
Volte mobile is good i love all features and speed of this phone. I like its work fast and did not hung.
S7 Edge said:
Will that not brick the phone as Indian firmware is dual sim and on a different chipset...
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Sorry! Didn't realise that! :3
Did you find some solution?
No! No solution yet...
Success... Hello Jio
junear said:
Did you find some solution?
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S7 Edge said:
No! No solution yet...
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I was in the same boat... Just flashed a U firmware over USA model and rooted it.
Then via flashfire, Flash this CSC Which was basically pulled out from S8 CSC selector file by @Tkkg1994
VoLTE should pop-up after reboot.
Even wifi calling toggle comes up but Jio is yet to implement the feature (Don't turn it on... you'll miss calls when on wifi)
Thank the original developers.
nimms said:
I was in the same boat... Just flashed a U firmware over USA model and rooted it.
Then via flashfire, Flash this CSC Which was basically pulled out from S8 CSC selector file by @Tkkg1994
VoLTE should pop-up after reboot.
Even wifi calling toggle comes up but Jio is yet to implement the feature (Don't turn it on... you'll miss calls when on wifi)
Thank the original developers.
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Unfortunately I wont be able to root, but will check how this CSC can be used with Odin.
junear said:
Unfortunately I wont be able to root, but will check how this CSC can be used with Odin.
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Why can't you root? You can't use this CSC via Odin.. it's a flashable zip.
I have an s7 edge (G935W8) which is from canada. I am using it in india right now. I want to get volte working on my device which from searches i've found that i need to have indian firmware installed on my phone.
So i tried several firmwares, MM and N also, but no luck with odin. It is giving errors straight away ( repartition operation failed and oltht). Tried different firmwares, only ap and csc, repartition ticked and unticked and all the stuff that i've founded on the internet.
I don't want to root, i want only official Indian firmware on my S7 EDGE from CANADA (SM-G935W8).
Please guys help me out with that. I want it done.
ajay.chopra312 said:
I have an s7 edge (G935W8) which is from canada. I am using it in india right now. I want to get volte working on my device which from searches i've found that i need to have indian firmware installed on my phone.
So i tried several firmwares, MM and N also, but no luck with odin. It is giving errors straight away ( repartition operation failed and oltht). Tried different firmwares, only ap and csc, repartition ticked and unticked and all the stuff that i've founded on the internet.
I don't want to root, i want only official Indian firmware on my S7 EDGE from CANADA (SM-G935W8).
Please guys help me out with that. I want it done.
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There is no indian firmware for canadian version
matthew2man said:
There is no indian firmware for canadian version
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So many videos out there for the other countries for changing the csc. Why not for canadian one?
because G935W8 have csc for canadian carriers, not same csc as G935F the international one
matthew2man said:
because G935W8 have csc for canadian carriers, not same csc as G935F the international one
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That means i can't get volte in any manner?
ajay.chopra312 said:
That means i can't get volte in any manner?
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Don't think you can do it unless you can flash indian bp/cp
HeavenlyFall said:
Don't think you can do it unless you can flash indian bp/cp
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And i want instructions on the same. Please guide me with that.
Edit : if i root my device and install custom rom, can i be able to get back to stock indian firmware?
ajay.chopra312 said:
And i want instructions on the same. Please guide me with that.
Edit : if i root my device and install custom rom, can i be able to get back to stock indian firmware?
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Yes, you can get back to the stock firmware from custom ROM. All of the stock firmwares/os are here: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and can be flashed with odin, resetting the phone to factory default state, i.e. as you buy it now and without any info on it. No matter if it was custom ROM or not before that.
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Yes, you can get back to the stock firmware from custom ROM. All of the stock firmwares/os are here: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and can be flashed with odin, resetting the phone to factory default state, i.e. as you buy it now and without any info on it. No matter if it was custom ROM or not before that.
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I was looking forward for getting to indian firmware on my canadian edge
ajay.chopra312 said:
I was looking forward for getting to indian firmware on my canadian edge
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Depends on the model. If on the site there is canadian firmware for that model of the s7 - can be done via odin. If the phone is specific and there is no canadian firmware - can't be done.
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Depends on the model. If on the site there is canadian firmware for that model of the s7 - can be done via odin. If the phone is specific and there is no canadian firmware - can't be done.
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I think only the F model can have firmware from other countries flashed onto it.
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daniel4653 said:
I think only the F model can have firmware from other countries flashed onto it.
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Any candian csc which could support volte from jio in india?
I was able to get my hands on the U.S. non carrier firmware for the G950U. The question is, without OEM unlock option, will it successfully flashed via Odin? Has anyone already tried? If so, what was the result?
can you share this firmware ?
denson9874 said:
I was able to get my hands on the U.S. non carrier firmware for the G950U. The question is, without OEM unlock option, will it successfully flashed via Odin? Has anyone already tried? If so, what was the result?
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Yes. I have the same version. Not having the oem is like having it ticked on. So you are good to go. Would love to get my hands on that firmware so I can start testing. I also need G955U. Any chance of a link or mention of where you got it?
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can you share this firmware ?
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I can upload and post link, which may take awhile, or you can use SamFirm ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647 ), which is the same program I used to download the odin firmware. I cheated by using SamMobile to confirm CSC code to input into SamFirm and the program will download the odin file and decrypt it to allow for extraction.
For instance, I downloaded SM-G950U/TMK Firmware, which is the USA variant, but, in theory, lacks the TMB system bloatware.
But to get an update to my attempt to Odin De-bloat my S8, I have a suspicion that USERDATA no longer lives within AP, instead it has its own Partition within the Full Odin Firmware, thus, meaning that simply flashing AP, BL, and CP from a Non-US Carrier firmware will NOT remove the carrier system bloatware. Until there is a Odin build released that allows for flashing the USERDATA.tar.md5, the TMB bloat remains after flashing the Generic Odin firmware. But you guys are more than willing to try a find a way to flash the firmware to change the CSC code from TMB to TMK, USC, or whomever does not load carrier bloat into their build.
djxn40 said:
Yes. I have the same version. Not having the oem is like having it ticked on. So you are good to go. Would love to get my hands on that firmware so I can start testing. I also need G955U. Any chance of a link or mention of where you got it?
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So I can use Odin to apply any ota? I'm using an att variant with a cricket sim, and I can't get any updated and smart switch shows that I have latest version, but there are reports of att releasing an att for the device
Have a question here, we get a lot of US imported phones here in Pakistan, mostly AT&T and Verizon S7 edge phones.
They've got carrier bloat and whatnot, I remember reading people flashing Verizon ROMs to get that to work properly on their AT&T phone and flashing AT&T on a T-Mobile phone to get that to work properly, so if one flashes a G935U firmware on a G935V, is it expected to work fine and act as an ordinary Snapdragon 820 S7 edge with no carrier bloat or anything?
All replies will be appreciated.
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murtaza02
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I tried flashing G930U on my G930V through odin but it failed. It appears that I can't flash anything using odin. The only way by which I was able to install a firmware manually was through stock recovery by Applying update from sd card.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
Have u checked this thread ...
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sirius_gamer said:
I tried flashing G930U on my G930V through odin but it failed. It appears that I can't flash anything using odin. The only way by which I was able to install a firmware manually was through stock recovery by Applying update from sd card.
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What version of Odin did you try to use and which particular 930U firmware?
babarasghar said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
Have u checked this thread ...
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I have, but there have been reports of it not working for some people as well, so I wanted to know if it's a legit method or if it's trial and error and it works for some and it doesn't work for others, because if it does work officially, then it'd solve a huge headache on choosing US variant phones here and we can all relax since the 935U firmware can be flashed on carrier branded phones.
Now, I need to get my hands on an American S7 edge to test this out myself.
Off course without testing nothing can be confirmed ... But most people r too faint hearted to try it
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murtaza02 said:
What version of Odin did you try to use and which particular 930U firmware?
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Odin version: 3.10.7
Firmware: G930UUEU4APL2
sirius_gamer said:
Odin version: 3.10.7
Firmware: G930UUEU4APL2
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Try Odin 3.12.3 and the latest Nougat firmware for the G930U with the XAA (unlocked) CSC.
murtaza02 said:
Try Odin 3.12.3 and the latest Nougat firmware for the G930U with the XAA (unlocked) CSC.
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Btw which files (AP, BL, CSC etc) I need to flash through odin? As I have noted that flashing CSC renders non-verizon sim unusable.
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sirius_gamer said:
Btw which files (AP, BL, CSC etc) I need to flash through odin? As I have noted that flashing CSC renders non-verizon sim unusable.
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All of them. AP includes the system, recovery and cache, CP includes modem, BL includes bootloader, and CSC includes sales code.
The ROMs for S7 usually come with CSC and HOME_CSC, the latter will not wipe your device and keep the Verizon CSC which may cause issues and require you to factory reset your phone, the normal CSC files wipes the data and switches your CSC to the new one you're trying to flash.
Choose whichever one you want but I'd suggest the normal CSC just to be safe.
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murtaza02 said:
All of them. AP includes the system, recovery and cache, CP includes modem, BL includes bootloader, and CSC includes sales code.
The ROMs for S7 usually come with CSC and HOME_CSC, the latter will not wipe your device and keep the Verizon CSC which may cause issues and require you to factory reset your phone, the normal CSC files wipes the data and switches your CSC to the new one you're trying to flash.
Choose whichever one you want but I'd suggest the normal CSC just to be safe.
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Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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sirius_gamer said:
Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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Hows it working for you?
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murtaza02 said:
Hows it working for you?
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The main issue with me was poor battery life which was resolved when I reverted back to marshmallow. But I have yet to test the battery life on nougat. Other than this, phone is running smoothly and it feels light now due to no bloatware.
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sirius_gamer said:
The main issue with me was poor battery life which was resolved when I reverted back to marshmallow. But I have yet to test the battery life on nougat. Other than this, phone is running smoothly and it feels light now due to no bloatware.
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Thanks for testing out and giving feedback.
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id like to know can i flash the 930u on a metropcs 930t1
Have been trying all day to load 935u on my sprint phone and it loads but it just boots into the same sprint firmware, anyway for me to change this?
Just tried to redo this, so maybe i was mistaken that it loaded....FAILS at installing boot.
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Have been trying all day to load 935u on my sprint phone and it loads but it just boots into the same sprint firmware, anyway for me to change this?
Just tried to redo this, so maybe i was mistaken that it loaded....FAILS at installing boot.
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What firmware are you using and what version of Odin?
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eljefe0000 said:
id like to know can i flash the 930u on a metropcs 930t1
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You probably can, try it out, worst case scenario it fails and you'll just boot back into your normal MetroPCS firmware.
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What firmware are you using and what version of Odin?
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It was me, I was loading the wrong firmware. The 935U firmware will load onto Sprint phone and am using it on Straight Talk.
Which Firmware did you use ?
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Apparently I was using older version of Odin. The version you told worked for me and now I have installed G930U firmware
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Hi can you please tell which firmware did you use. There are many options under the locations Tab which one should i Use ?
I am searching on SAMMOBILE when i search SM-G935U. On the the first page i select US (T-Mobile)
On the second page, in the countries TAB which option i need to select ?
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It was me, I was loading the wrong firmware. The 935U firmware will load onto Sprint phone and am using it on Straight Talk.
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Hi how are you.
Can you please let me know which country did you use while downloding the U firmware ? I have a t-mobile s7 edge
False Alert
Check out post #42
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=75423115
"After being tested by XDA Senior member me2151, it turns out cross region flashing does work. Prince Comsy Odin is working, but we can not test if the factory binary flashing will hard brick your phone. So flashing US unlocked onto a US carrier device should work."
Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-note8-bootloader-odin/
Credits to @mweinbach for updating the news post and @me2151 for testing the brick
Oh, so Verizon to T-Mobile swap is fine.
Thanks for the heads up!
Whilst your post is is informative, I hope you will excuse me being a little pedantic, if the phone is "hard bricked" it can't be fixed and conversely if it cab be fixed then generally that would be considered "soft bricked".
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Whilst your post is is informative, I hope you will excuse me being a little pedantic, if the phone is "hard bricked" it can't be fixed and conversely if it cab be fixed then generally that would be considered "soft bricked".
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So far it CAN'T be fixed, so for now consider it a hard brick.
And stop arguing semantics when we are trying to actually help people and warn them before they brick their phones.
Very scary. Prevents Comsey ODIN from working?
Source : Portal of XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-note8-bootloader-odin/
So does it apply to the international model too? If I get a G955F from Germany and flash a XEU firmware, it will brick?
I Have a doubt here. I am in a unlocked tmobile firmware on oreo beta. I was planning to flash unlocked firmware to it. so my question is
1) If i flashed unlocked US firmware G955U1 to G955U now, will it hardbrick after BLv3 update.
2)If i flashed now and updated to Blv3 after G955U1 will it be stuck to that firmware forever?
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This applies to all American/Snapdragon and Exynos S8, S8+ and Note 8 models once BLv3 comes out for those models.
If you flashed a out of region firmware such as G955W, G955F, G955FD etc.
Flash back to your original model firmware or you'll be hard bricked. I'll post updates about the hard brick part. There's some news developing about how to fix the hard brick.
Credits to @FatalONEM8 and @me2151 for figuring this out
~PSA by xdanilva
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How to find out the Bootloader Version?
If it says 3 before your baseband number. Example from note 8 3BRA8. The note 8 already got patched.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Very scary. Prevents Comsey ODIN from working?
Source : Portal of XDA
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-note8-bootloader-odin/
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Yep
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jaison thomas said:
I Have a doubt here. I am in a unlocked tmobile firmware on oreo beta. I was planning to flash unlocked firmware to it. so my question is
1) If i flashed unlocked US firmware G955U1 to G955U now, will it hardbrick after BLv3 update.
2)If i flashed now and updated to Blv3 after G955U1 will it be stuck to that firmware forever?
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1.) Yes
2.) You would get a non standard hardbrick. You would be stuck in Emergency Download Mode. You can't flash back to g955u even with standard Odin.
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sherlock5545 said:
So does it apply to the international model too? If I get a G955F from Germany and flash a XEU firmware, it will brick?
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You can flash a different carrier firmware you can't flash a firmware from a different phone model.
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Another question please.
I have 955FD model and i have flashed DBT 955F firmware.
As i can see in sammobile there is 955FD firmware and it's the same as 955F.
I will be ok or not?
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Does this only affect U.S. models or will this affect all models? Also, does this mean there will be no more rooting these devices or can you still root them as long as your phone didn't originally have v3? I.e., the modders can still build versions of the new modified firmware with v3 replaced with the old one? Or will those of us who want to keep our root have to just never ever update (through flashing)?
I'm sorry... this means we can't install custom firmware after this ? what i can do now to prevent this ? i have 955FD and not installed custom firmware or root yet... i want to be able to install custom firmware ... what can i do ?
Seems that Samsung reads XDA as well.... Targeted "security patch"... ?
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What could be the reasons for anyone to flash another region firmware / ROM? Just curious.
Anyway im safe because i use G955F ROMs (my device is G955F) from the beginning and plan to do so in future, right?
Good Bye Sammy!!
@xdanilva
Thank you for letting us know.
This news made my mind up and just sold my S8+F!
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@xdanilva
Thank you for letting us know.
This news made my mind up and just sold my S8+F!
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I would recommend getting a oneplus 5t as your next phone
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I would recommend getting a oneplus 5t as your next phone
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Although an excellent choice, but I bought a Pixel 2 XL from Google.