Samsung Galaxy S8 G950W (PIE Update) - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

I have Samsung Galaxy S8 G950W having Android 7.0 with Samsung Experience 8.1 and Baseband Version G950WVLS2ARA1. I intend to update it to 9.0. Where can I find its official update through Odin installation? I'm not in the region to find OTA.
Thanks

Use updato.com. You can use SamMobile but it takes years without a premium account. HOWEVER YOU CAN'T FLASH THE NEWEST SOFTWARE IF THE PHONE IS WAY BEHIND..... EITHER FLASH THE FIRMWARE BUT THAT ALLOWS OTA UPDATES OR FLASH EVERY FIRMWARE ONE BY ONE. I hope this helped:laugh:

I have found G950WVLU5CSD5_G950WOYA5CSD5_VMC and downloaded. But am not yet sure about the right firmware. Is there any way to get it confirmed?

alaxee said:
I have found G950WVLU5CSD5_G950WOYA5CSD5_VMC and downloaded. But am not yet sure about the right firmware. Is there any way to get it confirmed?
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As long u are searching for correct model of your phone u are good to go
U can use sammobile,updato.com, samfrew.com to download firmware for your model ( there is even samfirm pc app to download firmware at full speed)
Also u can flash pie or any other release without needing to install one by one firmware as suggested above.

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Failed at modem.bin when flashing 6.0.1 stock firmware

Howdy! Please help me newbie with this problem. Mine is SM-G928F, its region is DBT, which is Germany. My current firmware is 5.1.1. As I haven't received Marshmallow update OTA, as well as when I checked for update in Smart Switch, I decided to use SamFirm and download the suitable 6.0.1 firmware for my Region. And then I used Odin to flash it, with Kies uninstalled, Samsung drivers up-to-date and so on according to the instruction I've read. Now what I have is a fancy brick with the Samsung brand on it ( I can still get into download mode. What should I do now?
Access the following link to see my problem: (Cuz I cannot add links, I added a space):
h ttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4DyzkBV73L2ZTRKbFRzbzJQN1E
Blooderman said:
Howdy! Please help me newbie with this problem. Mine is SM-G928F, its region is DBT, which is Germany. My current firmware is 5.1.1. As I haven't received Marshmallow update OTA, as well as when I checked for update in Smart Switch, I decided to use SamFirm and download the suitable 6.0.1 firmware for my Region. And then I used Odin to flash it, with Kies uninstalled, Samsung drivers up-to-date and so on according to the instruction I've read. Now what I have is a fancy brick with the Samsung brand on it ( I can still get into download mode. What should I do now?
Access the following link to see my problem: (Cuz I cannot add links, I added a space):
h ttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4DyzkBV73L2ZTRKbFRzbzJQN1E
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Hey, you may try another firmware or follow the procedure(in the video) to avoid that failure. Exclude modem.bin from firmware and find the another one which fits F variant then flash it after firmware..

[Help] Looking for Official firmware for the SM-G928F (Netherlands)

I've been looking for a while now to downgrade my Edge 6 Plus to android MM 6.0.1, since Nougat is leaving me in the dark with battery drain, and mobile hotspot not working.
Anyhow, i have found some official firmwares, but they all stop at 50MB download because its too slow.
Perhaps anyone have these firmwares on Onedrive or something?
Thanks in advance!
You can use kies or smart switch to install the right firmware for your phone.
satoto01 said:
You can use kies or smart switch to install the right firmware for your phone.
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Can i specifically choose the firmware aswell? Since i want to downgrade from Android 7.0 to 6.0.1
the answer would be no. You can try download from updato.com. From my experience it download faster then other site.

Update to nougat and take out at&t

hi everyone, I just bought a s7 edge from internet the thing is I'm french and received an at&t model ( what a mistake I wanted the exynos ) well the phone works but can't update it how could a I do to put nougat and later oreo if it come to this device? is it possible to take out that at&t and just have a rom s7. (sorry for my english I didn't find it in french) thanks a lot for your anwser.
android:6.0.1
baseband:G935AUCS4APK1
Download this U firmware and install using odin. It's a universal firmware for the AT&T S7 Edge, does not have any AT&T crap on it. It also doesn't have VoLTE & wifi calling, but who cares, it works just fine. I have an AT&T S7 Edge and I'm using this myself. I love it and it always get the OTA updates fast. This is the latest firmware with the January security patch. Enjoy and hope this helps. This is Android 7.0 Nougat
935U Firmware G935UUES4BRA1 for AT&T S7 Edge
Thanks I will try this this week end.
ytaida said:
Download this U firmware and install using odin. It's a universal firmware for the AT&T S7 Edge, does not have any AT&T crap on it. It also doesn't have VoLTE & wifi calling, but who cares, it works just fine. I have an AT&T S7 Edge and I'm using this myself. I love it and it always get the OTA updates fast. This is the latest firmware with the January security patch. Enjoy and hope this helps. This is Android 7.0 Nougat
935U Firmware G935UUES4BRA1 for AT&T S7 Edge
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I tried it but odin tells me model dismatch which it's a bit weird i used odin 3.12.3. how did you flash it ?
n1n158300 said:
I tried it but odin tells me model dismatch which it's a bit weird i used odin 3.12.3. how did you flash it ?
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Follow the instructions on this guide but use the Nougat G935UUES4BRA1 firmware you downloaded;
Samsung SM-935U firmware install guide on SM-935A device
I used this version of ODIN by princecomsy
Hope this helps.
ytaida said:
Follow the instructions on this guide but use the Nougat G935UUES4BRA1 firmware you downloaded;
Samsung SM-935U firmware install guide on SM-935A device
I used this version of ODIN by princecomsy
Hope this helps.
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Thanks I will try it later And let you know
ytaida said:
Follow the instructions on this guide but use the Nougat G935UUES4BRA1 firmware you downloaded;
Samsung SM-935U firmware install guide on SM-935A device
I used this version of ODIN by princecomsy
Hope this helps.
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Thanks man it works perfectly with princecomsy Odin
i need help
my phone is also us version and its still marshmallow. can i try this one?
and do i need to back up first?
ytaida said:
Follow the instructions on this guide but use the Nougat G935UUES4BRA1 firmware you downloaded;
Samsung SM-935U firmware install guide on SM-935A device
I used this version of ODIN by princecomsy
Hope this helps.
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Hi I coming to you again just to know if you faced the same issue than me. I just realized that my GPS is not working anymore since then. If you know anything about it. Thanks
n1n158300 said:
Hi I coming to you again just to know if you faced the same issue than me. I just realized that my GPS is not working anymore since then. If you know anything about it. Thanks
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Everything is working on my AT&T Galaxy S7 Edge, including my GPS running the 935U firmware. By the way the firmware was just updated to G935UUES4BRC1 March security patch.
ytaida said:
Everything is working on my AT&T Galaxy S7 Edge, including my GPS running the 935U firmware. By the way the firmware was just updated to G935UUES4BRC1 March security patch.
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Yeah he did the update OTA which it's nice that's mean I will get the next one much easier. Ok i actually wanted to wipe cache so I restart on recovery mode. And it just put me a yellow triangle and it was write no command :/ I don't think that's normal I have to find something but thanks
ytaida said:
Everything is working on my AT&T Galaxy S7 Edge, including my GPS running the 935U firmware. By the way the firmware was just updated to G935UUES4BRC1 March security patch.
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Is it normal that the download to your file is very slow?
Darklight_93 said:
Is it normal that the download to your file is very slow?
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The latest firmware update is G935UUEU4BRD1 April Security Patch. I always update OTA via the software update in the setting menu and it downloads quick.
ytaida said:
The latest firmware update is G935UUEU4BRD1 April Security Patch. I always update OTA via the software update in the setting menu and it downloads quick.
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Can someone help me out? I am trying to install the last update you just posted but I am not able to do that... I can't find the PIT file... any help?
Darklight_93 said:
Can someone help me out? I am trying to install the last update you just posted but I am not able to do that... I can't find the PIT file... any help?
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What firmware version are you on right now? If you want to go to SM-G935U then you have to start with the base of January and then update from there via OTA.
n1n158300 said:
Yeah he did the update OTA which it's nice that's mean I will get the next one much easier. Ok i actually wanted to wipe cache so I restart on recovery mode. And it just put me a yellow triangle and it was write no command :/ I don't think that's normal I have to find something but thanks
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Just so there's no confusion here, no one person "updated it OTA". What you have is an official U rom which fetches updates whenever Samsung pushes them out.
Aaron78 said:
What firmware version are you on right now? If you want to go to SM-G935U then you have to start with the base of January and then update from there via OTA.
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I am at the 2016 update...
Darklight_93 said:
I am at the 2016 update...
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If your on the U version, then go to Settings then Software Update and then tap Download Updates Manually. It should force an update. If not, download the updates from Sammobile and flash them using Odin.
ytaida said:
The latest firmware update is G935UUEU4BRD1 April Security Patch. I always update OTA via the software update in the setting menu and it downloads quick.
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Thank you! My S7 Edge ATT SM-G935A is on Marshmallow 6.0.1 now. Can I flash directly to the latest version or I need to go from the base on first and go 1-by-1 up to the latest?

Galaxy S8+ G955F stuck on Oreo July's patch

Hi, thanks for reading. My S8+ G955F stopped finding updates after 2018 July's security patch, when I try to search for updates manually it says that the device is up to date already (its 2019 April's 20th today).
I never flashed a custom ROM, it's 100% stock and Knox is intact.
I wonder if there is a way to just update with Samsung official tooling or just flash with TWRP the OneUI Pie official ROM without having to go through every update to date manually (there must be dozens of them).
I attached my current build and firmware below.
Thanks for reading and have a great day.
xRaevyn said:
Hi, thanks for reading. My S8+ G955F stopped finding updates after 2018 July's security patch, when I try to search for updates manually it says that the device is up to date already (its 2019 April's 20th today).
I never flashed a custom ROM, it's 100% stock and Knox is intact.
I wonder if there is a way to just update with Samsung official tooling or just flash with TWRP the OneUI Pie official ROM without having to go through every update to date manually (there must be dozens of them).
I attached my current build and firmware below.
Thanks for reading and have a great day.
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You could try first Samsung's Smart Switch to see if that will update your phone.
If not the other way would be to download your firmware and flash with Odin.
spawnlives said:
You could try first Samsung's Smart Switch to see if that will update your phone.
If not the other way would be to download your firmware and flash with Odin.
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having the same issue . do you need to go update by update if you decide to install by odin? or can you just pick the last version and install it?
zoiden said:
having the same issue . do you need to go update by update if you decide to install by odin? or can you just pick the last version and install it?
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No you don't need to do incremental updates
Just update to the version you want

Galaxy S8 replacement board

Hi guys,
So I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. I have swapped out my s8 motherboard and the other died. Everything works fine apart from the fact it's on android 7 and every time I check for updates I get the message that the system is currently up to date.
The baseband is g950fxxu1aqc1
And the build number is nrd90m.g950fxxu1aqc1
I'm trying to find what version I can use to update to Android pie 9.
Any.help would be greatly appreciated
steveg007 said:
Hi guys,
So I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. I have swapped out my s8 motherboard and the other died. Everything works fine apart from the fact it's on android 7 and every time I check for updates I get the message that the system is currently up to date.
The baseband is g950fxxu1aqc1
And the build number is nrd90m.g950fxxu1aqc1
I'm trying to find what version I can use to update to Android pie 9.
Any.help would be greatly appreciated
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If you can't update though software update then you can update through Odin software( PC app ) or by using smart switch app ( PC app )
You can also get firmware through website like sammobile or updato - slow download though
Other choice's are through PC apps like Samfirm or Frija - quicker downloads.
spawnlives said:
If you can't update though software update then you can update through Odin software( PC app ) or by using smart switch app ( PC app )
You can also get firmware through website like sammobile or updato - slow download though
Other choice's are through PC apps like Samfirm or Frija - quicker downloads.
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Yeah I've Looked on the Sammobile site I was unable to find the baseband version on there so was sure of which version to download and install on to the phone.
Thanks
steveg007 said:
Yeah I've Looked on the Sammobile site I was unable to find the baseband version on there so was sure of which version to download and install on to the phone.
Thanks
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Samsung being Samsung the bootloader/binary ( baseband ) number tends to increase. So if you want the latest firmware the number will be higher than what your is on your phone.ie :nougat to pie
Note: Increasing your baseband number you will not be able to downgrade your firmware version baseband number.
spawnlives said:
Samsung being Samsung the bootloader/binary ( baseband ) number tends to increase. So if you want the latest firmware the number will be higher than what your is on your phone.ie :nougat to pie
Note: Increasing your baseband number you will not be able to downgrade your firmware version baseband number.
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Ok thanks for the insight so should I just download the latest version for my county for my S8?
steveg007 said:
Ok thanks for the insight so should I just download the latest version for my county for my S8?
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If you want to upgrade yes.
Another note if you are locked to a carrier flashing different firmware will not unlock you from that carrier.

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