Is that about rooting? I scanned the first page and it looked like a set of steps to get a beta version onto devices which had not been included in the beta programme. I'll confess I didn't read it in detail, but I saw no mention of root.
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Root Rooting
- Thread starter rnlcomp
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That's just a general link to the device at xda... I also did not see anything about rooting the device in question, but hopefully the op can use it as reference
MrJavi
Android Expert
Sorry to be the one giving you bad news but there is no root method for the snapdragon Note 8 n950w.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/help/root-snapdragon-samsung-galaxy-note-8-t3890724
i pretty much given up hope for rooting any note series here in the US, since they all have snapdragons and all the carriers have locked the bootloader down tight.
MrJavi
Android Expert
Yea, I've been holding on to my Note 4 waiting each year hoping for anotjer developer friendly Note on the Sprint network to root and mod. Dam#!! A line from the movie Grumper Old Men comes to mind "well you can wish in one hand and cr_p in the other, see which gets filled first". I have come to accept Samsung snapdragon continue to come with locked bootloaders with no change in sight. So I'll just have to get another model that is bootloader unlocked that I can root and mod. LOL, then I come across this link
https://piunikaweb.com/2019/09/20/sprint-oneplus-7-pro-5g-bootloader-locked/
After all, "Root" is a 4 letter word. Right?
Given that it's the US carriers who are the reason US Notes are locked down hard, I think it's unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
I just hope that when the last CDMA networks are turned off and Samsung start using Exynos in the US(*) they don't use that as a reason to lock everyone else's bootloaders equally hard.
(*) The reason you get Snapdragon SoCs is because it's cheaper for Samsung to use Qualcomm's chips than to license their CDMA IP. Most of the world doesn't use CDMA, so we get Samsung's own chips, which is more profitable for Samsung. So once the North American CDMA networks are turned-off it's pretty obvious that Samsung will switch to Exynos there as well.
I'm always amazed when I read comments on the internet like "man, that new Exynos is falling behind yet again. When are Samsung going to stop this and give us Snapdragon as well?". As if Samsung (or any corporation) care about delivering what a few knowledgeable enthusiasts want rather than what makes most money from the masses?
I just hope that when the last CDMA networks are turned off and Samsung start using Exynos in the US(*) they don't use that as a reason to lock everyone else's bootloaders equally hard.
(*) The reason you get Snapdragon SoCs is because it's cheaper for Samsung to use Qualcomm's chips than to license their CDMA IP. Most of the world doesn't use CDMA, so we get Samsung's own chips, which is more profitable for Samsung. So once the North American CDMA networks are turned-off it's pretty obvious that Samsung will switch to Exynos there as well.
I'm always amazed when I read comments on the internet like "man, that new Exynos is falling behind yet again. When are Samsung going to stop this and give us Snapdragon as well?". As if Samsung (or any corporation) care about delivering what a few knowledgeable enthusiasts want rather than what makes most money from the masses?