You must have downloaded a dodgy app mate that is trying to get you to download a unicorn app... It's nothing to do with Samsung or to be honest this thread ... View more

@ValentinS9 wrote: I bought a Samsung S9 plus from UK, which was locked in EE. I have unlocked it in Romania and have not yet received the upgrade to PIE. How long will it take to get it? 221 hours, 43 minutes and 23 seconds  ... View more

You now need to use Samsung smartswitch which will rescue your phone. You'll be needing a mac or windows computer.   Looks like you've put the wrong file in odin ... View more

I've just gone through the whole list of XEU (UK and Ireland) firmwares and looked at the release dates... They all seem to be a Wednesday or a thursday   Take a look for yourself   https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s9-plus/SM-G965F/XEU/     I reckon BTU will be much the same   Edit: just had a look at BTU release history and saw only 2 releases come out on a Monday and Friday... The rest were either Wednesday or Thursday   They all seem to hit the Samsung servers in the morning... So this week I would say looks good for a release! ... View more

Well I thought it was funny 😂 ... View more

It's not going to be released out of office hours... Like I said previously, actual software engineers release it literally when they have arrived at work, usually after 9am. They will do it, from what I have experienced, on a mid week day such as a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday so that the engineers are on hand if anything goes wrong such as mass bootloops and crashes so they can work on fixes and monitor progress. ... View more

This is the week I can feel it in my bones!! Doubt it will be today though... Usually BTU/XEU firmwares are released midweek like Tues,wed or Thurs... That way they have software engineers available after the day of release if something goes wrong like mass crashes and bootloops. I don't think I've ever seen a UK firmware for unlocked devices released on a sat/sun ... View more

@Niki2000 wrote: Thats strange, my phone is United Kingdom (Vodafone) (VOD) and i didn't get the reply You could be waiting quite a while for the update if your with Vodafone. I think once the firmware for the unlocked devices (BTU & XEU) has been released then the big networks like Vodafone, EE etc can take up to another month for their release ... View more

BTU firmware are on phones that come directly from Samsung (unbranded) XEU firmware are on Sim Free handsets that are generic (unbranded) but not from Samsung.   It's basically identical firmwares and will probably be released exactly the same time ... View more

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PHN is Netherlands BTU is United Kingdom direct from Samsung XEU is United Kingdom/Ireland from Carphone Warehouse ... View more

If you go into settings, software information, and look at your Service Provider... You'll see your Country Product Code    ... View more

Yeah it's EU ... View more

Because your either running the final beta build or by the looks of your network displaying 'R' in the screen shot there that means you must be in Europe and you've installed a European build ... If you were in the UK that would say 4G, 3G, H, E or 2G. ... View more

Just for you CalumJ here's a map of countries that don't have it 🤣   ... View more

Yeah BTU is the product code for unlocked UK devices ... View more

Who on here has the S9 or S9+? ... View more

Well here's a list of where it's either already out or is being rolled out as we speak:     ... View more

I stand corrected.... There's quite a few that have appeared very quickly... Like Kenya?? 😂   https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s9-plus/SM-G965F/ ... View more

Yeah I saw that over on Sammobile but I think they're just generally talking about the firmwares that have been released so far because I'm not seeing anything new on the Samsung servers ... View more

It's just started rolling out in Slovenia.... 🤨   According to someone on Reddit     ... View more

People are best off flashing BTU specific firmware for unlocked UK devices. Of course you can flash any official foreign firmware but it can lead to baseband/modem issues and even problems with not being able to flash back to the original firmware you were previously on because Samsung have recently opted to make the bootloader un-downgradable on some phones and tablets.  I recently ran into that problem with my S7 with Oreo firmware on my EE S7... I flashed BTU firmware on my locked EE phone, which went fine, but I couldn't flash back to EE firmware because it was classed as a downgrade.... So I had to wait about a month and a half for EE to release the next firmware.   So in terms of flashing these Pie firmwares from other countries... I just wouldn't risk it ... View more

Guys I'm going to bed now but I can smell some pie in the air!! I reckon it's coming tomorrow... UK updates usually get released mid week and I've even noticed a pattern of it between 9 and 10am... So I'll see you on here then!!  ... View more

@Garner wrote: @EmmGee1 wrote: Jokes aside... Any of you guys rooted your device at all recently? I used to root and install custom ROMs on all my phones but haven't done since I got my S9+. I didn't want to trigger the Knox counter. But after seeing all the AOSP ROMs available for our device I'm definitely tempted! Especially now mist of them are running 9.0.... just wondered if you had dabbled? I'm an ex developer from XDA, (search Garner) I've always had android devices since 2009 the LG G1 days 😉. This is seriously the only device I've never rooted, AOSP ROMs that are out for it are not that appealing as of yet. Loved the pixel devices for development though the newer Samsung range I.e. this is alot more powerful than the pixel series as of yet that's the reason I jumped ship 😊 Well blow me side ways Garner!! A fellow XDA'er!! I'm thinking that once this main pie update has been and gone that maybe in a few months I might start flashing ROMs again just to at least be upto date with Google's main releases. I actually thought Linage was looking pretty slick now for the S9? ... View more

https://youtu.be/TVsYd1rlMKo   Check that ROM out... And it was 6 months ago so the build would be a hell of a lot better now in terms of stability and features ... View more

Jokes aside... Any of you guys rooted your device at all recently? I used to root and install custom ROMs on all my phones but haven't done since I got my S9+. I didn't want to trigger the Knox counter. But after seeing all the AOSP ROMs available for our device I'm definitely tempted! Especially now mist of them are running 9.0.... just wondered if you had dabbled? ... View more

Only thing is we've got to wait until end of 2020... ish ... View more

I've just  managed to get though to  Lee Byung-chul, you know the main man down there in South Korea, anyway he just told me that the UK update isn't going to happen.... But instead Google have given him exclusive access to Android Q sources! So we're going straight to Android 10! ... View more

Funnily enough guys your not going to believe this one.... ... View more