r/GalaxyNote9

I don't use my Note9 as my daily phone but I do still have some games on it that I play. when I booted it up a few days ago I got a notification of a new update called System Configuration Update. anybody know what that's about? I haven't installed it yet and I'm not sure what it will do. my Note9 is a stock N960U and recently when I updated the imdb app on the phone it no longer worked saying I was on an unsupported version of Android so I have been checking every app update that is available and only installing the apps that list supported OS as 10 or lower.

I saw a youtube video that seemed like AI slop talking about it but thats all I could find so far. the video mentioned that it's an update from the carrier, not Samsung, that has been sent to all on their networks. note9 and note10 phones still online. my phone is a VZW branded phone but I haven't had a SIM card in it for years. it says that users that have installed it report that it's re-enabling some features that send data back to google that they had previously disabled for privacy reasons. the features mentioned are Swipe To Text and Predictive Text. I searched the settings on my Note9 and I can't find either of them to check if they are enabled or not. the location in the settings menu that the video says to go into doesn't even exist on my phone so I'm not sure where else to look.

I found the Configuration Updates system app (actually there are 3 of them on my note9) and of course they can't be disabled, but I did go in and disable background battery activity, and the option to allow them to change system settings.

anybody know more about this?

I've looked everywhere and couldn't find it.

Hi,

First of all, I've had a Note 9 that I used as my main phone for years until I bought a Nothing phone in 2024 (hot garbage that died) so I went back to my trusty Note 9 ever since.

It has some cracks and screen isn't in the best of shape so I've refitted it for other purposes.

One such purpose is that I've rooted my Note 9 which was incredibly easy. Though it has me wondering if its done correctly? I've rooted Androids in the past and lately a crappy Motorola phone that I rooted with Magisk.

On the Motorola once I unlocked the bootloader I got the classic "warning" message everytime the phone booted.

On my Note 9 I unlocked OEM in settings and booted into "download mode" and to my surprise there was no "long press volume up to unlock bootloader".

I've flashed it with Magisk and all the apps says the phone is rooted properly. I'm on SM-960F so its the Exynos model which should be unlockable. Just figuring if it came unlocked when I bought it back in the days (retail). Maybe some of you know if this is typical of Note 9 models when the bootloader is unlocked?