yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 General] blairo_1226:
And, please, what will happen to modem and csc, cause it's videotron and i know they don't use same lte frequency. Don't want to make a mess. On my old Samsung phones I got it was different cause I think they were unlocked bootloader.

I read somewhere that the w8 variant will keep his csc and modem, but it make no sense to my understanding of upgrading. I'm confused with this phone, want to keep Knox flag at 0.
[Galaxy S6 General] Wojtek240:
Hey guys, do we have an option for a custom kernel for nougat? I would like to undervolt.

rydeordie - I got this installed on my GLO(Freedom) which I suspect was Rogers at some point installed and it kept all my settings. Easy flash with Odin. Got it rooted with TWRP and Magisk v.12 :good:
[Galaxy S6 General] Daught:
Thanks for the Nougat update. It kinda fixed my BT calls.

Does the canadian S6 lack the "OEM unlock" option? I can't find it in developer mode.
[Galaxy S6 General] Wojtek240:
It's not there for me either but the phone is fully unlocked.
[Galaxy S6 General] SynGamer:
Any word on when the Rogers update will go live?
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
Please let us know how much worse batter life is on Nougat. ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] Wojtek240:
:o

The firmware that is available can be installed on all carrier devices, as long as its sm-g920W8

Based on your carrier, then the firmware selects which carrierware to install.
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
Flashed on my Bell coming from Nemesis and fingerprint scanner wasn't working. Factory reset did the trick. I highly recommend a factory reset if you are coming from Nemesis because the flash will be treated more like you are updating from a previous version of Android N. Before I factory reset the phone there was still T Mobile apps on there and everything. Plus....you should always just factory reset anyways am I right? ;)

....I feel dirty being back to stock...
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
If anyone is getting stuck on "creating image" while flashing supersu in TWRP, use this version https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-s6-nougat-supersu-t3570740
[Galaxy S6 General] IUH1991:
My Bell SGS 6 is upgrading as we speak!
[Galaxy S6 General] azezamere:
can we flash with TWRP or should be flash with odin?
[Galaxy S6 General] laydog:
Are there any known working root methods for our version on stock Nougat?
[Galaxy S6 General] SynGamer:
Just upgraded to Nougat, liking it, but my god, I forgot how much bloat Rogers has. Need to root this thing and delete the bloat ASAP!
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
It doesn't seem to be working for me. I tried the bell nougat firmware from sammobile. It appeared to flash correctly and it booted to and updated all the apps first boot which took a while. Then I realized it was still 6.0.1 nothing changed. I tried the Videotron firmware linked here and same thing. I checked for software update and it had a small update available which it didn't before so it changed something with the firmware version but it's still mm. My phone is on stock 6.0.1. Knox is tripped but my attempts to install TWRP failed so it's not rooted, and has stock recovery. I select the file in the ap section right? None of the tutorials I can find help me because they are flashing separate bl, CSC, etc where as our nougat firmware is just one file. I'm new to Samsung. Sorry if it's a stupid question.
[Galaxy S6 General] Wojtek240:
Yep, get Odin. Get TWRP, get magisk v12.

Step 1 Flash TWRP with Odin, make sure you put the magisk v12 file on your phone.

Step 2 When TWRP flash is done, just reboot the phone into recovery. If you are getting a bootloop. Force power it down with home+power+vol buttons.

Step 3 Boot into TWRP recovery using home+power+voluUp buttons.

Step 4 Use TWRP to flash the magisk v12 file.

Step 5 The phone will reboot, you can update the magisk manager using the Play store.

You have root now.

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Did you get the correct file?

Step 1. Get the correct file

Step 2 Get Odin

Step 3 Put the phone in download mode.

Step 4 In Odin load the unzipped firmware (AP only).

Step 5 Start the flash.

Thats all there is to it.
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
That is exactly​ what I did with both the bell nougat firmware and the Videotron one a user posted above. For some reason neither worked. I confirmed I downloaded the correct file from sammobile and assume the user above uploaded the correct file so somehow my phone didn't take it.

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Should I be factory resetting before I flash with Odin? I didn't think you had to do that.
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
I just realized I still had SuperSU app installed even though the phone does not have working root. So I uninstalled it. Would that prevent Odin from flashing successfully? There were no error messages I saw and it said script succeeded.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
So how much worse is battery life and bugs?

Any real advantages other than security updates?
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
It's less buggy than Nemesis but I don't think I'm getting much better battery life. Still testing.
[Galaxy S6 General] xstokerx:
hey thx this worked flawless only bricked my phone like 6 times trying to install supersu buy its self lol
[Galaxy S6 General] SynGamer:
Did every step above, still no root...
[Galaxy S6 General] acme anvil:
Telus Android N update is now available.
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
Just checked after reading this and the ota is now available on my Telus w8. ☺ Have to wait to install on wifi later.
[Galaxy S6 General] laydog:
Does anyone know if rooting the stock ROM makes TD Tap to Pay not work? It did on my old Sony. It detects a rooted device.
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
Installed the ota on my Telus phone this morning. So far everything is great. Seems quicker and battery *seems* to be draining slowly.
[Galaxy S6 General] xstokerx:
After a few days on 7.0 rooted it's been good very stable fast and decent battery life just wish we could get a custom kernel or a couple roms go in on sad that development is so slow on this device
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Griffin rom next version which is yet to be released will have t/w8 support, the state of kernel support though is sad.
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Hopefully [MENTION=4921688]The Sickness[/MENTION] will release a kernel for Nougat. He has a very good kernel for MM s6 flat and edge for W8 and T-Mobile called twisted kernel. Very solid kernel with loads of governors and schedulers to choose from. You can under/over volt both big and small cpu. I read he will be dropping a ROM with his custom kernel.
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Yup I read a month back he was going to be releasing a nougat kernel as soon as sources where available for his variant but didn't know about the rom. I've used his kernels before and they were pretty good, the lack of kernels is what's putting me off trying any nougat roms right now and I'm itching to try em as I've been running one mm rom for past 8 months lol.
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
I tried a few N but went back to MM with twisted kernel.
[Galaxy S6 General] 1984world:
Which method did you use to root your Galaxy S6? I'm on Nougat 7.0 and have the G920W8. Any help is appreciated. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
I rooted mine using Magisk.

1] flash TWRP via ODIN.

2] Download Magisk-v12.0.zip (see Magisk thread)

3] Reboot to recovery mode and flash Magisk zip.

4] Update or install MagiskManager from Play Store.
[Galaxy S6 General] 1984world:
Awesome. Thanks so much. I find the instructions a bit complicated (lots of info out there) but this was pretty straightforward and worked. I did a bit of googling to understand what the instructions actually mean, but it all worked out. Thanks for the Magisk link, I'd never even heard of that before. This is a great community!
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Glad to hear you got it to work.
[Galaxy S6 General] xstokerx:
Flashed 7.0 in Odin booted phone let all my apps and everything update then flashed twrp then flashed magisk the only thing I found is Samsung account keeps ****ing up so after I set it up I had to freeze it
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Did you setup samsung account when you did initial install? I have read in order for the Samsung account to work properly you have to log into after you've done all the magisk process
[Galaxy S6 General] xstokerx:
hmmm that might have been the issue but i had tryed both ways

the first time around i didnt log in at initial boot but the secound time i did and it still was asking me to log back in every couple hours i did my wifes phone exactly the same way and i had the same thing happen on her phone idk i probly did it in the wrong order dosent seem to be and issue for my with accounts and billing frozen i just unfreeze if i need to use sam account wich is never
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Anybody on here nougat uses adb backup/restore with usb debugging? It doesn't seem to work anymore.
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
Anyone try flashing that N0G33K kernel yet?
[Galaxy S6 General] thomas.z:
Has anybody successfully rooted a Canadian Galaxy S6 on 6.0.1? I tried once but after flashing TWRP my phone bootlooped and I had to flash stock firmware. I'm with Wind btw.
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
I am afraid our devices are not supported. I asked the same question on the Noble Nougat thread

and [MENTION=3410110]Riley600[/MENTION] have the same conclusion. Here is the post
[Galaxy S6 General] Casper1982:
Hello i am new, i have changed my motorola g4 for a samsung s6 (sm-g920w8) g920w8vlu2boh8. I came up with android 5.1.1 + root. (Telus)

I want to install android 6.0.1 firmware stock, but I do not know which version install, could they help me?

And they could give me the necessary programs ... thank you very much
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Here are the Stock firmwares for Telus.

Nougat is already out. But if you want to stick with 6.0.1, choose the topmost version for version 6, that's the latest.

You need to flash the image using ODIN.
[Galaxy S6 General] Casper1982:
Thanks bro, I'll try. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] Casper1982:
Hello, I need the telus version 6.0.1 in mega, could someone give me the link? I would appreciate it, since the sammobile server does not lower me to more than 30kbs, very little and it takes too long :(

Pleaseee!!! Any.....
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Here you go bud.

https://mega.nz/#!r1MhEDbT!SFw_1MQKWSoAx3UAfKy1-3Q1oh0toCFrZU6teVnSIAo
[Galaxy S6 General] Casper1982:
I love you mannn......

Wow amazing, thank you very much ... I needed it :laugh::D:good:
[Galaxy S6 General] Casper1982:
Hi people, here again ....

I installed with odin the version of nougat 7.0 (canada - telus TLS)

Now the problem is that I do not have the Spanish language, only Chinese and English.

Before I had version 5.1.1 lollipop of canada telus with root

Someone could give me the nougat version but with Spanish? Thank you

Vietnam SM-g920w8

My mobile is Free (for any company) but I use Movistar
[Galaxy S6 General] thomas.z:
Does anybody on Wind have a rooted S6 on 6.0.1? I really want root but don't know what method to use. I tried flashing twrp but it bootlooped my phone.

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
What are the choices we have for custom roms and kernels for nougat beside nemesis rom?
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Noble nougat experience and the golden griffin(gg) are the others. Currently no other custom kernels available
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
which one would be better than nemesis?
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Hard one to determine as people get mixed results. Golden griffin is based on actual s6 firmware and noble nougat experience is a s8 port so gg in theory would be a more issue free option. Again this is my opinion check em out and see what suits you best.
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
thank you sir I will do that!
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
Can you tell me what does the no audio incall means? Thank you
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Previously incall audio like making calls Wasn't working but there's been loads of been who have the t/w8 variant who've installed and it's worked fine.
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
Ok thank you again
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
Can you help me again one last time haha what is rom controle v2 where do I get it and How do I install it for noble nougat? thank you again
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Rom control just allows you to make modification to Interface of launcher, menu, Icons and so on. As far as I know Rom control is not available on latest Noble nougat experience
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
Oh ok cause I read that on the Noble page Rom Controle Source with a link to github so I was wondering if it meant something but if you say its not available I'll stop looking for info

Thank you again
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Rom control was available on earlier versions of the Rom that's why it's on there
[Galaxy S6 General] jp071848:
S6 Flash Gone Wrong

I'm posting here in this Canadian thread to get some further LOCAL input to my problem currently being discussed over in the Troubleshooting section. Bought a pristine unlocked S6 flat for my wife to replace her old Iphone. We're with Bell. The phone ran perfectly once it was charged up, and I set up Wifi and downloaded a few apps to start things going. No issues, but then immediately started to get the Nougat update message coming up which I should have ignored for now, but I absentmindedly hit Yes and the update started. Then failed. The phone is stuck in a boot loop about every 30 seconds. I can access the stock recovery and Download mode, did wipes and factory resets (there was no data to worry about deleting), no luck in stopping the boot loop. I tried an older Lollipop Bell firmware, but Odin immediately crashes at sboot.bin. I'm currently snail-downloading a Nougat Bell image from Samsung-Firmware.Org, and will try that next.

Not knowing what the original version was, because I stupidly did not mark down the details, am I safest in trying 7.0/Nougat, even though it's quite new? I'm under the impression that DOWNgrading can be problematic?

Although the phone is supposed to be unlocked, it will be used with Bell, and contains a new Bell SIM card. I'm downloading a Bell/BMC ZIP right now, should I use that one, or is it only for phones locked to Bell? Are there ROMS for unlocked 920W8 phones, and on a related note, what is the difference between the BMC and XAC versions?

Thanks in advance for the help.
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
I bought an unlocked Telus s6 which I'm running on koodo. It had marshmallow when I got it and I got the ota update a few weeks ago I guess and it went flawlessly. I don't know why yours failed to update but if you can get the nougat firmware downloaded and installed successfully it should be fine. I've had no issues since the update at all.

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I also tried to root and install TWRP while still on marshmallow and it failed to boot. I ended up having to do what you're doing and the snail download was taking forever. I think I installed bell firmware but it's the same for all Canadian carriers, it just installs the correct bloatware for your variant on boot. It didn't matter that my phone was unlocked or that it was a Telus phone.

Im not sure about the xac firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] jp071848:
I did manage to find a seemingly great app called SamFirm, which seems to find the latest firmware for your phone based on you entering your phone model (SM-G920W8) and "Region". It downloaded the files very quickly (no multi-hour downloads, very direct) and I entered them into Odin. Same result:

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/004> FAIL!

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1

On the phone, on the Downloading screen, the error was "SECURE CHECK FAIL : (PIT)"

Googling these messages, the general consensus seems to be that these errors indicate an attempt to flash an incorrect ROM, but I'm running out of options for finding a "correct" one.
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
That's​ beyond my expertise. If it's a w8, the firmware should have worked. I wonder if it's possible the motherboard has been replaced with one from a different model?
[Galaxy S6 General] jp071848:
It's getting near the limits of my abilities as well. I found and tried a PIT file specific to the W8 phone, tried flashing it in Odin with and without the ROM files, with and without Re-partition checked, and all yielded the same results as before.

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/004> FAIL!

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1

The fact that I can boot into a ROM, even with a boot loop, and that I can access Recovery and Download mode easily, gives me confidence that the phone should be salvageable, if only I can find a usable ROM
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
Try a factory reset from recovery? Try updating the phone using Samsung Smart Switch on your pc? Are you able to flash TWRP using odin? If so you could try a custom rom? Are you using the latest ODIN?
[Galaxy S6 General] jp071848:
Wipe and Factory Reset numerous times, no effect. Yes, latest Odin. Smartswitch could not connect, no USB connection set in ROM since I could not access settings to turn it on, it would reboot too quickly

In any case, things seem to have worked out. The phone turned out to be, physically, a G920F model per the writing on the back, which makes it a European model. The installed ROM turned out to be a G920P, which is US Sprint. I am Bell Canada, so I expected to be able to flash a G920W8 ROM. No luck. I then tried a few G920F ROMS, thinking it needed to be flashed with a ROM specific to the European theater. No luck with any of them, always the same Odin PIT error. I then tried a few Sprint G920P versions with a bit more success, but finally hit paydirt with an older 6.0.1 Sprint ROM, which installed fine and seems to work well. There are a few small references to Sprint in a few windows but are very infrequent. I've loaded the new Bell SIM card, which was validated by MYBELL prior to activation, but a bug with Bell's web site prevents me from fully activating it. Looks like I'll have to endure a visit to the local Bell Store and let them activate.
[Galaxy S6 General] 350Rocket:
I would think having a g920f would be preferable since the updates come sooner and more custom ROMs are compatible with it than with the w8.

Sounds like it worked out anyway. Glad to hear.
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Hey dude glad you got things sorted out in the end
[Galaxy S6 General] jp071848:
Sure looks like it, thanks to your help. So far, so good. I'm still trying to wrap my head around having a phone physically branded as European G920F, ROM'd with US Sprint G920P (which I thought was CDMA), carrying a Bell Canada SIM card. Registering the SIM has gone OK so far, the IMEI # and new SIM card #s were accepted by Bell, we'll see how the actual activation goes.
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
Yeah that's so strange, the only thing I can think of is that the phones back was repaired at some point and they didn't replace it with the stock one that originally came with the phone, hence I'm thinking the phone is truly a sprint model, because there is 0 chance a g920f will work with an American carrier or Canadian.
[Galaxy S6 General] Wojtek240:
Its easy, its just a W8 version of S6 like all the other Canadian market S6 phones. Just use Odin to flash CFA auto-root.
[Galaxy S6 General] thomas.z:
Alright, thanks. I'll try it soon. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
Look real hard for the tiny faint lettering on the back for the model.

A better place to start.
[Galaxy S6 General] jp071848:
The phone is now back up and running. Turns out this Ebay Canada purchase from Toronto is an SM-920F European model per the lettering on the back, but is a former Sprint phone and carries an SM-920P ROM. Every attempt to load an SM-920W8 ROM crashed with PID errors, as did trying a bunch of 920F ROMS . Even a bunch of 920P ROMS would not work, but I finally found a slightly older 6.0.1 920P ROM that loaded perfectly well and seems to be stable. Once we get the Bell SIM card activated and the phone is working fully, I'll try my hand at rooting this thing, if for no other reason than to lose the very annoying Nougat update warnings. I prefer to update on my own schedule, not Sammy's, as well as to lose all the Samsung bloatware.
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
You should probably hand that phone over to the government... It has a past... ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
Anybody find a decent custom Nougat ROM?
[Galaxy S6 General] Badger51:
Using Nemesis Nougat 4.0..works well on my 920w8
[Galaxy S6 General] mkatforum:
Anyone has a Ring doorbell and facing issues connecting to it live after installing the latest N firmware?
[Galaxy S6 General] jp071848:
Yup, the joys of buying on Ebay 'o) Anyway, the phone is now rooted and working fine on 6.0.1 but is still a Sprint G920P . I've tried a bunch of different ways to upgrade to Nougat (OTA, Smart Switch, ODIN with a Sprint Nougat ROM, and all seem to load OK but fall into a bootloop during the Android setup wizard. I can connect to WiFi but a few minutes into "Please wait while we..." it reboots. At least now that I've rooted it I seem to have been able to dump the very annoying Sammy update notices that pop up every few milliseconds by using Package Disabler Pro and disabling the update notices.

Question: Again, this phone is still a Sprint G920P model and is working fine on 6.0.1, but is there any way I can "bring it home" and convert it to a G920W8 Canadian model? Not a huge issue but I'd prefer to have a Canadian phone eh.
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/crtc-wireless-code-cellphone-1.4161711
[Galaxy S6 General] ankushkatari:
New firmware got downloaded VLS5DQF1

17.7MB in size. It says mostly bug fixes and performance improvements. Will be trying it tonight.
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Thanks for the heads up. Downloading it now.

BTW, size is actually 1.8 GB.
[Galaxy S6 General] ankushkatari:
No for me it was 17MB, screenshot attached. Can't tell you guys of any performance changes yet, things are working like usual. Also the android patch level has changed to June 1 2017.
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Ahhh ok. 17 MB OTA update. 1.8 GB is the full firmware. I am currently using a rooted custom ROM but will download the 1.8 GB firmware in the event that I have to revert back to stock rom. Please do update us if you notice any performance changes.
[Galaxy S6 General] reycosare:
Can anyone give me a link for mega. For rogers nougat 920w8? Sam mobile takes to long to download.

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Can i flash VTR firmare noguat for 920w8 on rogers s6? Please help.
[Galaxy S6 General] whyareallusernamestaken:
I just received a Samsung S6 from a friend. He says the phone is unlocked and I want to root it. Figured I'd ask here for advice on how to root it so that I'll be sure my device and firmware are supported.

Also, are there any must-have roms I should check out?

Android version: 7

Baseband version: G920W8VLU5DQD4

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] m3tatr0n84:
Best way to root is to flash TWRP via odin. Once TWRP is installed you have the option of rooting by flashing either Magisk or Supersu or you can flash custom rooted ROM like Twisted, Noble Nougat, Gold Eagle and Nemesis.
[Galaxy S6 General] ankushkatari:
Yes all firmwares made for the 920w8 by other Canadian carriers can be flashed on these phones. You may have to change the CSC code after flashing to get the providers set correctly.