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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Because it's better than not trying at all. Worst case they say no and leave you as is. Best case, they revert it for you. Tripped Knox isn't a guarantee warranty is void. Several people have had repairs done with the flag tripped.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RandomUsername02:
So Basically I might get lucky? By the way, you have the exact same phone as me. (SM-G925W8) What Custom ROM are you running and how did you root? Are you running a custom Kernel? I'm a complete noob, so I could really use some advice.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Yes I do. Running Stock Rogers PG5 with Arter kernel and some xposed modules.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RandomUsername02:
What do you mean by PG5 firmware? Is it marshmallow? I was on stock 6.0.1 but then I installed XtrestoLite. Also, What is the benefits of having an Arter Kernel? I am also using a custom xposed framework because that's what the creator of the rom says in the thread to use.

Thanks again.

EDIT: How did you root?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Yes it's the latest MM stock firmware for Canadian variants. You can read the kernel thread for the features in it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RandomUsername02:
What is the reason you use stock firmware? Also, in your opinion, what compelled you the most to use arter kernel? And, for me being the noob I am, do you think I should use this kernel?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Currently on stock as I want to use WiFi Calling with Rogers which was added in the latest update. There are certain features I need from the kernel. And using it is up to you to decide. The thread for the kernel has all the details on what's added and how the kernel differs from stock.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RandomUsername02:
Thank you!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] The G Dept.:
I have the same problem as MrShango46 and jcrann. After flashing recovery.tar.md5 in Odin, I press Power+Home+VolUp and I get the message recovery is not seandroid enforcing and it's stuck there.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Pretty sure the first page stuff is now outdated. You should grab the recovery directly from TWRP website. Download the Canadian version from the device page. It should work.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] The G Dept.:
Yes I just realized that. Trying to get it to work, I have flashed TWRP recovery and I wish I didn't. Now I'm trying to flash the stock recovery and I get errors like "dm-verity verification failed". Now that I figured it was outdated, using the right method to root is not working. I flash the md5 file, and it reboots and nothing happens. So I power off the phone, I Power+Home+VolUp and get the "dm-verity verification failed" message. Sigh.

Now I'm downloading the latest firmware with SamFirm to see if I can flash the stock recovery without messing anything up..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
You have to flash recovery via Download Mode. Power+Home+VolUp boots you into recovery. Obviously it will not work since you're trying to boot into a non functional recovery.

You need to press Power+Home+VolDn and then press VolUp on the blue screen to continue. After that you can flash the newest recovery using ODIN. The site provides a .tar file which is ODIN flashable.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] The G Dept.:
Yes I know that, I did everything right but I had to flash the stock recovery first (because I flashed the TWRP one) before . It's seems to be working now. I'm rooted again
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] atindersingh:
Now update its firmware to 6.0.1... after flash it.. again i have to install TWRP to my S6 edge G925W8
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] lolito12:
root sm-g925w8 edge

hi guys i am new in the forum and i need root my phone galaxy s6 edge i see many tools but i am not sure what is the best for do that thank for any help
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RandomUsername02:
Follow this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGpFJnLP3A

Make sure you are on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1, have a computer running Windows, MacOS, or Linux, the cable which your phone came with, an active internet connection, and you are fine.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] lolito2:
ok thank for respond i red and some guy said the fails work only for s6, he used an brick his s6 edge phone i am not sure to do i scare to brick myphone ,also
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Go download CF Auto Root for your model and follow the instructions. Easiest way to root.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] lolito2:
MMB29K.G925W8VLU3CPC5

my is

MMB29K.G925W8VLU4CPG5

you see de number 4, and the letter G you think dint have any problem thank
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Shouldn't be an issue. PG5 is just the updated build. Nothing significant changes in terms of rooting.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] lolito12:
how abut the number 4 and letter g dont change nathing
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Again. Yes the CFAR package is for an older build number, however, it should work for the updated Rogers build as there are no significant changes OS wise. PG5 is simply updated to a newer security patch level and has Rogers WiFi Calling changes.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RandomUsername02:
Trust me, you won't brick. Just follow the instructions carefully and you shouldn't have any problems.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Murtaza110:
Hey... I might be a bit late... But were u able to root your device?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RandomUsername02:
I know you are talking to him, but are there any questions you have?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] lolito12:
hi guys a last question before flash my phone: is possible to instale a official rom frome other company whit Spanish language or international thank
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] lolito2:
a did all is fain thanks for your helph
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Shels:
Hey just wondering if there's a way to root the cpg2(the latest from telus) firmware yet?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kma221:
the new build is out G925W8VLU5CPI4 and it messed up the bootloader and modem. its working fine but i want to downgrade back to G925W8VLU4CPG5 but now when i odin the old one baesband goes missing and no network signal. then i flashed the modem from new build and baseband and network came back........my question is why modem from pg5 build is not working anymore? how can I make it work? i flashed it and also other older modems many times with clean installs and none is working no baseband.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] FlyingSaucepan:
Hi there, I just bought an S6 used and am having a hell of a time maintaining a stable connection - mobile data doesnt work half the time, and the phone occasionally drops calls. Telus. [MENTION=5009952]kma221[/MENTION], I have the same baseband version as you, what do you mean by it messed up the modem? Are your symptoms similar to mine? Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] bpt888:
Hi guys,

I'm currently running Alexis ROM on my S6 Edge. I would like to change the CSC to my Canadian provider (Fido or Rogers) to get Wifi Calling working. Anyone know if there is a flashable zip with the proper Canadian CSC or how to extract it from the original firmware and make it into a flashable zip? I know the Multi-CSC pack for canadian providers are XAC in which it contains FMC and RWC csc for Fido and Rogers (at least that's how it was on my S7). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dylann103:
My phone used to be rooted with xposed, but i messed it up and flashed stock rom which unrooted my phone.

Now when I try to re-root my phone with cf-auto-root it passes in ODIN, restarts my phone, but doesn't actually root my phone..

I tried running the xposed uninstaller via twm and stil no root.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Murtaza110:
That's interesting... Try factory reset and then flash cf auto root using Odin in ap.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fatbuccha:
Hey guys, anyone here experiencing Android OS battery drain? I have a galaxy s6 edge on Telus

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] rita22:
confused and cant find much on this variant

how do you unlock bootloader I thought if you do this without unlocking it first it bricks the phone
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] christopherrrg:
No it doesn't but the 925W8 bootloader cannot be unlocked AFAIK
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] stridervm:
OK, this is gonna be long, but please bear with me......

TL;DR version first......

The Samsung S6 Edge SM-G925W8 bootloader is locked. Is this correct?

Somehow my changing of ROM caused the phone to be closed line again (Only accepts Rogers SIM) is this possible? Or perhaps the seller did some trick so it accepted my local SIM card before flashing? (Globe Mobile Philippines.)

And is there a free way to make the phone open line again?

Long Story below :

I'm from the Philippines and someone just sold me a Galaxy S6 Edge.

Looking at it's info it seems to be authentic, and is branded by Rogers.

SM-G925W8 is the model number and has Rogers built in apps. Android version is 6.0.1

What I did first is check if there is a way to downgrade, tried to do so by downloading a stock firmware (5.1.1 Rogers) from sammobile and tried to flash it thru ODIN. Failed. Upon research it seems that the bootloader of this model is locked and current you can flash with a firmware that's the same Android OS version (6.0.1), is this correct?

However, upon putting another stock, I noticed that it now rejects my local SIM card but before flashing it was fine. I wonder how did the seller did this? Perhaps they used a box device to openline it and me flashing anothe ROM caused it to lose open line status?

If anyone has something to add or correct me, please do so.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Cyxer:
hello! i have samsung galaxy s6 edge!

and i live in greece!

i have the CSC XSG United arab emirates! (and i dont receive nougat update)

can i flash the firmware for greece region (EUR)?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] DhiJay23:
I got a S6 Edge and locked to MTS here in Canada. I bought a RSim to use my phone when we went home in the Philippines for vacation. It will cost you more to get unlocked/openline. Using a RSim is the cheapest way to go. Just my suggestion btw.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] gangsta101:
It is really quiet in here. Either a lot of people's 24 months cycle is done and they've moved on to the S8 family, OR the ****ty support from Samsung for Canadian phones has taken its toll on development.

Either way, any leaks for the Rogers or Telus Nougat update?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Nougat Factory Image is live. Should be same for all carriers.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] gangsta101:
Finally we are a go
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fatbuccha:
hello, finally android 7.0, hows the performance and battery life for you guys?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] christopherrrg:
Rogers and fido 7.0 images are up on sam firmware.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] DhiJay23:
Still waiting for MTS update.

Samsung S6 Edge-Nemesis Rom
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] PSDAxel:
Is anyone having trouble extracting the zip file for 7.0 from Rogers??
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drzeeshanali:
Bootloader and custom Rom

I have installed custom recovery and already root my s6 edge and g925w8 telus.

Does installing custom recovery successfully means my device bootloader is unlock?

So I can install custom Rom?

After flashing stock Rom my imei suddenly change to 350000000000006 and not registered on network error.

Please anyone can help me fix these problems?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] DrStrang3:
Hi, after i make a Odin Flash, the Mobile ask me for repair DRK... with another models i always repair that issue with Kies, but this model is not suported ...

Well i try with some toolbox but none works and now i have to flash an stock kernel for my g925w8

Pls someone can help me with the Kernel for 6.0.1 Android pls? or if someone have the same issue

thanks sorry for my english
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] manwe84:
NEMESIS NOUGAT S6 V3.1 was successfully uploaded to my g925w8 but unfortunately the phone has simlock. How can i get rid of it
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] godkingofcanada:
I've been jumping around threads gathering bits of info, I have a couple of questions. I own an s2, s3, s4, s5,s6 edge plus and an s7. but this s6 seems different then any of the rest in a couple of ways. ive got it rooted with magisk and twrp installed, however, whenever I flash a kernel or a rom the phone will not boot again and I have to restore it with smartswitch. is the bootloader locked? is it because I'm using a unified s6 edge plus rom? I really don't want magisk as a root option, because it only works with some things and I spend a lot of time modifying actual system files and information, magisk fails at some permissions like writing to system folders randomly. I tried to flash superuser for s6 edge and again no boot. am I doing something wrong? I'm trying to do it like any other Samsung phone, custom recovery, then root and flash custom rom from the recovery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] christopherrrg:
Is it snapdragon or exnyos? (May have spelt that wrong)

However most samsung SOCs include locked bootloaders and can only be flashed with 'stock' custom ROMs. Snapdragon devices are usually unlocked and can flash stuff like Lineage (CM) as their bootloaders can also be unlocked.

Easier question, what is the letter that follows 925? If your model number isn't 925 and it is in fact the edge + then unfortunately my friend you are in the wrong forums as this is the original samsung galaxy s6 /edge forums and you'll have to flash an edge+ rom from it's specific section.

If you do know you're in the wrong forums and just gaining information AFAIK I myself own the 925W8 version and can only access lineage with hacked kernels etc but for the longest time in the past I was only able to flash 'stock' type roms and very few kernels were made specific for our variant. I have since moved on to the LG G6 so if someone else who still has this phone can shed a little more light that'd be cool because I wanna pull mine out of the drawer and tinker.

https://xdaforums.com/s6-edge-plus/ <--- link for ya.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dundidit:
down grade to marshmallow

I have updated to the latest stock rom (OTA update), the phone is basically unusable, lockups, system and app crashes. I would like to go back to marshmallow, but when I try to flash Marshmallow firmware dated 2016-12-19 with Odin I get sboot fail. I have tried two different computers and two different cables no joy,also tried sideload with adb but I don't think I have the right file. I can however communicate with phone with adb(reboot recovery, download) so I don't think the cable is the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated .
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Reiner Dung0:
FULL 4 FIRMWARE FILE FOR G925W8 s6 edge

Hi. Anyone here has a link for G925W8 full firmware.

My phone wont boot(bootloop) after an update via OTA. I've tried to flash 5.1.1 firmware but i get FAIL message in odin. maybe i can repair by flashing the full firmware.

Please send me a link if you have.

you can email me at dungoreiner10@gmail.com[/email}

i would gladly appreciate . thanks in advance
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Any tutorial for this? And is there any unusual behaviour afret rooting?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Can someone who is rooted and has deep sleep working correctly kindly do a backup of their recovery and boot using Flashify and upload it please?

I've gone through various recoveries and none of them are able to fix the issue.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Raymus:
Does anybody have either an odin flashable stock firmware or a recovery that actually works with our phone yet?

I edited the build.prop and I managed to brick the device, and the only way I can fix it is by either pulling and editing the build.prop with a recovery or re-flashing stock.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Switch Blade:
No stock recovery firmware is available yet. Root with caution.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ysr84:
I have G925W8 stock firmware.... G925W8VLU1AOC8_OYA1AOC8_CL4521430_QB4434205_
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Try out this TWRP port. You should be able to flash it using Heimdall. Google it for more info. I installed that recovery and it seems to be working so far. Also the boot.img posted is just the stock kernel built from source. Trying to see if I can fix the deep sleep issue.

Hopefully this helps.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60116033&postcount=69
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 850RPM:
spoked yesterday with Rogers reps;

no gold and no green in sight;

the guy didn't even know that gold can be reserved :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Raymus:
Do you have it up for download?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] SDSpamalot:
I was bummed at first that I "settled" for the Black Sapphire model, but I'm not now. The sometimes cobalt effect is absolutely awesome, and (IMO) way better then the green look. Atleast that's what I'll tell myself until I get a chance to see the green one in person. ;)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] johentie:
the error code i was getting was an internal technical issue.. it's fixed now..

how can he not know? it's on their website!

http://www.rogers.com/web/content/samsung

at the very bottom it says:

"The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge in black and white will be available for purchase starting April 10. Reservations will be shipped soon afterwards. Gold will be available April 30."

tards i tell you... who's training these people??

i really hope it's not delayed due to the manufacturing of the edge display...

this is my first time dealing with an upgrade via Small Business and it's a NIGHTMERE!!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Great news! Managed to soft-brick my Edge and I was able to flash the SM-G925F(BTU - UK Unbranded) system/recovery/boot in order to get out of it and get the phone booting. Phone calls would not go through so I am currently in thee process of restoring phone using SmartSwitch on OSX. It has a built in Error recovery system that can download firmware in case of bad flash.

I'll try to dig the full image and post it once I can locate it. For anyone else that has OSX, you can try the following steps in order to recover your phone:

1. Boot phone into Download Mode (Power+Vol Down + Home) and Press Vol. Up afterwards.

2. Fire up SmartSwitch on OSX. Do not plug in your phone yet.

3. From the Menu bar, select Emergency Software Recovery. A guide window will pop-up. Press Confirm.

4. Select the 2'nd Tab in the window that pop's up. It will require you to input the Model Number. Enter "SM-G925W8" without quotes.

5. Press Search. It will then prompt you for your Serial Number. Find the Serial Number from the box of the phone and enter it in.

6. Setup will notify you of the CS / Vendor. Vendor should populate with RWC for Rogers, TLS for Telus and BMC for Bell.

7. Program will ask you to plug in phone and press continue. Do so and it will download the firmware and initiate flashing.

Notes:

Windows version does not have the capability to do so yet. You'll need to use Odin and flash the tar file once it becomes available.

Unsure at this moment whether it will wipe internal storage.

Links:

Smart Switch OSX: http://www.samsung.com/global/download/smartswitchmac/

Will update with more info.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] robertkoa:
Hi Canadian Guys- just seeing how you are doing with S6- also Bell Canada and others up there use exact same Frequencies as Tmobile/ Metro PCS so a good source for Unlocked IF I decide to get S6 Active from up there thru Canada GSM .

Are you guys on Bell and other Carriers getting VoLTE with S6 .

Bell has some insane data speeds too right?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Great Success!

*Update*

Stock Recovery and Boot available for SM-G925W8 (Rogers). Should work on Bell/Telus as well.

Link: http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/e5PzkFEq/file.html

Mirror (Google Drive): http://goo.gl/WaQH4a

Instructions:

1. Download zip file containing Boot/Recovery.

2. Extract files to a folder.

3. Flash each file using Odin 3.10.6 from any of the CF-AutoRoot packages by selecting AP, then browsing to the .tar.md5 file.

4. Profit with deep sleep.

*Boot is just incase someone has flashed G925F/G925T boot and want to return to stock. No need to flash it if you never modified boot previously*

Disclaimer: *Standard disclaimer for modifying. Flash at your own risk. I am not responsible for your paperweight.*

Will try to upload the full system.img file as well tomorrow. It's fairly large so I will have to look around for hosts where it can be hosted reliably.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dc4:
Worked for me, got my deep sleep back!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Switch Blade:
Very nice.

I look forward to the full system image - great work.

Question - what is the end user impact to Rooting/Custom Firmware on our Edge's at this point? Do we lose Fingerprint functionality? Knox gets tripped, but does that "break" anything? Is there a knox message displayed on every boot of the phone?

I want to take the plunge, but also don't want break functionality I use (don't care about NFC payments ).

Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Here is the full firmware for SM-G925W8 (Rogers):

https://mega.co.nz/#!uFoEEaQa!XKMANJrXGj8Zrnkcv1xtBm8URVwgwcqaBGWB5fuLbTI

Unzip and you'll have the AP/BL/CP/CSC file.

Flash files using ODIN. You can flash individual files. No need to flash BL/CP/CSC unless you need to.

Files contain the following items:

AP: system.img, boot.img, recovery.img

BL: cm.img, param.bin, sboot.bin

CP: modem.bin

CSC: cache.img, <Model>_<Region>_<CSC>.pit (Partition table - Ex: ZEROLTE_CAN_RWC.pit )
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Tennoh:
So I'm reserved for a gold 64GB edge along with a regular S6 64GB gold as well. Was planning to buy outright one or the other based on how they feel in hand. Since I plan to buy, I am now questioning why I want to buy a G925W8 at all and not an international unlocked flavour like G925I. I was hoping the W8 would support LTE band 7 (2600) for Rogers but it looks like it doesn't. Well then there's no point to the W8 as the 925I has the same LTE band support needed in Canada (B4 and B17). And based on custom rom support, Canadian W8 variants of older Samsung devices are not very well supported. So for people like me buying outright, a G925I is a better buy. So can anybody confirm it has LTE B7?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nate1280:
The 32GB Black Edge I received, had a couple long scratches on the screen (could be felt with fingernail), and trying to get a new one now is nothing but a nightmare on Bell. At the rate its going, going to be 2 weeks before I get another one. Wondering if I should go for white instead now.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Switch Blade:
Did it wipe your data when you recovered?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
If you do device recovery, via Kies/Smart Switch, it will wipe the device. If you are manually flashing via ODIN, it shouldn't. There is a re-partition option on ODIN. Make sure it's unchecked.

I haven't attempted to flash modem/bootloader/sboot and there shouldn't be any reason to unless you flashed a full image including radios from a different model (T/I/F/S).
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
Might as well no? I mean if you can get it right away. The white one has the advantage of hiding fingerprints on the body.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ysr84:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G925W8
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
Anyone know how to get to this screen?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Download Phone Info app, it has a section where you can look at secret codes.

Overall app is also nice to see the insights of your phone. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
Thanks for the link but still no dice. I'm trying to get to that specific screen to see if I'm able to enable VoLTE because Rogers says they have it but there's no settings on the phone whereas T-Mobile has it and you can disable it in the phone's settings.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Its actually not a hidden menu, but uts an application for some old Korean S3 model.

Doesn't work with S6.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_toshi_ades.SKTHiddenMenu
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
So any idea how to get VoLTE on the Rogers s6