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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Khameleon:
Joy of all joys I am having new issues. Deleted Samsung gear VR app and Samsung Health using Titanium backup. Now the phone is stuck on the Samsung splash screen and won't reboot. I can get into TWRP and download mode fine, tried wiping cache but it still won't reboot.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
keep using your oneplus ?

But seriously now..

a) You could restore the Nandroid of the stock Rom (you did make a Nandroid after you Flashed BQH1... right?). Factory Reset - Advanced in TWRP 3.1.1-0 - Manually Wipe System - Data and Caches - Restore the Nandroid.

b) Boot into Download Mode and Flash the Stock Firmware.

Wiping Caches isn't likely to do anything to solve the problem ?

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My SM-G930W8 ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Khameleon:
No nandriod since i updated but it's only been a few days.

Any idea why this would cause such an issue?

I'm not really impressed with this 7.0 update...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
I'm not running Stock Firmware (I'm running AOKP) - Using TB to delete files is potentially the problem - Because you may have deleted some Framework files that are associated with VR and Shealth but are also part of the basic structure of TW.

A couple of suggestions - After Flashing an Update to the Stock Firmware with Odin - The FIRST thing that I do is make a Nandroid BEFORE doing ANYTHING else and store the Stock Firmware Nandroid on my external sd card ?

If there's something that you want to remove - Rather than Uninstalling with TB - Freeze those apps first and see if you have any undesirable issues - You can always Defrost them if you run into problems (assuming you don't end up in a Bootloop.

The BQH1 update is not likely to be the problem - The three main things that were updated are the Bootloader - Modem and Security Patch for August - So I wouldn't be thinking that BQH1 isn't a good update.

It's not really a big deal to Flash the Stock Firmware again - But it is a bit of a pita to start over with TWRP & Root... The good news is that you can get into Recovery and Download Mode ?

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My SM-G930W8 ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jazzdglass:
Hi. My first time buying a Canadian phone. Thought the W8 models were factory unlocked? Unfortunately this one asks for unlock code (G935W8) . Since bootloader is unlocked, anyway to unlock sim? I don't even know what carrier it is, found a sim card on it written NTTRSIM
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Yeah there's a difference between Unlocked Bootloader and SIM Unlocked - The Canadian S7e Exynos has an Unlocked Bootloader - The SIM (If purchased from a Carrier) is Locked - No idea which Canadian Carrier would have that code on the SIM card - You could try Dialing *611 and see if you get Customer Service from the Carrier? If you want to Unlock the SIM go to sammobile.com - They offer a SIM Unlock service ?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahageman84:
Didn't Samsung program the device to lock to the first sim's carrier?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
You're thinking about Region Lock:

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.and...al.com/region-locking-galaxy-note-8-explained

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] purplegreendave:
I'm looking at upgrading to the S7 from my Moto X Play with Virgin Canada.

It seems from what I've read that the phone holds up fairly well today. I'm just wondering if the Canadian variant is easy to flash Lineage onto? I haven't owned a Samsung phone since 2009, and I've had mostly Moto phones with close to stock android & ROMs since then.

I'd probably use stock until my warranty expired/updates dry up and then switch to a custom ROM. Any tips for making TouchWiz less intrusive in the meantime? I'll probably install Nova on day one.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahageman84:
No you cannot. The Canadian variant has the Exynos chipset and your 930U has the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. You will brick your phone if you try that.

Please go to Snapdragon forums for your device.

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There is a bit of a tricky process to flash TWRP onto our device to disable DM-verity Encryption. Just be sure to carefully read and follow the instructions. But after that, yes it is very easy to flash custom roms.

Resurrection Remix has matured and is good to go as a daily driver for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Was checking Sammobile this morning and looks like Rogers and others have rolled out the November security patch on 11-28. Time to update the base...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Yup - It's up on sammobile.com here:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930W8/

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] htcplussony:
My Rogers got android and samsung pay icons.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] cingulum:
Yup, received my update yesterday. I see android pay added to the update. Just wondering if the update includes any fix for the KRACK vulnerability. Samsung is pretty generic about the change log.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj222:
Yes it does.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj222:
I applied the new update and now my battery life has taken a huge dive. I haven't changed my usage or installed any apps. Anyone else experience this?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I haven't had any adverse effects from latest update with November security patch. If anything find it running smoother than before.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] saj222:
Thanks for your feedback. Yes I also find the phone to be smoother so far. I'll give it a day or two to sort itself out and take further action if needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] cingulum:
Thanks :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ludespeed:
Anyone using Superman rom 2.8 on Rogers with LTE working?

I'm stuck with 4G/HPSA :(

I've got a W8 flashed with latest rogers bootloader, modem, & csc from the superman rom opening post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
I think it's just the way it's displayed... Lte is what it shows in North America and 4G in Europe...

I have not seen a speed difference between the two... I compared with different devices
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ludespeed:
Yes mine is flashed with a north american (rogers) csc so it should say LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ahageman84:
Maybe try resetting your APN settings.

Connect to WiFi, then go to connections>mobile networks>access point names> 3dot menu> reset to default.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ludespeed:
I tried that; still stuck on HPSA/4G unfortunatley.

I just called rogers and had them do a network refresh on their end; didn't work either.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Looks like a new base available on Sammobile with January security. Rogers has not dropped yet - but most other vendors seem to be available
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] 1981sebas:
Im on rogers and in rom control in superman or batman rom you can switch between 4g or lte display. 4g and Lte are the same !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/OS-Upgrades/OS-Upgrade-Schedule/td-p/354931

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ludespeed:
Anyone know where I can download the latest S7 Edge W8 bootloader and modem?

Edit: I'd like to flash just bootloader and modem not the entire firmware as I'm on superman rom.

Edit 2: Flashed the bl and modem from the latest samsung firmware zip; couldn't get the CSC Home file to flash so I just used the CSC flash utility 2.5.0 in the superman rom thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ks2hot4u:
just did the exact same, loaded up superman rom, and tried the bl and cp from there site but gave odin errors so pulled them off the newest sammobile firmware.

side note- im back after running the s8 for the last three months and it feels so good to be back on the s7. better size and reachability for a man thats 5'8" and has average hand size, faster camera open and easier to use the home button then the power for quick launch, no more cropped web and fb videos making the size of the screen the same as the s7. Three days in and zero doubt about downgrading.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] htcplussony:
Looks like its our turn for Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ongxa:
Yes. We have Oreo arrived now here:

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7-edge/SM-G935W8/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bjb2:
Did the OTA upgrade on stock S7, so far no issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ongxa:
Hi All Canadian Friends:

TWRP 3.2.1.1 did not work for G935W8VLU3CRE3 Canadian (for me). I just installed OTA this morning and Odin TWRP 3.2.1.1. NOT WORK AT ALL. Any bros out there can help me out. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alphaman10:
Twrp can't install stock firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wojtek240:
I think what he means is that after he installed the Oreo OTA - he then tried to flash twrp and that did not work for him.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ongxa:
Yes, You are correct. BTW, I did manage and success to TWRP already. Thank You.:D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
surprised the xac version was released at the same time as the others!

does anyone know what the easiest way to make the notifications black instead of white? tia
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] JPE2010:
Which TWRP version worked for you?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Corbu:
Could anyone find a method to root the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/recovery-official-twrp-herolte-t3333770
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Corbu:
Thanks.

I have one question about rooting Galaxy Phones, does it trip Know and if does is it possible to revert back to stock in case I need to use the warranty?

So far I had a Nexus and I knew how to unlock and re-lock the bootloader, revert back to the factory ROM, etc. I am wondering if all these can be done with the Galaxy S7 as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
does anyone know how the updates work with this phone for smaller carriers like public mobile (telus network) who don't even sell the phone? I bought from the Samsung store.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
It does trip knox, and i don't believe there's anyway to undo that process.

Im sure the updates comes straight from samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
hopefully this means faster updates
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] copenhagen:
Got mine from Rogers morning of the 11th. Pre ordered so got the vr headset. S7 straight in silver. Not rooting it yet but after extensive thread following am glad to read that the bootloader is unlocked. (Be thankful you're not buying an American snapdragon because they all have locked bootloaders.) Can't stand touchwiz assery. Note to fellow Canadians - if you're planning on flashing aosp/cm etc when and if something comes out its prob best to stay away from Samsung's rom updates in case they patch things up. Rooting trips Knox (haven't done that yet myself). Can't wait.. Like I almost check hourly for any news on cyanogenmod development.... Exynos I know but there's far too many of us to NOT start support. Cyanogenmod loyal 10000% through and through. Samsung pay and their crappy OS can stick it as far as I'm concerned.

The zagg glass for the s7 is a disappointment and lets dust in around the edges as it doesn't fit perfectly. Found it at best buy on launch day.

Tech21 case is ordered but hasn't shipped yet. Feels wrong carrying around without a case.

Fingers crossed the wait for cm won't be long. Been Rollin with cm on the s4 since it's launch day.

What an improvement hardware wise.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] le10017:
Playing with fire, no? I would have beelined to pacific mall (if you're in the GTA), or any of those cheap case stores for a basic gel case. Saw them for $7-$8.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
That's $6-7 too much, they're 99c on ebay, i got one within 2 weeks. You can get a nice nillkin case for that much on ebay.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] le10017:
I hear ya. It's pretty much where these stores buy them in bulk. I actually don't mind paying that extra $6-$7. Not because i'm johnny money bags, but not knowing when my ebay purchases arrive from asia drives me crazy.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
Samsung Experience Store has a promotion right now where if you trade in any phone you get $125 off a GS7/Edge.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lost_:
Out of curiosity, does Samsung Pay work on the W8?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Pity you couldn't do that with the pre-order, i have a few flip phones ready to sacrifice themselves.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
samsung didnt say they what phones they had to be, but do you really think they would give us $125 off if I trade in a flip phone?

http://pages.samsung.com/ca/promotions/English/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Sure why not? This replaces the gear vr and sdcard promotion.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] copenhagen:
Just found a petition on change.org asking Samsung to release exynos code to allow for easier custom ROM development. Thought it might be worth sharing. https://www.change.org/p/samsung-sa...ry-code-to-port-cyanogenmod-to-exynos-devices
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] robertkoa:
As you may know the Exynos Model has as much as 15 to 25% better Battery Life than Snapdragon USA S7 and the W8 Model has the perfect Bands for Metro PCS/ Tmobile USA.

I wonder IF any of you have roamed on Tmobile or any USA Network while visiting here -

And if you had VoLTE meaning able to talk and be on fast Internet simultaneously on LTE or 4G ?

OR did your phone drop down to 3G to make a call?

On Canada Networks do you have VoLTE on your Phone or simultaneous Voice Calls and 4G Data...

OR does the call lower your Internet Speed to 3G ?

Thanks.

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Hey Sean I am VERY curious about how well the Unlocked Rogers or ANY W8 will perform on Tmobile because the Bands are perfect ..

And it will have longer Battery Life than 820 version and probably better Audio.

BUT- will it have Voice and Data on LTE for fast Data while on Calls (VoLTE) ..

Or if not VoLTE will it have 4G or H+ Internet during calls ?

Or will it drop to 3G data during calls with some data interruptions from incoming calls etc.

Thanks ...like to know when you know.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
When you insert a sim card, does anyone know if the phone downloads carrier bloatware? If so, what is downloaded
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mickliq:
For Fido, the "bloat" is limited to two Fido apps, one the completely useless "Fido Apps", and the other "My Account" (questionable usefullness).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
Are they uninstallable or only able to disable it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ongxa:
The latest TWRP and the latest Odin. When you Odin TWRP, turn off auto reboot. Then you manually put your phone into recovery. That's what I did. Good luck
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wojtek240:
Did you do it to run a custom kernel by any chance? I'm thinking of throwing on magisk and custom kernel with cpu voltage control.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ongxa:
No bro. I only used supersu to root, flash dual speakers, fonts, debloat.zip, and use titanium back up to debloat more apps that I don't ever use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Do you really think that it's cool to ask someone else? If they've downloaded the Stock Samsung Firmware from sammobile.com and then you want them upload it to their Dropbox or Drive for your convenience....?

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Sent from my SM-G965W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] AstroDigital:
Got Oreo on my Stock S7 from Rogers.

Shocked the hell out of me, was expecting no upgrade until I retire the S7 and get the Pixel 3 from Google in October "I hate Samsung Bloatware and after I go to Google I am never coming back".

Hope the S7 Oreo upgrade does not try for force Bixby on me, or Samsung Pay.

Running the S7 with Android 7.1 more than once I need to search through my apps and freeze anything that mentions Samsung Pay.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] IammenotyoU:
So has anyone successfully rooted their Canadian S7/S7E with oreo? If so how? (assuming TWRP3.2+No Verify Encrypt +Magisk16.4?)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
That sounds about right - You're going to need Odin 3.13.1 to Flash the TWRP img.tar on Oreo ?

Sent from my SM-G965W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Looks like July security update released today at least for Rogers
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
was almost about to switch from public mobile to koodo but heard that my phone would reset after the new sim card was put in. is this correct for my unbranded /unlocked XAC firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bluetoth10:
It's not going to reset. KDO CSC going to be applied. That's it. Some bloatware. But it's easy removable via ADB

Also pay attention that MMS settings for Koodo could be wrong for S7 (G930W8). I personally reported to Koodo this problem for S7 edge (G935W8), not sure if it's fixed.

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Anybody see insane battery drain by Cell Standby in LTE networks?

There is a fix for international G93xF but we're stuck kinda in between two worlds. Exynos but can not be converted to G93xF without tripping knox...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
thanks for the reply. i switched to koodo today and my phone didnt reset and also didnt apply the kodoo csc and remains at xac. i guess thats not a big deal since kodoo doesnt support VoLTE on the s7 yet...didnt try out MMS yet so thanks for that tip too.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pawprints1986:
Just wondered if anyone with this specific model has tried downgrading from 7.0 to 6.0.1? If so did you run into any issues? did odin and the phone itself let you? I have the unlocked version from best buy. i just hate the look and feel of 7.0 and version 8 looks the exact same.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
I'm not sure if you can or if the **Bootloader** version would prevent it - But unless you plan on Flashing a Custom Rom - You're going to be missing out on Security Patch updates - There's plenty that you can do with the Stock Samsung Firmware - Whether you Rooted or not - Nova Launcher - Substratum Themes etc ?

Sent from my SM-G965W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pawprints1986:
None of the themes change everything though, like the layout of the settings menu, layout of notification area and how it operates... It's all just too ugly for me. :-\ the settings kind of make me want to shake my head. They took perfectly basic easy to find settings and crammed them into several different main areas. I miss the other way.

I've been doing some research on using a firmware but with the bin files deleted, as a way of sorts to fool the boot loader but still allow that older firmware. Just been researching if it's a good idea. Would love to hear success stories :) if anyone has done so
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Then Flash a Custom Rom - You can have different layouts for settings etc - Trying to revert back isn't a good idea just from the security standpoint alone ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pawprints1986:
I never have Knox activated anyway though. I've used avast on my other devices, still running 4.0.4 and 5.1.1 ... What can I say newer isn't always better ;) But I also would never use banking or anything on my devices. Just makes me too nervous. All the security in the world can't stop someone from stealing your phone and getting all your info off of it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nutpants:
Anyone know of any problems rooting the latest factory Oreo rom?

Anyone have a step by step guide?

Just ordered a s7 930w8 to replace my old phone
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jackching:
Thinking about getting an S7 edge. Can you tell me if the canadian variant with most recent firmware can have custom roms installed?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mustardman29:
Each version of stock Android seems to be getting worse. Every new version they move stuff around for seemingly no reason whatsoever and try cram more features in without making things more intuitive. Also lots of little annoying things like custom notifications for each app not working correctly. Gmail custom notifications are a complete mess. I have been using it for over a year now and I am still not sure how to distinguish between overall notifications and label notifications. And those seem to be buggy to begin with. There is definitely a bug with Accessibility where you set it to repeat notifications every 3 minutes where it changes the notification ringtone on subsequent notifications and those notifications sometimes happen within seconds instead of minutes.

Notifications on Android in general are a complete mess and seem to be getting worse with each new Android version. Also, I am not happy that there is no longer a native way to turn off GPS location since Android v9. Lots of little things like that and it keeps getting worse with each new Android version.

I am going to try out custom ROMS of v10 Android on my S7 (I also have an S8) and if it's not an improvement from v9 stock Samsung Android I may be switching to an iPhone. This is coming from a diehard Android fan who has refused to be an iTard just for philosophical reasons and does not own any Apple products. Sounds to me like Apple iOS is more intuitive and consistent from version to version and probably not as buggy seeing as how it's vertically integrated with the hardware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
You'd be surprised how uninutitive and how big the learning curve is with ios, unless you have been weaned on it and had to adapt step by step over the years. Yet those people still think on it as simple and I want to bang my head, how dumb and uninutitive some simple tasks are.

Ios also gets their fair share of bugs with each new batch.

That being said,... You should definitely explore what suits you best.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Yes you can Root the Canadian Exynos version ?

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Yes you can Root the Canadian Exynos version ?

Sent from my SM-G975W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mickliq:
Disable only