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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] kwkw480:
Varsha G: Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. How may I help you today?

Kevin: Hello, is the SM-G935T bootloader locked?

Varsha G: Hello Kevin!

Kevin: Hello, Varsha G.

Varsha G: I will be glad to help you with the required information on the boot loader on the device.

Kevin: Thank you.

Varsha G: I'm sorry for the delay. I'll be right with you.

Kevin: No problem, thank you for looking into it.

Varsha G: I would like to inform you that, we in live chat deal only with the technical troubleshooting of the devices and unfortunately, we are not provided with the information on unlocking the boot loaders. Also, I should inform you that Unlocking your phone’s boot loader voids its warranty and also completely wipes (formats) your Android phone’s internal memory including applications, contacts, SMS and MMS messages etc and may lead to improper functioning of the phone(brick the phone).

Varsha G: However, the device it self does not come with a bootloader lock.

Kevin: Varsha, thank you and I am not asking you for assistance on unlocking it.

Kevin: I simply would like not know if it is indeed locked or unlocked.

Kevin: would like to know*

Kevin: And so far from what you've stated the bootloader is indeed NOT locked?

Varsha G: Thank you Kevin, for further information, I have informed you about the bootloader lock of the device, sorry for any inconvenience.

Kevin: Can you get me to a department that would have insight about the SM-G935T boot loader. I would like a clear answer on if the bootloader on SM-G935T is either locked or unlocked.

Varsha G: I am sorry for the inconvenience caused, I have rechecked the information for you and I see that the boot loader on the s7 edge device is locked, and we cannot unlock the boot loader on our new phones as per the device limitations from Samsung.

Kevin: Well Varsha, this is a sad day. Thank you for your time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Xileforce:
Looks easy. I should have this cracked in a couple minutes. I'm really good at crossword puzzles. That should help me here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] AKW:
[MENTION=2384865]ice5192[/MENTION], [MENTION=4107827]TEKHD[/MENTION], [MENTION=1768740]Chipworks[/MENTION], [MENTION=4517211]Xileforce[/MENTION], and everyone else working toward this goal, you are all gentlemen and scholars. We've hit 1000 sigs in 3 days and we're still picking up momentum. Now Forbes, a serious news site, is looking to cover our story. Well done, all of you.

At this point, no matter what happens, we have already accomplished something awesome here. One thread on one website in one corner of the Internet, representing far less than 1% of Android users have made our voices heard. We've fought valiantly to preserve something we love and we refused to be deterred by negativity.

If and when we succeed, we will not only have secured our right to tinker with this phone, but likely all future phones on T-Mobile. We will have set a precedent and T-Mobile will likely be the one US carrier that welcomes us.

Congrats, guys. You all have my respect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jdidtht:
We need to find someone that works in a Samsung service center and bribe them heavily. ..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ahrion:
My brother does. But he doesn't know what a bootloader is
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] system0verload:
Interesting.. would like to collaborate on this! PM me.. I would not talk on a open forum about a few methods to accomplish this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] danon.brown:
Kindly explain it to him and what he should do for the community.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Schiaboner:
Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. I realize you're probably joking but, all the same, we shouldn't be discussing theft.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Josh McGrath:
I'm sorry if this has been posted already... It was a few pages back. This guy is a ****ing tool. He's a damn retail store peon. I don't recognize him so I don't think he's in the Dfw area...lucky for him. What a tool
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] danon.brown:
Lol definitely joking
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ahrion:
I'm not joking about my brother. But still. A CSR doesn't really know much and can't do anything anyways. I did ask him and he didn't even know what I was talking about. He knows I'm a flashaholic.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] SBERG117:
I just hope this isn't going to be the norm for all Samsung phones in the future....

I just cancelled my order for the S7E for now unless something changes really soon. I'm content to hold onto my Note 4 and see what the Note 6 brings with it.... But if this is going to be the norm now then I'm kinda lost about what direction I'll go in as far as next purchase......

I can imagine how most of the Dev's on here must feel. Feel bad for you guys and girls. I personally have enjoyed your creativity and hard work with putting together roms and such. I hope this isn't the end....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Xileforce:
Yea kinda sucks...my only real option now is to continue building my s6 kernel blind...or maybe make one for the exynos that I can't even use to keep myself occupied... :/ was super excited about developing for the 820.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] cuezaireekaa:
Delete
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Apexseal:
I would say that locking a bootloader goes against the DMCA's exemption because it does not allow the user to Jailbreak/Root thus obstructing/preventing "Fair Use" and the ability to install 3rd party legally acquired software or "home" developed software.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jdidtht:
Theft? I was thinking, a kind donation from an anonymous source
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Josh McGrath:
Lucky for me, my s7 was doa so I sent it back, cancelled my jump and kept my v10.

This same thing happened on the z1s. Locked bootloader but our hero was [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] who cracked it for us.. But we eventually had root..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Apexseal:
1,081 signed so far...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
Interesting.

"I haven’t been able to test the battery life of the Exynos version of the phone, but I have a suspicion that Samsung has rather aggressively tuned the Snapdragon 820 S7 and S7 edge for efficiency after many complaints about battery life on their US devices last year. Is it possible Samsung is gimping the 820 version of the phone to meet battery life targets, or has simply poorly optimized for the 820? One benchmark that supports such a theory is the browser-based Octane suite that Google publishes. If there’s an tomfoolery going on with unlocking the CPU in known benchmark apps, a browser-based benchmark may be able to*avoid that. And the results aligned with my suspicions - admittedly creating some possible confirmation bias here. the Galaxy S7 with the Exynos chipset scores over*35% higher in Octane than the Snadpragon 820 version (roughly 7500 for the 820 vs around 10,300 for the Exynos). That’s nuts. And this is unique to Samsung’s implementation of the 820 - I’ve got a G5 here with that same 820 at the same clock speed, and it scores more than 20% higher than the S7 edge with the 820."

Source: Android Police
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
This is a huge kick in the ****.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3339149
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Ritual82:
yes I am jelly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
What is this world coming to? Is everything we love, own and what makes us, us going to be locked down in the near future?

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-...r&algorithm=recommended_share&grid_position=8

Disclaimer: Slightly off-topic.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] OriginxRambo:
Seeking s7e to get an international model now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
If I had the money, I'd do the same.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] voxluna:
Signed and re-tweeted. I chose Android specifically for the ability to root and flash the OS... and because the first Android was on T-Mobile, that's why I initially signed up with them.

I'd be okay with waiting for root, considering the phone just came out. Except the research done seems to indicate that may never happen, or if it does it will be convoluted (live root, etc). This hasn't been the outlook for any flagship I've ever owned, and that's disturbing.

Maybe I shouldn't have reconsidered buying Samsung again, what with the e-fuses, KNOX, etc. Having said that, T-Mobile absolutely has the power to dictate that the phone be able to root, they just chose not to demand it, which IMO is really dropping the Un-Carrier ball. Legere's tweet seemed to minimize the issue, saying that "some" don't like it -- no, John, more like 100% of people wanting to mod their phones. So I blame T-Mobile more than Samsung.

I'm trying to future-proof things, but every other TMo phone takes a backseat to this hardware. Still, I've been looking at the Note 5, and I may just return the S7e within the remorse period and go with that -- at least it has kernels and ROMs available.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] 2k10MBC300SPT:
Those are sad face emojis:p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ascraig29:
Wow..I really want an unlocked boot loader, but I'd rather never get it than give this tool a dime. Sucks there are people out there like that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] dynospectrum:
Yes :)

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Cheers everyone [emoji482]

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hhaahha honestly. wrong way to advertise. super d****ebag isn't an appealing character. pound sand milton ;]

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http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-Unlocked-Phone/dp/B01CJU9BBM?th=1&psc=1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
I have to say myself, it is fulfilling being a part of this movement. I'm not ditching my edge I have decided to stick this one out. On that note ONWARD TO TWITTER. And good morning ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] lost_:
Tmobile's tweet by employee KimB in reply to [MENTION=3870759]Corwinder[/MENTION] has been DELETED.

This was my re-tweet of it: https://twitter.com/loco_mole/status/710640670566776836 but the original tweet is no longer available.

Pop goes the balloon, but we knew that was coming. Keep the pressure on @ JohnLegere and askdes - use dot in front of the twitter handle so it appears in public search.

EDIT: This movement is starting to show some hits on Google News stream - who knows, maybe more mainstream outlets will catch on...

Samsung’s locked Galaxy S7 bootloader has buyers raging

Galaxy S7 Owners Fuming Over Locked Bootloader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] kharrison83:
Just a thought..

This is just a thought, but has anyone tried flashing to an S7/edge that has been SIM unlocked and OEM unlock enabled? I know the SIM and bootloader locks are completely different, but maybe they have something to do with one another. Maybe after SIM unlocking and a reboot and then dev tools OEM unlock is enabled, it will allow odin to flash modified files. Just a thought...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] namlas:
I just ordered a nexus6p from Amazon. I really hope something happens by the 25th - that's when my return period expires for the S7E. :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] LTAzrael:
It seems if we add the other carriers to the petition, it'll get more signatures, since there's a wider customer base. The added pressure might make a carrier go to Samsung for a solution, if Samsung doesn't cave on their own.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] cuezaireekaa:
wrong thread.. Delete
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ice5192:
Im lighting up twitter feeds right now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] LTAzrael:
The more pressure we add as a customer base, especially in the Buyer's Remorse period, the better off we'll be. Call your carriers, post on their Facebook and Twitter, tell them you need to be able to use Your device how You want. Not how Samsung dictates. Threaten to cancel / switch devices, whatever.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] dynospectrum:
lol wait until we have an official statement. until then you're just making assumptions
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] highaltitude:
Where is Chainfire? We need him!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] th3 game:
Just a heads up, me and my friend (both have purchased the s7e) are with Sprint but signed the petition regardless. At the end if the day, any progress with any of the carrier's is better than none at all. And tmo is the closest as none of the other carriers are doing anything at all. Onward and upward!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] metalfan78:
I'm with Sprint, but I signed this and started a seperate one for Sprint users. My petition doesn't have quite the amount of signatures, but it has to help, I hope.

https://www.change.org/p/sprint-unl...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] LTAzrael:
Yeah, I signed it too. I just switched from TMO to Sprint with the S7e.

But literally right after this someone posted that they made one for sprint. We should unify because it's Samsung, and all the carriers. I don't think it would take long to change the original petition. I also PMed the petition's creator as well to see if he'd be willing to add the other carriers.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] lost_:
Simply reporting what happened to the tweet by the official TMobile account. No assumptions made.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] metalfan78:
I'd be more than happy to combine mine with his, not sure how's that done though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Smithfolk4:
I am on Verizon and I signed. Maybe we should go more global with this. We should all have the choice to unlock the bootloaders no matter what phone it is. As long as we understand we void the warranty, can't use Samsung Pay, etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Lmax579:
Stupid question, but without root, we can't change the recent key to work as a menu key instead?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] th3 game:
Oddly, there is an intent thrown called APP_SWITCH when you press that button. Called whatever activity Samsung uses to handle the recents. While you do have to be root to re-map buttons, I can't see why you wouldn't be able to make an app that catches that intent and instead fires out whatever the menu pressed intent is.

Pure speculation mind you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] AKW:
Share it in your carrier's forums as well. Let them know this doesn't only affect T-Mobile, but all US carriers. Tell them any solution provided to us may also be used on Verizon since the hardware is identical (if that's actually the case. It depends in what solution we're given)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Schiaboner:
[MENTION=2517332]danon.brown[/MENTION] have you noticed anything different on your other S7 after you updated?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Lmax579:
Can't hurt to try
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Far2great:
Im itching to update because my s7 edge Android system use 33% and Android os use 14% of battery which both combine should use barely 10% but i need root and an unlock bootloader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
I accidentally opened an international S7E forum, and there are already several root procedures. A question to US TMo might be - why here on qualcomm and not over there with the other chip ?

Really frustrating.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] hutson23:
Maybe we should take this to Sammy's Forum....?

At least then they would have to look at it everyday...

http://developer.samsung.com/forum/en
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
Question..... why would Samsung have a developer forum if they're not allowing development?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] hutson23:
They are allowing development for everyone but US customers... That's the part I do not understand..why us?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
It is a general forum for average users - not rooted ones. But it would have more visibility. Put frequent and varied posts so it stays visible.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] namlas:
I created a thread there, but that place is like a graveyard.

http://developer.samsung.com/forum/...&messageId=290248&listLines=15&startId=zzzzz~
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
A developer forum with no development.... sounds like an oxymoron to me.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Just got this is response from des
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] hutson23:
Well let's wake it up....

I added to the thread..

Everyone we should post where they will see us.. Twitter is great but I dunno how effective..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] AKW:
Hit it hard, gents. Leave no stone unturned.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Where is the thread because this one says deleted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] namlas:
So, basically, the same PR line they've been giving us.

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Appears to be working fine for me. Just checked it again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] hutson23:
You have sign in before you post..

I just added to it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TabletGeek:
Unbelievable!! I've spend an incredible amount of time researching whether to upgrade to the GS7, G5 (once it is available) or the Nexus 6P. Although the GS6 has an incredible display and several winning features, it is (in my opinion) over-priced for the value it brings over the 6P. However, with the BOGO deal + free VR + 1-year free Netflix and T-Mobile previously supporting unlocked bootloaders, this finally convinced me to buy 4 GS7e and add 2 new lines for my family account. Since that time (3 days ago), I've learned that 2 of my phones are on backorder, I will not receive the Netflix deal and - now the deal-breaker - the GS7 has a LOCKED BOOTLOADER!! I would have definitely NOT chosen the GS7 if I had known the bootloader would be locked. It will be another huge hassle to return these 4 phones and cancel the two lines I opened but I do think this will be my path forward (assuming there is no news regarding bootloader unlocking before the end of my return period).

Considering the overwhelming response T-Mobile has had to the BOGO offer, their rush to order additional phones to fulfill backorders (and demand confirmed from most GS7 / GS7e cases on Amazon.com suddenly becoming out of stock), I can't help but wonder what is going to happen to GS7 market value once people begin returning their phones... I'm not sure what percentage of GS7 owners had planned on the improved performance, automation and customization brought to their phones as a result of rooting but it seems that TMO and Samsung could be dealing with excess inventory issues soon... Very sad for all of us indeed!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] dynospectrum:
long press back button is menu now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Persianhawkes:
Someone should create a twitter bot to tweet every minute all day lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] h.nocturna:
Actually you can! What I did was download Last App Switcher, Galaxy Button Lights, and All In One Gestures.

Use All In One Gestures to set the hardware button functions. I set mine to the traditional Android set up with the back button on the left side, and long press back to kill app, and long press recent to open the shortcut “Last App Switcher” which will set it to switch.

Then I used Galaxy Button Lights to turn off the lights so it wouldn’t be so confusing that I switched the recent with the back button. Of course this isnâ??t necessary, but itâ??s useful for anyone who prefers the traditional button placements.

EDIT: I just realized that I didn’t answer you question at all, but you can follow the instructions to set the recent button to the menu button using the same methods if you want!

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I should point out that I think the BOGO deal is only one per account, I believe.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] OPGT:
Posted there. I suggest everyone post also. Say you're going to be returning phone if it isn't changed..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
TMOBILE, or Samsung couldn't care less.... they are busy raking in the money, and licking themselves all over.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gdmlaz:
I have to agree doesn't somebody else have a screen shot talking to somebody high up in tmobile and them saying that samsung basically made all usa version of the gs7 locked and there is nothing they could do, At this point they are just giving answers you want to hear to let time pass by and let you know they are not going to do nothing to unlock it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Far2great:
Is their anyone looking for a expolit that gives us a root method meanwhile our bootloaders are lock?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] AKW:
[MENTION=2384865]ice5192[/MENTION] any updates on Forbes doing the story?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
Amazing.... a lot of people complaining on the T-Mobile Facebook page about billing, service, and phones..... glad I dumped them two years ago after I was with them for 15 years since they were Voice Stream..... Been with AT&T for two years now, and have fantastic signal, and not one billing problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] LuigiBull23:
How do you set the recents key to menu?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ice5192:
Nothing yet. Waiting. They have my cell number and the call is suppose to happen with in a few days once the Petition is confirmed and sent off

Just waiting.

-Ice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] h.nocturna:
Hmm... I just looked and menu isn’t one of the options available. I just assumed it was on the list since it looked pretty comprehensive. Maybe you can add it the same way I added last app with a 3rd party app?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mocsab:
We rooters represent a very small percentage of the universe of GS7 Buyers - the fact that TMOBILE Acknowledged us is a big thing in my opinion - and if there is any chance that this is going to happen, it will not happen overnight. It is completely unrealistic to believe that it will even happen in the next week or two, IMHO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] AKW:
Gotcha. Keep us posted man.

So I went through every article I could find about this (that my poor work computer could load) and linked to the petition in the comments. I noticed Ice did the same on a few of them already too. Hopefully that'll help get the word out a bit more. If any of you are browsing those articles and you don't see the petition linked in the comments, do the cause a favor and link it.