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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Is there a point? You have already decided not to root, as we have, to do it.

Listing benefits of root, point by point, is pointless.

We could name them by the dozens and you would dismiss them and not important enough, as I'm sure you already have, when you made initial decision.

The only person from this thread that answers 'just root it', to any question (yes I mean ANY ?), broke his phone. So now 'live and let live' policy is prevalent in this thread.

Although, there's a little place in hell for people that only talk about screen protectors in here. ??? Just kidding a little.

So just enjoy your phone, as we do ours.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] minirx7:
Anybody running custom ROMS? I was trying to flash the BOotloader and Modem to update to APE9 from APD3 and ODIN keeps failing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] brar.arsh:
Thanks man, but I make decisions to change my phone every 5 months so I can change decision to root anytime. Please don't be judgemental as I have rooted each do vice I have owned till now and have alpha tested many roms.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Rooted. No ads, no youtube ads, custom rom flashing amazing roms, custom status bars, custom dpi for individual apps, longer battery life, custom system fonts, I could go on and on. To each their own.

Sent from my Pebble Time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Never meant to be judgemental, don't think I was. In fact I do respect your choice, and it has no bearing on your experience with android. I myself would probably stay unrooted if the deep sleep bug was still present (there's another one involving google backup, all marshmallow phones are susceptible, rooted or not, but not every user is affected. And easily rectified), or if I lost VoLTE and 'data free' video calling, now that I've gotten used to it.

Of course you can change your mind anytime, to root or not.

Just don't think you should be asking others to give you reasons, after you have already notified us that you only miss adblocker, and can clearly be without it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Viper4Android. That's what I rooted mine for
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Haha yeah. That too. Love the sound.

Sent from my Pebble Time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] southsideswaggar:
I have 3 main reasons that I rooted my galaxy S7 for.

1. Systemwide Ad-blocking

2. Boost to the audio output level & Audio quality via Viper4Android

3. To run LuckyPatcher & Xposed modules.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Finally made the jump. F**K samsung pay. Done holding my breath. Now I downloaded and flashed xposed the 23 one for 64gb and got bootloops can anyone direct me to the right xposed for our device?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] troy00:
[MENTION=4152022]mrnovanova[/MENTION]

You will want to use wanam's xposed:

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960

Sent from my S7edge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Wanam version

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960 64bit not 64gb.

Sent from my Pebble Time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Yeah that was a typo. Thanks. Hey while we're talking. What's your favorite Rom out there and why? I'm on king rom right now and it pretty nice. Anything else the my be better. Also, I guess the only way for me to have VoLTE is stock right?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Echoerom.com

Sent from my Pebble Time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
VoLTE works on that rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Absolutely. I can't even use it because I'm with bell.

Sent from my Pebble Time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Are you being sarcastic ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Sent from my Pebble Time
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Lol. You literally had to draw me a picture ? Thanks bro. Much appreciated. So I have to go on that site. Outside of xda right. I signed up and the said someone would review my application. They must me screening for trolls or something.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=52667

Get roms from there. V11 is latest one.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Hey guys. Any of you knowledgeable fellows know how to change the csc code on the phone. My csc was changed when I flashed king rom and no matter how many times I flash the stock firmware I can't shake thar weird cax csc. The secret code in the dialer just yields a code unknown. Any help would be appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jark99:
Would someone mind linking me to the APCB roms that came with the phone in March? Would like to flashback to that rom/firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Try this Link

http://samsung-updates.com/details/63919/Galaxy_S7_Edge_SM-G935W8/SM-G935W8/RWC/G935W8VLU1APB7.html
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Ok this **** is killing me. Eversince i flashed this foreign csc with king rom Im unable to change my csc back to RWC i flashed stock firmwarevabout 4 times over to no avail. My csc is now blank. Any suggestions as to how i can fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gd6noob:
whats the latest official stock rom?

Im on G935W8VLU1APD3 with April 2 security patch

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TRoN_1:
This?

http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-30-t3392957
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Guys I'm stumped even if I flash Roger's stock firmware I can't get Roger's Csc. I tried samsung info app I select the right csc but all it does is reboot and erase the phone. *#272*imei# doesn't work. I don't know what to do at this point. I never thought I'd say this but now I regret rooting my phone.

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Thanks tried it already. It works insofar as it flashes the multi csc with all the Canadian codes but I'm unable to apply Rogers specifically.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Wanam xposed framework releases only buddy.

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There's no reason why you should not be able to do it with stock.

Try resetting phone in recoveey without sim card on stock unrooted, then inserting sim and reset again from recovery. You have to be stock unrooted in order for recovery to pass dm-verity. Then try pulling 272 imei thingy.

Also what you can try is while rooted, using root explorer, copy all csc files from RWC folder in csc, then paste them in root of csc folder, thereby replacing others. Reboot. Flash stock firmware, and try 272 imei thingy.

Also note: in order to preserve my csc when playing with custom roms (haven't done it in a while cause stock plus xposed is enough for me), I usually make my own csc package zip, which I flash together with custom rom, before booting. Hope it helps for the future.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
So I flashed stock firmware without the SIM card. Factory reset in stock recovery. Put SIM card in factory reset again. Tried the *#272*imei# trick and it still not working. Hash verify was good though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Time to try the second one
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I can't thank you enough for your help Idan73 but is there a way you can dumb down the 2nd part? I know how to locate the CSC folders and stuff I'm just not sure what parse is. I did find the RWC CSC folder. WHT do I copy from which folder and where do I paste it? Where do I find root of CSC?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Did not say parse, but paste. As in copy/paste. Root of csc, meaning base of folder(root).

system/csc/rwc/system/csc

Move (by that I mean copy ☺️) all the contents to system/csc. Reboot.

This makes it dominant csc on os level.

Pay attention to use root explorer, or check that Permissions are correctly preserved if using something else. Octal for Permissions is 0644. Basically same as in the rest of system files (note folders have different Permissions from files). You could also do the rest of the RWC files for their respective folders (for example system/etc), but csc one is the most basic and carries most rogers specific settings.

Deeper integration can only be achieved with 272 menu or invoking that menu via third party apps
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] brar.arsh:
I would recommend you doing a factory reset using smart switch windows/OSX app. It will reset your phone and CSC.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
How do I know it won't reset it to XAC rather than RWC?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] brar.arsh:
I used it when I sold my S6E last year, was rooted and custom roms from day 1, also has different boot screen, animations, and csc. All got reset to factory default with smart switch and as I had rogers simn card, the csc changed to rwc.

You have nothing to lose here, just give it a shot..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] ragz:
Edit
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I just got home and downloaded smartswitch. There is no factory reset in the options. Backup and restore only.

I even Google it. Can't find any info on using factory reset on smartswitch.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
More/emergency software recovery and initialization. Device initialization tab. Input your model name. ....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Still a no go. Thanks for trying. I'm pretty sure that if I could find RWC-G935W8VLU1APD3 I could at least download that but the best I got was G935OYAPD3 and I think that it's the issue. The only place I could find the firmware is samsung updates and since the download is 2.01GB I have to get the premium account which I am desperate enough to do but rapid gator and the other site keep declining my credit card. Ugh how low I have sunk. Any idea where I can get the latest firmware?

EDIT: So according to Samsung mobile OYA is the actual CSC

I'm stumped
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jproy12:
[MENTION=4152022]mrnovanova[/MENTION] did you try with the samfirm tool, there's a place in there where you input your CSC and all Rom relates stuff, in this case Rogers for you.

Download speeds are extremely fast, 4mb/s download iirc
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Thanks. My issue is not so much about getting the right firmware as even with the right firmware downloaded and flashed with smartswitch my CSC does not change. Regardless of what I do. My only option at this point would be what [MENTION=2760104]Idan73[/MENTION] to move the Rogers files right in the csc root directory.

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Damn. Just saw your reply. I've tried the 272 way and it never worked. I'll try the root way. Thanks again.

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It worked. My CSC is now RWC. Still no VoLTE though. lol

I give up.

Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
I don't get it? For several days we are talking about flashing and resetting stock firmware, and you are still in the process of acquiring it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Lol. No I've had it for a few days now. I just thought it might be wrong but it was the right firmware. My end goal was to get my Volte back which I have not been able to do. In spite of having the right software and now thanks to you the right CSC as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
When you say no VoLTE, what exactly do you mean?

Is it that you don't have an option, or that rogers refuses to register it?

If the answer is second, then this is a rogers **** up. I've had issues for days on end failing to register, even on full stock. Had to call in for them to do account push in order to register.

Last time it happened, 10 days ago, couldn't be bothered talking to rogers (yes they were that stupid the first time), so kept randomly rebooting phone till it registered. It's been fine since.

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I would try changing csc via 272 imei menu again (actually don't know if it works on full stock on our phone. I know I can invoke it with nova activities shortcuts and phone info while rooted, but can't be bothered on the off chance that I reset the phone by mistake). Just toake sure that the csc has been fully applied via stock recovery, since your personalization is zero at this time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Not sure whether it would qualify as one or two.

My phone app looks like this

I'm used to seeing a camera on tge bottom left and for video calling and havin the toggle to switch VoLTE on or off in the phone's settings. Whis is not the case and hasn't been since i rooted my phone.

Got my phone on day one and never had issues with VoLTE before...

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The *#272* trick did not work i tried it every time in every state. Never worked. Unknown code is all i got. All phone info did is reset my phone and left my cSC as XAC every time i tried.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
This definitely did not happen because of root. If you lost csc, it is because of custom rom. As I said, I make sure to prepare ahead.

Yeah I would definitely try csc change, or stock reflash followed by firmware reset, or smart switch initialization that was talked about earlier.

Having that dialer would indicate that rogers csc was applied only partialy.

Or you could try copy/ pasting the rest of the files from RWC folder, into their respective places and folders. So system/csc/rwc /system/etc would go to system/etc for example. Then reboot.

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It sure can be frustrating, but that's part of the fun as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I did all of the former. The c&p the rest of the Roger's files I did not do though. Only the files you told me before.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Pretty sure I mentioned the rest of the files in this morning post. [emoji1]

Plenty of things for you to try. Let's just hope you don't have to get to the last one, and have a success with your first choice.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Alright. Then I did that too. Followed it to the letter.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
So?...if it's still a no go after reboot. Then reset... Then reflash stock again, and reset again....then try smart switch again. Throw it against the wall..... Hold on, don't do that, just kidding.... Have fun and good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
No luck to be had I'm afraid. I did everything. Csc shows up as RWC in phone info but still no dice. I just give up for now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
[MENTION=2760104]Idan73[/MENTION] You sir a the mutha effin MAN! A true BAMF if I've ever known one. Thanks a million. Went back to option number two. Something you said got me thinking. I backed up my phone. Went in the csc file and erased every non Rogers csc then I took the Rogers file and copy pasted it to the system folder. What I had done the first time is copy paste the RWC folder into the CSC folder. I'm pretty sure that's what you meant for me to do in the first place.

It worked. My VoLTE is back and I couldn't be happier.

Thanks again my friend. ???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Glad it worked out for you. I would still reflash stock with Odin and reset, just get a clean start. Before you do any of your own setup.

And so you know in future. If you should ever use non Canadian csc, flashing back stock, defaults to bell csc.

Best avoided by making your own install zip package of your providers csc, to flash right after custom rom, before first boot, before it has chance of messing up.

You could also repackage custom rom, but that is harder.

As for myself, root plus xposed is all I need. Plus a few manual edits I do for myself.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
Any word on the new June security patch Samsung released? I hope we get it before September lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Even Telus hasn't mentioned anything about new updates - don't really expect it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] orlans21:
Does anyone have the rogers firmware ending in APB? Also does anyone know if there was an APC firmware for rogers or did they just skip APC and go right to APD?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Haha security patch [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] orlans21:
How do you have June patch? Is that custom ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Absolutely. Running so damn smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] zbutlr:
Which one?

Στάλθηκε από το SM-G935F μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] orlans21:
I don't think I'm going to root it anyways. If I do I lose warranty and today I have to get my screen repaired and warranty covers that so I would have been screwed
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Hmm no. I had broken screen paid $330. Warranty doesn't cover broken screens. [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] orlans21:
Sry I forgot to say dead pixel lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] loofn:
Hi guys, pretty glad that our devices are exynos variant. Came from the note 4 thinking that im gonna miss the rom customization but nope. Better yet, my favourite rom on note 4, echoerom, up and running perfectly on the s7e. Im pretty satisfy with the phone except for it sometimes not picking up my touch around the edges after having a tempered glass on. Can anyone suggest a good screen protector? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Hey Brava I tried flashing echoerom the usual way and got a bootloop. Should I be flashing any specific kernel with it? Seeing as I don't have access to the forum I had to wing it.

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How would I go about doing that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Idan73:
Except Costco warranty, it does.

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If you don't know how to make Installer zip, easiest is to borrow another one, that is simple and only places files in system. Unzip it, remove existing files from that particular system folder, place your existing Canadian csc that you know works (stock is best), with root explorer, keeping install script folder intact. Zip everything back up. Test with twrp on stock, before actually flashing custom rom. I can make one for you, because I use too many manual csc edits, and don't have time to go back to full stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Thank you [MENTION=2760104]Idan73[/MENTION] I'm not sure I understand everything you just wrote but I bet I can figure it out. Cheers!

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
What kind of screen protector is everyone using with their S7 Edge? Here in the Great White North it seems we are limited in terms of choices, just look at Amazon lol. From my understanding there isn't a solid screen protector yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I got the one from the geek squad. Does the job but it's far from solid.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jproy12:
I'm running the BestSkinsEver, pretty solid and I've got a couple extra if you want some? Could ship them out to you.

The one I have from BestSkinsEver are the case fit ones, which are a bit shorter on the edge for cases.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Sorry for the delay. Washington camping. There is v12 out now. I have flashed every version without bootlooping. Have you had any success yet?

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Using spigen $12 ones on amazon.ca. They do a decent job.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Kk. Thanks. I'll try it out when I get home later.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
I heard they scratch really easily, and do they stick to the edges?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Edges yes no problem. Scratch easily aswell. Oh well
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] gaganmohal:
I went to Samsung Experience store on saturday in sherway Gardens mall, Saw s7 and s7 edge on promotion, you will get $125 off for trading in any old celllphone ( any old school nokia or flip phones) plus

$100 off as a father day discount.

Plus you get Free Samsung Level On wireless headphones and 128GB microSD card.

Just a heads up if someone is looking for factory unlocked phone.

So S7 EDGE for roughly $900 including taxes
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] oxxshadow:
Yea I kinda regret getting my S7 Edge back in May, LOL. I only got the $125 off. Considering getting one for Fathers day though.

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worth the $13 in your opinion?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
They'll scratch easily if you constantly wipe it down for fingerprints and oil but if you don't care it shouldn't scratch that easily. Worth the price definitely. Feels good and you get 2 instead of 1. Glass protectors will never be good on this device. Gotta accept that fact.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
[MENTION=4834300]Brava27[/MENTION] Finally got echoerom booted right the first time. The level of customization is out of this world. Coupled with xposed it's almost too much. Wonder why it's not on xda anymore. Anyway, thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
I disabled the echorom custom systemui. I just kept it stock. I have xposed aswell.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
How do I do that. I'm having an issue with my Google play music notification displaying white on white making in unreadable. I'd like to turn it off to see if its at fault.

Sent from my bad ass SM-G935W8 high on Echoerom
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
I had the same issue. During installation just select stock ui. Not echoerom ui. Stock is in the bottom. Just reflash again. Don't worry about your apps.