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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] AcostaJA:
I used to root all my android phones just before the ASUS Zenfone I purchased as interim phone (now I just ordered an S7 Edge) and I must to say the life is perfectly possible w/o root, most bloat now can just be Uninstalled else can be Frozen (keeps it to run as Uninstalled but still uses storage), also most settings are now possible w/p root from Android 5, rooting has its implications as no automatic updates, Knox ban, NFC payment bans, also eases the task for malware apps to infects and collect your data.

So unless my samsung's S7e comes too bloated I think I'll not root it and I will use it straight as the factory and Google suggest.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] InterFace86:
Ok i must take my words back.

I rooted my S7 because i found out that theres no way you can have 2 google accounts/profiles on same phone same time.

GF destroyed her phone and she uses mine now sometimes so i rooted and use SwitchMe for 2 accounts.

Shame thats its not available without rooting.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ayamgoreng:
still looking alternatives for

- youtube adaway ;adguard can't block youtube ads yet

- viper4android
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
Added new option, how to workaround high volume warning

High volume warning

With root you can disable it in xposed or flash custom ROM

I've found this application which brings a workaround: Hearing Saver It is not perfect but it works. You can also do it in Tasker. Check when an earphone is connected and then change media volume to maximum and immediately after that change it back. It works for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] satikass:
Without root, every time you edit an image (I do it alot: crop, change tone etc.) it is saved to your internal storage. Does not matter that your original image is stored on external storage. Edited version always goes to internal.

But to keep things organized, I like to keep all apps on internal and music and media on my 32GB external SD. So saving edited images to internal storage violates that rule for me, to keep media on SD.

And its a nice thing to have all your media in one place. So when you want to back it up, there is no need to go looking for bits of it around the phone. It is all in one spot.

I have currently found no way to save edited images to external SD without 3rd party editors (other than buggy adoptable storage).

But with root, I can make a macro to silently move all images from internal storage to SD at night. Even those burst-shots that initially sit on your phone memory.

:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jainanshal:
Totally agree, nothing comes close to v4a. I'm holding off until Samsung Pay hits Canadian shores, want to see how it works for me and will go from there.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meyerweb:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2213945
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] AREK28:
The only reason i'm thinking of rooting my S7 is because SwiftKey lags super bad on my S7.... i read this post http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/tip-fix-constant-swiftkey-reloading-lag-t3210027

It says that the lag is due to Swiftkey being intermittently force closed, and the lag is gone after after disabling SPCM in build.prop....

Anybody here experience lag from Swiftkey? Anyway around it? Otherwise, i would have to root since this disabling SPCM requires root... :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DSC05:
I use SwiftKey beta and never experienced such issues

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Same here. I really really miss v4a but am telling myself to just wait for Samsung Pay first. I might end up just buying a Filo E12 or similar to see if it makes a noticeable difference
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meyerweb:
Swiftkey is working fine for me. No lag that I've noticed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] o0adam0o:
No problem with SwiftKey here. You try reinstalling? You got any services disabled?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jainanshal:
I'm not sure if an amp would be able to provide that kind of richness to sound. Also, v4a enhances even Bluetooth audio like in my car where an amp won't be helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tuningszocske:
Try to delete Swiftkey app data. What happens after it? Do you still have lag?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] AREK28:
I tried restoring the phone to factory settings and so tried wiping out SwiftKey data... It is still lagging, the recent OS upgrade did reduce some of the lag, but i definitely feel my S7 SwiftKey is much laggier than on my Sony Xperia Z3...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ayamgoreng:
is helium suppose to support external storage ? I can't seem to find option to enable it.

any backup apps that allow backup application + data to microsd ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Well, shoot. It's only been a few days and I'm still under my 14 day window... I'm not sure if I have the stamina to endure a prolonged wait for root to arrive on this phone. Is this what rooting addiction looks like? Hahaha! This is also my first non-Note Samsung phone since the S3. I'm not really missing my S-Pen as much as I thought I would but I really am missing root.

Any other root-addicts here that may have some suggestions to help numb the craving? At least until root is finally available for our S7?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bohn101:
I want to be able to change fonts. I want use this S7 to play on all my AirPlay devices. S4's through S6's could do this. You need root. I need F-in root.

Here's a petition to get unlocked bootloader.

https://www.change.org/p/samsung-unlock-boot-loaders-s7-s7-edge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tilting_Shock:
Will rooting the s7 unlock the sim as well? Or only carrier unlock code can do that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Rooting and unlocking the SIM are two separate issues. Some SIM unlocking methods require root, some don't. Root does not automatically SIM-unlock the device.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lirong:
Doesnt Android Pay also not work on rooted phones?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
No it doesn't. There is a work-around with xposed that works on some ROMs, but I don't know about TouchWiz.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] AldrichDSaints:
Block This can help you with ads. It's also free.

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Block This is an alternative for Adaway. It's free.

You can scale down the dpi for about 540 using Display Scaling. Set it to condensed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] n0ise82:
The only reason I would root is for greenify (with donation package, notifications will work), and f.l.u.x. (and, please, twilight sucks :( )
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
At least if you unroot later, Android Pay will work again. Samsung Pay will never work again once you've tripped Knox by rooting.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kobrax:
Samsung own game launcher has this ability I believe
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] passion4tech:
If only there was a way to root my t mobile variant s7 :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] konoplya:
where do you get block this from? I don't see it in Google play
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
https://block-this.com/

Since ad revenue is a massive portion of Google's revenue, you're not going to find ad blockers in the Play Store.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dreadsguy:
on my S7 I just tap and hold the multitasking button and it allows for split screen of google maps and spotify.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KaptainRandom:
o[ps.

duplicate rrsponse
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] zonazolazia:
What is your greenify setting? And how much sot do you usually get with greenify?

I've tried greenify, amplify, powernap etc before but my sot is only 4 hours, same as before installing all those apps. So I removed them all.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Does Block This stop YouTube ads? We don't have YouTube Red in Canada and ads are getting far more frequent
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] konoplya:
mm I dunno, there's not much to this app at at all. no settings, nothing. I'm supposed to believe things on the internet? I can't even see the connections it's supposedly blocking.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] n0ise82:
my sot is like yours, usually.. not happy with it to be honest :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meyerweb:
YouTube can be a problem, because many of the ads are hosted on the same servers where the YouTube videos are hosted. You can't block the ad server without blocking the videos, too.

But if the ads are hosted on 3rd party ad-servers that are in the Block-This hosts file, then it will block those.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] passion4tech:
I want and need root to use Titanium Backup!! Why US Carriers Damn You!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meyerweb:
It's Samsung, not the US carriers, this time. Even T-Mobile, which has never had a locked bootloader on their phones, had it on the S7 because that's the way Samsung did provided it. Legere even made a show of asking Samsung to provide a bootloader unlock for T-Mobile phones. Nothing so far.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] passion4tech:
If it's not the us carriers then how come the international versions exynos variants have unlocked bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KaptainRandom:
Exynos does not have open source kernal

and international tend to have less security based legal issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Even the Canadian one is unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] beezar:
I bet you it's the carriers. Why would Samsung allow unlocked bootloaders for Exynos and the Chinese Snapdragon variant but not the US?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] konoplya:
legere is full of ****. like he didn't know that it was gonna be locked. another corporate ****

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I wouldn't use block this, too shady, no transparency
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Block This nor AdGuard worked. Guess I may have to root after all... and say "bye bye" to ever using Samsung Pay (not that we know when it's coming to Canada other than "sometime later this year")
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] testacount:
https://block-this.com/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meyerweb:
Search XDA for NetGuard, and read in the first or second post about ad-blocking. You need to use the GitHub version, not the Play Store version, since Google doesn't allow any ad-blockers in the play store. I'm using it, and it blocks almost all ads. And you can use whatever hosts file you want (without root).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChiAn:
Just FYI, some of us have got Samsung Pay working on international S7 and S7 edges. So definitely don't root if you ever think you might use it :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gormsen:
But you're still in the US, right?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChiAn:
Oh yeah, good point. I'm in the US using H2O (an ATT mvno) and using Chase and Citi bank cards. I guess it wouldn't work if you're in a different country with no bank support
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] konoplya:
Samsung pay wouldn't accept my citi card, called citi they said my card is not supported, only in Apple pay. bastards
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] johnusesandroid:
I have a rooted S7, I always TWRP+Root first when I get a new phone. Lately though I've been playing with Android Pay so I uninstalled most of my root apps. So far the only one I couldn't live without was CF.Lumen (or F.Lux but I couldn't get it to work on my S7). Now with Samsung Pay getting released for the G930F, I'm really contemplating selling my rooted phone and buying a new one. Any good replacements for CF.Lumen (besides Twilight which I hate)?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] n0ise82:
I am in the same position, I hate twilight but cf lumen works fine and I love it. Flux is still the best, but hey, no root no party :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mika99b:
One click Nandroid backup?

Did a i missed something? How about convenient nandroid backups with an unrooted s7? Alternatives?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jah2110:
I love my rooted s7 edge. I'm the real owner of my phone, not Samsung with her intrusive analysis or your bank checking your position all the time, for now is easy to use the fiscal credit card. For all the others things I have my supersu ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nalas:
Guys ..... is it De-Knox'er (reset count to 0) after unroot the phone for S7 ?

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bmsone:
Not possible to do because of e-fuse. Once Knox is triggered it's impossible to revert. For now at least. Hoping for solution ☺

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nalas:
Big thx :) I want to buy S7 for a 2 weeks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bmsone:
I haven't rooted yet, haven't got the need. Works ok out of the box. Very nice phone

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kidromulous:
Delete
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mika99b:
Nandroid backup 2

Not a single reply? Was it a silly question? I really mean it - what is an alternative to nandroid backup (on rooted phone) via e.g. ROM manager or a command in the recovery mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] woodydog:
Google restores almost everything just have to put passwords in
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bjorne900:
Nandroid backup is what I used when trying a new ROM or flashing something. Could of course be useful if you would like to go back after a bad OTA from samsung. Package Disabler, Helium and Adguard is what I really need.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] oplix:
I have Samsung Pay on my G930F. That's the only reason I will ever need to not root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] s2berto:
[MENTION=4918645]mika99b[/MENTION], Convenient ? Well, i don't know if more convenient way than nandroid. You could do what i did for years, keep a copy of your OS on your PC, restore it with Odin then restore your apps from TB. But, you'll spend a week getting your home pages back the the way you like them...

As far as root goes, i have TOO many apps which require root to go without it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ozwrangler:
I'm trying to get rid of carrier animation at startup/shutdown.... Optus (AU).

It's the WORST ever animation...yellow bird, heeelllloooooo etc. + annoying sound to match.

Any advice for newb? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bjorne900:
One way to get rid of sound while booting is to use Tasker and use device boot and shutdown profiles to turn off and on sound. But there's hardly any way to change boot animation without root.

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If you use a third party launcher like Nova you can save and restore your home screens.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] s2berto:
Many thanks. I'll try Nova.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] AMoosa:
Nova is excellent and very fast. The backup feature works great.
[XDA Assist] electrodydy:
Hello,

I have a big problem with my Samsung Galaxy Core Prime ( SM- G361F )

when I started normally stuck on the Samsung logo.

I can start it in Download Mode ; so I tried to flash ROM several Custom Stock is but nothing happens ,

when do I start it in Recovery Mode : The recovery starts normally except I 2 errors :

E : failed to mount / efs ( Invalid argument )

E : failed to mount / efs ( Invalid argument )

....

vraimant I need help ...

Thank you in advance
[XDA Assist] electrodydy:
Thanks for your reply (excuse my for my bad english i'm french) im tried to post in Android Q&A,Help and Troubleshooting :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] meraz9000:
Hello I was able to easily root the newly released 6.0 update for the sprint galaxy s6.

First download

Cfroot for the G920F model

Download

Flash with Odin 3.10.6 or higher..

Wait for the script to finish etc and once the phone reboots, force the phone into download mode and flash the stock 6.0 recovery

Download

Then force the phone back into recovery mode and wipe cache then reboot phone back to system

Enjoy rooted 6.0 MM !

Props to the mighty Chainfire and his wizard skills
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] weirdfate:
ok am i waiting when it attempts to boot recovery or just press the buttons to boot it into download again to re flash the stock recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] mholloway:
All we need now is twrp. I havent tried this root process yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] meraz9000:
after flashing cfroot you must wait until it finished the process..it will take a min...then after cfroot tells you it's done rooting the phone...you flash the stock recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] weirdfate:
i must be doing it wrong then? it attempts to boot a recovery that is not seandroid enforcing last time i tried to install the custom recovery that was for the older firmware it stuck on that screen for ever and i needed to reflash my phone. just a little worried that its gonna get stuck there.

thank you for finding this root method
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] meraz9000:
for me it was stuck in seandroid enforcing for like 1-2 mins...then it went to the cfroot screen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] weirdfate:
yep

i waited then it went into cfroot

we got a dump of the stock recovery (im assuming thats what the other file is to flash) so im sure it wont be long till we get a custom recovery:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] mholloway:
Confirmed, works for boost mobile 6.0.1 marshmallow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] 122ninjas:
Would TWRP 3.0.0 work with this or are we gonna have to wait for that update? Need my xposed modules for sure
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] rafyvitto:
We dont need a MM twrp....the current twrp will work just fine to flash a MM custom rom, someone just needs to make a rom.zip we flash it on top of LP and profit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] 122ninjas:
I also just realized that xposed won't work without a deodexed rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] southernstyle:
Can't we use flashify to install zip files? I've used xposed on stock ROMs before I thought.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] xSkyFlasherx:
will this work for 925p?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Jimmy1life:
Awesome now i can mess with titanium backup. . Thanks Guess supersu is not working it says no su in the binary. Redid the steps i used odin 3.10.7 it didnt boot after the cfauto was flashed it actually booted into recovery is not seandroid enforcing. forced into download mode pushed down restarted again it went to the recovery is not seandroid enforcing screen. So i flashed the recovery cleared cache phone booted thought i was good to go nope lol. Also the same happened when i tried the twrp with odin but i had to flash the rom to get back up and running so heads up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] JoeFCaputo113:
Guys I would definitely wait for a custom recovery. What if something happens and you have no backup?! Also, you need a deodexed ROM for Xposed to work anyway! This method would be good if all you care about is little stuff like AdBlocking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] cyberone3:
you don't need deodexed rom anymore there is an exposed that work on 5.1.1 adn 6.0 but we just need a recovery to flash it.

but i agree i would wait to have a confirmed recovery for marshmallow
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] JoeFCaputo113:
Prettttyy sure you need a deodexed ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] cyberone3:
link below is the exposed i have been using on "stock" rom 5.1.1 and there is a 6.0 version i was on 5.1.1 no changes other than root

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

"Samsung made a lot of changes to ART without providing the sources, that's why it took a while to workaround some of their changes, more information here.

It supports Stock and close to stock Roms."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] southernstyle:
I'm totally down to be a test dummy lol. Can anyone explain if flashify would be a replacement for recovery? I know the international folks used it to prevent certain things from tripping Knox, but at this point I'm pretty sure we all have tripped it by now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] cyberone3:
flashify didn't work when i tried it wants twrp or cwm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] albannotosska:
I did as said there but cf auto root said failed. I tried it twice and the same thing. Am I doing something wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] cyberone3:
are you using the latest odin?

did you turn on debug mode?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] albannotosska:
I haven't turned on debug mode. What option to turn on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Jimmy1life:
That might b my reason it didn't work something to try thanks plus if nothing else il wait longer at the revovery boot screen i never got to cfauto just a bootloop.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] cyberone3:
i waited about 2 minutes then cfauto came up but i restarted before because i didn't wait long enough
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] albannotosska:
I turned on usb debugging and OEM unlock and it still says failed on CF AutoRoot. Any suggestions?

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Nevermind, it worked this time! Thank you alot for your work!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] x70xchallengerx:
Since this is meant for the 920F and works on the 920P, would it work on the 925P as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] nyfl2004:
From what I'm hearing, restore is not working yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] tdhite:
That's very odd -- TWRP just tars up partitions and restores by untarring. Do me this favor (we can probably figure it out). Only thing I'm thinking is file system mods and TWRP is defaulting to ext4 on wiping.

Try using *only* rm -rf option and restore. There's really no reason, so long as TWRP mounts the partitions, it should not work -- unless there's somethig really zany going on, like signature info in the bootstrap that expects a certain file in a certain inode or something odd like that.

Full disclosure -- I have not OTA'd yet -- need the phone for a bit longer on root with special kernel support I have going (encryption and vpn tunneling extensions for TINC). Waiting on kernel sources for the MM release.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] nyfl2004:
Ok, I'll install it and report back. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] tdhite:
If you don't mind, post up the recovery.log (it's in /tmp/recovery.log) when you're done. The adb util works fine with twrp so you can:

adb pull /tmp/recovery.log

to grab it onto your computer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] nyfl2004:
Will do

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Not working, it won't boot into recovery. I tried both 2.8.7 and a modded version with MM bootloader

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It said fail for me too, let it run through the process. It should continue into the CF Auto root process
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Bobthahog:
Would you be able to upload the stock audio effects and audio policy files for Sprint Galaxy S6 on 6.0.1?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Jimmy1life:
Hey im rooted i had to wait longer at the recovery is seadroid screen thanks sweet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Plancy:
G920P, which method did you use?