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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] scott14719:
I'm interested in the "call recorder" option myself and came across this link:

http://www.boldbeast.com/forum/topic1182-galaxy-s7-call-recorder.html

I'm not associated with the app or the developer in any way and I'm not endorsing, recommending, or taking credit for it in any way. And, I have not tried it, but it claims to work on unrooted Galaxy S7s. It might be worth looking into a bit more. If you try it, let us know how / if it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] vukis:
Thank you for suggestion, but from 1st gen HTC desire times I am loyal to skvalex call recorder :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobmarsh72:
Network speed in notification bar

With root you cound use xposed module.

Without root you can use an application. But yes, the appearance is not soo impressive. Again, it isn't reason for loss of warranty

Internet speed meter lite is a good app for this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Denis Meissner1990:
Does anyone have a list for Galaxy S7 what apps are save to disable with Package Disabler Pro?

I really love this Phone and I dont want to root for now, i will wait till there are stable Custom Roms. But i want to kill all the bloatware and all that is not needed for a normal use.

I bought the App and used the inbuilt bloatware disabler, but now it feels like i have more battery consumption then without o.O

I'm really sure there are hundrets of more apps that can safely be disabled but i dont know all their functions :/

If anyone who knows that all, please can make a list, or an .xml file and share it?

Thank you

Greets
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Yeah, there's a thread for that in the General section.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Denis Meissner1990:
First, thank you :)

I searched around, but i only found a thread for Galaxy Note 5

Can you pls link me to Galaxy S7?

Greets
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Bongsi:
Galaxy s7 can be root now. Check this out guys.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK7pRUD7DeM
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Pretty much, unless you prefer to use any other browser that can't block ad's then you'll need adguard.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Denis Meissner1990:
We know

But we won't root now, or maybe never :D

If you've read all posts, you see that we don't really need root anymore on S7 to do all the things we've done before with root ;)

And we actually don't know what we're losing with root (Samsung Pay or anything)

Greets
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turborrr:
One word....Foldermount.

All those games need to go somewhere :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
netguard (github version) works to block ads in chrome and apps without root... you can even use the adaway hosts file
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Still seeing ads in zedge and gasbuddy even with the adaway hosts file.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
it's a bit tricky to set up. I'm using it in my s2 tablet (5.1) but have not tried on the s7 yet.

you meet to check the filter traffic switch, tell it where the hosts file is and configure what you want for each app. I can confirm I don't see ads in chrome anymore (including gas buddy)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tuningszocske:
In the app there is a help with color markings. For example "purple" color apps mean safe to disable...

---------- Post added at 03:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:45 AM ----------

For me rooting would be nice for flashing Google Dialer, and set Marshmallow dark theme like was in beta or install Layers Theme. I also used on my S6 Recently, CF.Lumen, Servicely. AdAway also is a must, I tried all of vpn type ad blockers without root, but none of them similar to AdAway. Also missing Titanium Backup, and would like to delete those annoying sounds for example when changing volume... etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kikan:
hi, i understand you very well , un root phone is strange....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Here's another reason: Apparently all of the SD820 US variants including T-Mobile's (G930A, G930T, G930P, G930R & G930V) have a locked bootloader. The Exynos-based G930F is rooted already using Chainfire's systemless autoroot for Marshmallow.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] JS_racer:
i was playing in the settings, there is options to disable stuff like that. sorry, dont recall where it was though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
I tried 4 different hosts files from adaway and enabling that filter traffic switch but still saw add's in apps, the ad's in zedge are particularly bad... full screen popups and video ads yuck. Maybe i have to try a different hosts file.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PunishedSnake:
Can anyone confirm fingerprint reader still works?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Denis Meissner1990:
I think the Package Disabler Pro does not correctly work

I've deactivated all Fonts, but in Settings i can still use them without problems o.O
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Just curious, have you gone through all the stuff in the faq here on xda?

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895

I'm really hoping this works, as I plan to have an un-rooted S7 soon. Blocking ads is my #1 reason for rooting.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Nothing really in the faq that allows talks about blocking ads in apps, if you buy the app then you will get that capability.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
I used the hosts file that it said was the default on the adaway github...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MattBooth:
AdGuard seems t use a lot of battery for me, though, whereas AdAway hosts file blocking did not.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nolook:
I think any adblocker that uses a non root VPN system would use more battery than just a hosts file...net guard seems OK for battery
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] exploreresp:
Had the same concern but there's a perfect explaination to it on their website.

Since all the traffic goes through the VPN, Android think it is adguard who is draining the battery, and not your browser or any other app.

So if you see in your stats that Adguard is draining, it is actually others apps.

Been using it for two days now, I have the exact same battery life than before using it even though it appears in the stats to be consuming lot of battery.

source : https://kb.adguard.com/index.php?/K...ndroid-battery-and-traffic-consumption-issues
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KaptainRandom:
I need to give this a look

thanx

Previous root adaway user
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EduardoGM:
Mr libB, I'll explain why it is important to be root ...

First, Android is free (open source) do not understand why Samsung protects the system, I think it's ILLEGAL. I like to put my png as I please and not be forced to basic and poor PNG, Samsung. I like to have a picture in full screen mode (as does CarHDRom) already exists Full Screen Caller ID, but knows that fails much and not right. I really like to turn up the volume so scarce that puts Samsung, finally almost all modifications made CarHDRom which are many and they give joy to my phone, which is mine and should be able to put it to my liking.

Thank you and please see the many changes made in the rom cooked and tell me how I can make them without being ROOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KaptainRandom:
That's pretty good reasons for YOU to root.

But doesn't seem to be important to libB.

This thread really seems to about/for people who are looking to get around the 'locked bootloader/noroot' issue for their particular situation.

YOUR need for certain root only functions should be your encouragement to dev the old school way and write/find your own code/solution.

XDA has always and will always be about sharing and caring.

Please take your troll elsewhere.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Illegal? Yeah, right. XDA has already injected a little bit of reality into this discussion:

Source

They aren't going to walk away from payments by smartphone and or put themselves or major financial institutions at risk so a tiny fraction of their users can fiddle around with software. From a business perspective, this totally makes sense.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PunishedSnake:
Don't need to since package disabled pro
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
I understand you. I also enjoy features you had described but most of them aren't so important.

We can discuss about losing warranty after root but in each case it is a complication when you have any issue.

Yes, I miss big caller image. But you're wrong if you say that HD ROM has it OK. There are also issues with displaying caller number in latest builds.

I have big experience with rooting and ROMs, I'm a member of Omega team :)

This thread is for people which would to like to have features from rooted ROMs but, for any reason, don't want to root.

Why I'm waiting with root? E.g. I have issues with recent button. If I have root I couldn't say if the issue depends on the root or not. Now I can just contact Samsung and make him to solve it.

I'm using all described features and it works for me. I don't see ads in application with one exception, battery is OK, PackageDisabler works as expected...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
May you explain it please? I suppose you mean adb "something" :) to hide or disable application but I don't know exact usage. Can you share your knowledge?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] rmyc:
root is a must, i might as well use ios. even their jailbreak is more stable. its bs all the talk about samsung pay, it doesnt even work with root due to the knox so its not the reason why they are locking it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] o0adam0o:
Package Disabler Pro is an app that can dissable any app on the phone. It prevents the app from opening at all and using up your memory. However it does not completely delete the app. It does not require root and is available at the Play store. It is not free. It's similar to freezing apps with Titanium Backup.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paolo83:
I need root to:

adaway

some tasker action (disable airplane mode when I get off alarm, disalble 4G when the phone connects to wifi)

uninstall bloat

use an app (allstream) that allows to stream the audio (youtube/spotify ecc) to my htpc (raspberry with kodi). Like airplay. is possible without root?

If is it possible to have all this without root I would be happy because i dont want to get knox 0x1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hgneto:
Guys million dollar question: does the Samsung Pay works if I root the device?

No need for a custom recovery, just need ROOT.

Thanks,

Neto
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Denis Meissner1990:
For root you have to flash TWRP and then SuperSU that trips Knox 0x1 ->Samsung Pay broke

Root without that is not possible at the moment

Thanx for the Million Dollar :D

Greets
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hgneto:
I was talking about the Exynos version, which Chainfire already released the Root... Is it possible, in the exynos version, to have root and have samsung pay???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
No. Root in any Galaxy device since the S4 trips Knox, and Knox is required for Samsung Pay to work. It doesn't matter which SoC the device has.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hgneto:
Hmmm.. Thank you.

That's really sad.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Billy64:
Between having Root or Samsung pay, my choice is obvious... ROOT
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
You can disable (not uninstall) bloatware with Package Disabler Pro

Unfortunatelly you cannot switch the settings of airplane, 4G etc. without root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] diosjeremy:
Is there a way to add other apps to split screen with out root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] beezar:
One big advantage to root in my opinion is you can change settings that can potentially increase battery life. For example, with my Note 4, flashing a customized kernel and adjusting settings dramatically increased battery life over plain stock. Now with these reports of the Snapdragon version of the S7 getting not so great battery life, root, if it can be achieved, may help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] B1aze:
This will be the first phone since 2011 that I don't root. With my local credit union getting on board with Samsung Pay (they announced it a week before the Unpacked event, I was ecstatic) and being able to FINALLY use it, it closed the deal on not rooting for me. Honestly, I'm actually incredibly pleased with this phone, just disabled a few things in Package Disabler Pro and it was near perfect. Some of the things I used Xposed for like tinting the status bar, gravity box & greenify I can live without, since more apps are updating their design, and with the bigger battery in the S7 battery life is no problem. With Greenify and a custom kernel on the S6 I still only got around 15 hours, and yea I know smaller battery yadda yadda. I had Greenify on the S7 the first day then decided to delete it to see what would happen. And without it I'm still getting like 22 hours out of the phone. Ads don't bother me that much because in-app ads I never see since if I like the app I usually go for the paid version anyway. YouTube background playback? I've got a GPM subscription with YTRed. I'm actually really pleased (and surpised) with how nearly perfect the phone is.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Found this app in the s7 edge forum, completely blocks ads in apps and browser and its free https://block-this.com/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devries:
But I need root to use ice box...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KenHua:
It works on my S7! Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] annson08:
Isn't there earlier reports about the systemless root of chainfire stating that samsung pay still works with it? Although that was unintentional.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KaptainRandom:
Thanx
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] viruzth:
I think it's a scam... nothing happen. I'm going back to AdGuard.

And yeah, I subscribe. It's worth.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mediatech1:
S7 TB & Helium [Sprint] dilemma

Good points. Do you know if there is a way to take a TB backup and import it via Helium, so you could restore all of that data to your new [locked] S7 [Sprint]???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] InterFace86:
Didnt root my S5 for 1,5 years and wont root my S7 also.

Custom roms/kernels and all kind of messing around is the past (nexus5 , htc one , etc , etc) when phones needed to be modified badly for working normaly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Scam? What are you talking aboot? The app works perfectly fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
I'm not sure. I made Helium backup on my S6 and restored on S7. You must forbif root otherwise Helium isn't working well
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] yellowsn0w:
I don't know if you're aware but tripping knox only voids software warranty not hardware. And it's very hard/impossible to brick a phone through software now a days.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pottyvick:
You're using it on the s7? I click start and it does nothing
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
I wish you were true... In Czech Republic you have serious issues with warranty if you have KNOX 0x1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Yes, clicking start is all you do, it should ask you something about a vpn and you have to click ok but that's it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] XavierAD:
I did not Know this at all
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] viruzth:
a little bit out of topic. but I promise this is the last one.

same thing happened to me.

it ask nothing, the button became green. and it does nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Reinstall and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Marino Pacheco:
Power Toggles is a solution for the circle battery and also to hace quick toggles on lock screen.

Thanks a lot fot the Apps suggestions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hgneto:
What about doing a systemless root to the s7? It has been done with the S6 and it doesn't trip knox!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] VIRGIN KLM:
I'm sorry but though I respect that this is your opinion I think this is rather flawed thinking of rooting in general.

I heavily doubt that people consider as equals removing bloatware to freezing bloatware. When I don't want something in my phone I want it to just disapear, like it was never there. I find the "freezing/disabling" option more as a hopeless last resort workaround than a solid alternative option. It's like ostrichism, just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. I could have any other app on my device on it's place, I don't need an app that I don't want to occupy space for nothing. It's like buying a product with a plastic wrapper that you can only fold around it and not get rid of it.

It doesn't work as good or in the same way as any root option. It's also a hit or miss. Unless there's some serious change to Android as an OS itself serious and proper app backup/restore applications will always be a root thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
There is no practical benefit to uninstalling vs disabling bloatware. It is installed in the /system partition which has a fixed size and is not accessible for app data or user data. If you remove bloatware from that partition, you literally get none of that space back, so there is no practical value to doing so. Unless it's a mental thing... I'm like that about certain things too!

But for many of us, disabling is just fine. I wouldn't root my device only to remove bloatware I could disable.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
I used wrong title. I should write "If you don't want root..." insteda of "Why not root"

My article id for people which like root possibilities but for any reason have concerns to root. E.g. in my country is very hard to enforce warranty if you have KNOX 0x1. Yes, only software warranty should be lost but Samsung Czech resufes any warranty repair if you have rooted the phone. My good friend wasn't able to reclaim detached screen :(

So please understand the article as a recipe for people which don't want to root but want some facilities connected to root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kenshin11212:
I used to root to just put a stock Android rom on the phone. But these custom UI's have started actually become stable and have nice features that I root so I can help my battery last longer by using Greenify and disabling things via Titanium.

The only thing that's keeping me from rooting my S7 so far is that I won't be able to use Samsung Pay anymore, which is something I've come to really enjoy with my new phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] VIRGIN KLM:
Well, I meant to say (I left it being assumed) that you can resize the /system partition using a script after that and gain quite alot. I did it on most of my Android devices, especially those Samsung Tabs that come with a parade of bloatware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PunishedSnake:
Why do you need root?

Android does so much more than ios without root
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pug1:
Hi can any one suggest a good app for network speed indicator in the status bar. Not rooted

Thanks

Edit... Internet Speed Meter from the app store is very near the xposed app. Sorry should have searched first ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
And I'll add a link for easier searching: Internet Speed Meter
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] beezar:
Just thought of another root app I have a hard time living without: cf.lumen. Although supposedly Android N probably will have night mode which will be similar, but Chainfire's cf.lumen is just awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] winhhh:
Doesn't rooting your phone break a whole heap of features?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Warranty (depending upon your country's laws), Knox, Samsung Pay.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Corwinder:
All of which I could live without.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] exocetdj:
Root is great. It allows features like v4a which u can vastly improve sound quality and volume. Although I must admit I was happy to see an equaliser in Google play music lol.

As previously mentioned it let's you remove bloat ware. This is my main reason for wanting to root.

I'm hanging on before rooting as I may sell the s7 for the htc 10 as I want a phone I can flash Roms on but I have been told there will be eventually development for the International SM-G930F at least soon. The vr is awesome however so this just may keep me here lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mediatech1:
S7 Helium vs root and TB

Let ask this another way. My last query was about trying to import TB data into an S7 via Helium. So...... can you take the application data you have on a Note 5 and via Helium [?] import that data on to your apps in the S7? I'm trying to weigh the pros\cons of moving from my Note 5 which I have rooted and tweaked, but hate not having enough storage, to the S7 which allows more storage, is faster, but won't have root for the forseeable future. I loathe the thought of having to try and get all my application data on the S7 happening again from scratch. Also, what's the difference between Carbon and Helium? Thoughts anyone? Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
It'll restore data just fine, carbon was renamed to helium.

However im having trouble backing up on my s7, says its asking for some desktop password, strange. I could restore data from my previous phone but i can't backup.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Huey85:
anyway to block youtube ads without root+xposed? I was using Youtube Adaway on my rooted S6. But with my S7, I tried Adguard Premium and it won't block Youtube ads. Also, Adguard is a MAJOR battery killer.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] melliwuk:
Actually, if you copy your favorite apps into the system drawer you delete the bloatware apps from they become classed as system apps then you make use of the freed system storage space while using less of your normal storage space...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] blogness:
The biggest reason for root for me is definitely Viper4Android. Music can sound infinitely better with it if you know what you're doing. No other "equilizer" comes close to even 1% of v4a's ability. It's the one thing this phone actually needs too because the sound quality is subpar at best. At this point, I keep my S4 on me as an mp3 player because it's that big of a difference. If I could root the phone I would likely stay with the stock rom and just install v4a. There are workarounds for pretty much everything else I would want root for. The only other thing I can possibly come up with is that I can't use my ps3 controller.