yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Misterjunky:
re: latest version of Odin3

You don't have the latest Odin3... Here is a download link for Odin3 v3.11.1

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24572369242686812

Unrar this odin3 and be sure that you have both the "EXE" and the "ini"

file in the same folder as the TAR and or the MD5 files you want to flash.

Good luck again...

Have a nice evening!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Ogawa:
It might be a few days til I can find a pc, but I'll try that.

Many thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Donmitsos:
i checked oem unlock and usb debugging. i booted in recovery and wipe data/factory reset. I opened odin, flashed twrp 3.0.2.2, succeded but when i press volume up and home button it boots normally... what am i doing wrong and i dont get the twrp recovery? please help
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] ASHLEY117:
From phone off press power, volume and home button.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Donmitsos:
it wasnt that... i shouldnt power on usb debugging... i did it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Misterjunky:
re: twrp / root

Your problem has nothing to do with enabling usb debugging.

USB debugging and OEM unlock needs to be enabled too.

1: Download the latest version of SuperSU by Chainfire. (SuperSU-v2.74-2-2)

Here is the download link for SuperSU:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24572369242686197

2: Odin flash TWRP v3.0.2-2 TAR file.

3: Without allowing the phone to exit TWRP, flash

SuperSU v3.74-2 using the INSTALL function in TWRP.

Good luck,

Have a great day!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] julien32:
Hey guys I dont understant what no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip do.

if I flash it, would I be able to use the standard android encryption to protect my data?

and then make backups/restore with TWRP ?

also should I update the phone before rooting it? (the phone is new)

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] m749:
Hi,

I have created TWRP recovery backups for my G935F before phone crashed. I got new phone from insurance, so I have changed recovery folder numbers for TWRP backups to be recognized on new phone. But when restore completes without any errors, phone doesn't recognize SIM card, always shows that it is not inserted and doesn't find any wifi networks. What's the problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Misterjunky:
re: phone issues

That's because when you backed up your other phone with twrp it saved your IMEI

number, the IMEI number is specific for every phone and you cannot create a twrp

backup and restore it successfully into a different phone even if it's the same make

and model.

Your best bet is to boot the phone and connect to usb then copy everything

you need to your computer into an empty folder then download the official

samsung G935F firmware..

Then do a full wipe in recovery mode & do a factory reset

and odin flash the official Samsung G935 S7 Edge firmware.

Good luck,

Have a great day!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Cyricks:
Hey everyone!

I got an issue during recover my Backups. First i create an Backup ( klicking Backup, ticking Boot, Data, System, EFS) Backup is createt succsesful. But if restore an Backup (full wipe, clicking restore, ticking Boot Data, System, EFS) my Statusbar, Notification Panel and Background are gone. So the Backup is unusable. Does anyone have an Idea whats going wrong? An mistake on my side?

Im on the latest TWRP and on 935F

Any Help is welcome!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] force70:
Why are you clicking on anything when you restore other than the backup file itself?

Just restore the backup, ticking nothing except that file

Sent from my Note 5, Nexus 6P or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Cyricks:
Oh, thats all? Then i missunderstood. I selected my Backup and under choose Partitions to restore, i checked the boxes for Boot/Data/System/EFS. I dont have to do that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Misterjunky:
re: status bar disappearing after twrp restore

I used to have the exact same issue with my statusbar disappearing after twrp backup & twrp restore.

It only happens if you have customized the statusbar with certain custom icons and or

using an addon mod or certain functions in rom control app in some roms.

I have found an easy fix for the problem, I done a full backup using "Flashfire" which

creates a twrp flashable zip file so when I want to restore a flashfire backup I use the

"install" option in TWRP to flash the flashfire backup zip file which is inside the flashfire

folder in your internel or external sdcard.

Backing up using flashfire and restoring using twrp's install option does not mess up

the status bar or anything else.

Using TWRP to restore flashfilre backups is optional, you can also use Flashfire to

restore backups made with Flashfire as well but for me it's just easier to flash a

flashfire backup zip file in twrp than doing it the other way.

TWRP is perfectly compatible with flashfire for restoring/flashing flashfire zip file backups.

This statusbar icon issue only exists if we use certain customized statusbar mods or certain

features in some rom control apps.

This statusbar issue is very rare and most people will never have this issue.

Give it a try, I guarantee if you use flashfire to backup your rom you will be able to

restore it without messing up the statusbar using twrp's "install" option to restore

your zip file backup made with flashfire.

Be sure to do a full wipe and factory reset in twrp before flashing the flashfire backup zip file.

I am using many custom statusbar mods in my phone so my statusbar is highly customized.

My personal opinion is that there is a very minor issue in twrp which is causing this problem.

Good luck,

Have a great day!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] force70:
No you dont.

Just click the backup file and restore as you would have already chosen what is backed up when you did the backup.

Sent from my Note 5, Nexus 6P or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Cyricks:
Trank you very much for your Help! I will try both options before i have to do a clean flash. So Its not bad at all if it wont succes. Of course i have a modded Statusbar and I remember my last succsesful restored Backup was before i used any Mod. Thanks for your Time and detailed solution!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] julien32:
Just for the info, twrp-3.0.2-2 does NOT work with a G935FD

I had a redscreen trying to boot in TWRP, only way to reboot was with the adb command adb reboot and flash twrp-3.0.0-0

twrp-3.0.0-0 works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Ashray_Vk:
Works for me just fine. I'm using the G935FD.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] julien32:
ha ok!

I think they are different G935FD ..? I order mine from ebay / honk kong

on http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935F/ with G935FD filter you can see different Product code :

DPL , TTR, DDE
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] prosperot:
Thats the CSC country / provider code... its however the same hardware device

TWRP 3.0.2.2 works fine for my G935FD too...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Cyricks:
Hey, thanks for this great workaround with Flashfire!

I played a little to much with some Mods and my UI messed

up. xD but I created an Backup with Flashfire, flashed the ZIP

and el voila, everything comes back! Statusbar, Notification Panel, everything! Easy, fast and everything is working well!

Thank you very much!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] stevae:
i wonder if a few of you guys, who are more familiar with twrp, can help me out? i received my replacement s7e yesterday, from a warranty failure. they couldn't fix the waterproofing situation, so i got a brand new s7e. i ran some tests on it most of yesterday and all day today, and decided it was all good. so i went ahead and rooted it using cf autoroot, and then added twrp. afterwards, flashed the newer boot loader and modem for renovate 2.0, and then tried to restore my twrp backup of my last system.

but it seems to be having some problems. first i tried to just go to restore, but it does NOT see my backups at all, even though i have navigated to the twrp folder using root browser, and my backups are in there. when i click on restore, there's just an empty space. i have selected internal sd, then back to ext sd card, and it is still blank. this is confusing, because i have done this a thousand times before, without problem. so i'm wondering if i did something wrong in flashing twrp, but can't think of anything, as i followed all the steps correctly.

so then, in twrp, i clicked the install button instead of restore, and navigated to my ext. sd card/ twrp/ backups. then i tried to flash my latest backup manually, but it didn't work. it shows all my backups in the folder, but when i choose my backup and click install, it does nothing. it just keeps switching from "install zip" to "install image", and back to "install zip" again, and again.

why wouldn't the restore section see my backups, which are clearly there in the twrp/backups folder? and what possible reasons would it refuse to install my backups in the install section?

later, it did installed renovate r55 from my sd card, and it also installed jesse kernel v0.5 as well. but it will not install my twrp backup. i've never had this problem before, and i have pretty much exhausted all of my ideas of what to do. i appreciate anyone who might shed some light on this for me. cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Ker~Man:
Steeevvvaaaeee!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] xXx:
For each device TWRP creates an individual folder to store the backups. On my device it looks like /TWRP/BACKUPS/9885e65358365a5755

On your new device TWRP expect the backups in a different folder and there don't show your backups in the restore view. I would recommend to make a backup of your current system and after that you will find that in a completely different folder. Biw you know how the folder have to look like and can copy the backup files from your old device to the new folder.

Now, and that's very IMPORTANT, DON'T RESTORE THE EFS!!!!!!

That's most probably the reason why TWRP us using this folder logic to prevent such kind of EFS accidents. Also one of the good aspects of this logic is that you can make backups of let's say 5 different devices using the same OTG connected USB Stick and on restore you will only see the device specific backups to be restored.

I never tried all that but I'm pretty confident that this is your issue and the right solution.

Edit: Before all this create an EFS backup of your device with a dedicated EFS backup tool. I'm using wanams tool from the playstore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.efs Fortunately, I never had to check if the restore is working :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kimbaroth:
Greetings.

I installed TWRP succesfully 2 days ago, then after some modifications to the system I had to re-flash stock rom (SM-G935F) and after the installation, I booted normally and everything worked fine. After that I booted into Download Mode and installed TWRP again, everything went fine, but when I try to boot into recovery mode, stock recovery pops in.

I checked the OEM unlocking and USB Debugging options before flashing TWRP, and nothing.

Anyone else knows how to solve this???

Best regards!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] suraj-b:
can anyone compile twrp for me(knight 2 device).sorry for posting here .i can provide stock files.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kimbaroth:
Well, returning to my question, I flashed TWRP and now it boots correctly into the recovery, but its not detecting my internal storage, ergo, I can't flash anything.

When I boot into system, everything works fine, it's just TWRP that it's not detecting my Internal Storage.

Can anyone please tell me what to do???

Best regards!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Geoz:
Did you wiped everything?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kimbaroth:
Nope, I'm gonna reinstall the stock rom again, what do I need to do after that to make TWRP work succesfully???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Geoz:
If you want internal storage or data to work in TWRP:

Go to [Wipe] -> [Format Data] (not advanced wipe) -> type "yes".

WARNING: This will wipe your internal storage, disable encryption, and factory reset your phone!

Go to [Reboot] -> [Recovery].

Best is to follow the full guide http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/recovery-official-twrp-herolte-t3333770
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kimbaroth:
I tried reflashing stock rom, enabled oem unlock, and from odin (ran it as admin), flashed twrp-3.0.2-2-hero2lte.img.tar in AP, and everything was flashed correctly, but when I enter the recovery, all I get is the stock recovery.

What's happening?? D=
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Geoz:
You don't need to run odin as admin. Anyway I think where you get it wrong is
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kimbaroth:
Hmmmm no, because when I push those buttons, It sends me to the stock recovery, the odd thing is that when I flash it, everything installs smoothly without any errors, but when i try to access TWRP, It sends me to stock recovery.

Another off thing is that, If I flash CF-Auto-Root-hero2lte-hero2ltexx-smg935f via ODIN, everything works fine, supersu works properly, but when I try to access TWRP after installing it, it sends me to stock recovery.

What a head ache. D=
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Geoz:
I think you don't get it. You Hold [Volume Up] + [Home] buttons near the end of the flash, and keep holding them until you are in recovery and if you did hold until you are in recovery you'll not re-enter recovery then you'll be in recovery and you'll not need to enter after flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kimbaroth:
I still don't get it, I keep pressed VOL UP + HOME after the end of flash and it reboots, but nothing happens, I boot into system.

I already tried it thrice.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] s8freak:
Listen just untick auto-reboot and after flashing TWRP power down then use the button combo power>volume up>home

"And on that bombshell!"

Sent from my Gorgeous Echoe Powered AEL Kernel Driven G935F
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kimbaroth:
YESSSS, FINALLY!!!

They key was pressing the power button, thank god this got sorted out.

THANK YOU!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] JazonX:
Hi Guys,

My TWRP cannot read anything in internal Data, which results in being unable to clear or wipe cache and Dalvik Cache.

I understand that this is due to forced encryption in MM.

Everytime I perfectly setup my rom, Samsung releases an update and I usually dirty flash it over the existing Rom. However once the new rom gets flashed, encryption gets forced again at the first boot - resulting in TWRP being unable to read anything from internal storage.

My question - How do i continue dirty flashing stock roms, while keeping TWRP able to read internal storage ?

Any help is much appreciated, as setting up rom a from scratch is a pain!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] :
on 3.0.2-2 twrp, rename file failed in Advanced - FIle Manager with ERROR 1

Can you fix it please? thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Redmanha:
See OP - Point 11:

11.

Alternatively, if you only want a bootable system partition or writable data in TWRP:

Download dm-verity and force encryption disabler.

Without exiting TWRP, transfer no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip to your device over MTP* and flash it using [Install] in TWRP.

12.

Go to [Reboot] -> [System].

Worked for me... now i have a stock rom with readable data in twrp for backup...

Detailed instruction below:

1. enable developer-options in stock-rom

2. enable adb in developer options

3. enable OEM-Unlock

4. reboot in download-mode

5. install desired stock-rom with odin (untick auto-reboot)

6. reboot again in download-mode after for flash twrp

7. flash twrp (untick auto-reboot)

8. reboot in recovery (now should be twrp)

9. format /data in wipe - DON'T USE ADVANCED WIPES FOR THAT

10. install the mod from op - number 11 - no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip

11. reboot the system
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] JazonX:
Thanks heaps for the detailed process. So If it's a dirty flash (need to retain my app data in existing rom), I should just skip step 9, yeah ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Redmanha:
No, Step 9 is a MUST, the original /data (and with it the internal storage) is encrypted so twrp could not read/write. The patch from #10 makes the /data readable for twrp without encryption from samsung. So is is not (yet) possible to make /data read/write for twrp witout loos of data - sorry :(

But you can try following:

Root your S7 Edge - install TB and backup your data in TB
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] toole:
Please tell me how you dirty flash stock roms on the s7 edge using TWRP
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] rnpasinos:
i was wondering if it's a problem with my phone or with TWRP... my internal storage shows 0mb... tnx!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] rnpasinos:
it's now worse... i'm stuck in the twrp opening screen... can't get into twrp... can't get into download mode... :( help please!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] JazonX:
Thanks a ton for the clarification!

---------- Post added at 02:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:00 AM ----------

I flash using Odin. TWRP cannot flash Stock firmware.

Use Home_CSC in Stock Flash package to dirty flash and retain data.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] kafadek1:
First boot into recovery mode not possible

No matter how hard I try I cant get the phone to boot into recovery mode before first boot.

Even if i hold the vol up and home buttons through the flashing process via odin. The reboot never goes into recovery.

Any help?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Kevinkuensken:
Hello,

i have a Problem.I have flashed The recovery via Odin but dont work.Only samsung Recovery if i go to recovery.I have enable OEM unlock too.Can anyone help me
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] n-j-f:
Will this work to avoid losing my apps and data?

I want to have TWRP so I can make nandroid backups but I prefer not to have to do a full wipe and lose my data. I also want root.

I'm thinking of using CF Auto Root to get root. Then use Titanium Backup to backup all my apps and data to the SD card. Then install TWRP and do the necessary full wipe and finally restore my apps and data with Titanium Backup. Will that work?

TIA
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] VampiruX:
Hello,,

I still tried that but it doesn't work very well. Firstly when you restart after wiping, you have to install TB even if you have it saved before, it is not recognised as a root version. To restore root applis, you need the TB root version (not the free one), so you have to go to Google play, but to do that you have to set up all the basic Android parameters. After that, which is time consuming, you have to restore all the applis and parameters. Unfortunately, if you want to restore in one run all applis and parameters TB doesn't restore all. Why? I don't know, but at this step it becomes difficult to see what has been done or not. You have to check all applis and parameters one by one, and restore with TB or install what has not been done. It is feasible, but not an easy way.

Willingly, I tested a lot of methods, I did it once and after I reinstalled all the paying applis one by one and the others with TB. Not the best method.

I think next time I'll:

- have a Nandroid backup (of course you have to have a working rooted system with TWRP installed),

- install new firmware with Odin,

- install TWRP as advertised by OP

- and finally restore the data partition with TWRP (restore option). I am not sure it works but all other tests failed to obtain good results.

BR
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] punkmonkey1984:
Anyone know of custom roms for the Korean version(s) ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Aakash Kaushal:
Sorry for asking some noob questions..

Can i use this method in smg935w8 (bell-canada)?.

Will flashing recovery with supersu,unlock my device?

Is it safe i mean to say if rooting my contact phone wont lock my sim?..

I played 3 years rooting with s4,grand and they were contract free (unlocked) phones..but my s7edge is a contract phone..that's why im lil worried.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] force70:
Yes, your model is clearly listed in the thread title.

"flashing recovery with superSU....you have it backwards...superSU is flashed with recovery.

No..supersu will not unlock your device lol.

Just like it wont unlock your device it also will not lock your sim.

Id say based on your questions you have ALOT of reading to do before you flash anything despite your previous flashing experience.

Just some friendly advice.

Sent from my Note 5 or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] Aakash Kaushal:
Thanks for your help....one more thing i want to ask is,how to unlock s7edge for free?:p
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] force70:
Not a clue.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] schn1tt3r:
I completed all the steps including flashing "no-verity-opt-encrypt". It has been 15 minutes and the SAMSUNG animated logo is still going at it. What should I do?

EDIT: I pressed Vol down, home, and power and when it rebooted i pressed vol up home and power to get back to TWRP. I re-flashed supersu and no-verity-opt-encrypt and still stuck. Can I just flash a ROM or should I first get it to boot?

EDIT2: Did the whole process again. This time it worked. I noticed that SuperSU install took longer than when it didn't work. Maybe SuperSU didn't install correctly first time around? Just letting others know in case they get stuck same as I did.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] mevorach:
Not working for me ! flashed twrp with odin it pass but after reboot and recovery still android recovery !! nothing happened !

did the oem unlock in developer !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] BiggTeddy26:
I did this and internal storage don't work I have tried everything even the encryption fails
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] shravanchoudhary9:
need to go back official state

hi,

i rooted my international version of s7 edge. everything working fine. now its device status says "custome" due to root.

also when i checked for OTA update its says i have custom need to go service center.

so i want to go back to official setup so my status says "official" and also able to receive OTA. I think i need official tar file which i can flash in odin.

thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] force70:
Yup once rooted no OTA is possible...this is nothing new lol

Yes you can just flash your latest firmware in odin (which you can find at sammobile) and go back to official and get OTAs again however it will not reset your knox counter.

Sent from my Note 5 or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] yayalay:
hi sir I root sm-g935fd OK, but I power off , power on my phone is already bootloop, help me sir
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] ianmacd:
This is not true if you have systemless root. In that case, OTAs are still available.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Rec] force70:
I have system less on all my devices and have since it came out and have yet to be able to take an OTA.