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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] Milimbar:
dbrand was kind enough to ship me some skins for review for both the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

I figured I would post the reviews here on XDA to help the most people I could, here goes.

For the Samsung Galaxy S7 I have the Black Carbon Fiber skin, front and back, with accents.

For the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge I have the Blue Carbon Fiber with accents.

The skins arrived in simple plastic sleeves with a dbrand insert and the skin itself.

Once you open these the first thing you will notice is the skins have a texture.

The carbon fiber really looks and feels like carbon fiber.

The printing on these skins is second to none, they all look realistic.

The cutouts on the speaker grill, camera, and sensors are perfect.

The application of this skin is the easiest yet.

All you have to do is place the camera cover (accents) on.

Then just use the 3M paper to keep the entire skin from sticking as you align the camera cutouts.

Realign the paper sideways and align the bottom of the phone.

Remove the paper completely.

Finally use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat up the edges and press them into place.

I used a heat gun on the lowest setting, a hair dryer may take slightly longer.

Just in case you do not believe how easy the install is, I have made a video of me installing one.

Remember I have no extra experience doing this, it is this easy.

Installation video.

Once installed you will really see how perfect dbrand made these skins.

Every cutout and edge will be exactly where it should be.

There are no overlapped places or short edges.

I have used both Skickwraps and dbrand and in my opinion dbrand has done a much better job with their skins.

If anyone is considering skins, dbrand is the way to go.

At $9.95 for just the back and $18.95 for the back, accents, and front, these are a great price.

https://dbrand.com/shop/galaxy-s7

https://dbrand.com/shop/galaxy-s7-edge

I hope this review will help someone.

Please ask any questions you want, I will try and answer if I can.

Here are some pictures of the final product.

(The pictures are large so I have hidden them until you click to keep the thread clean.)

Back

Power button side

Bottom

Volume buttons side

Top

Front

Home Button

Speaker and cutouts

PS I am still amazed at how exact the cutouts and sides are.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] xTee:
The brown wood it looks awesome on S7. Is classy, but i like the concrete one too. How is the grip with the carbon one?

image source: http://www.androidu.ro/mi-am-aplicat-un-skin-dbrand-pe-galaxy-s7/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] berserkergr:
I can tell that the concrete one is amazing. I don't know if it's me... but proximity sensor hate me... always near, it's kind of problematic to dial number during a call..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] ere1nion:
Got the black one that was in special ( black mate and carbon fiber for 10$) Feel is nice, look is great. But just realise now that the camera lens cover, slided on the back..... no residu on the lens tho. will try to reapply. But that is my only complain, fit well with rhinoshield bumper case.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] RiTCHiE007:
They ship you free skins because then you gonna spam all forums for them and thats easy advertizing for them. First of all them D brand skins are overpriced and most them skins can be bought from places like ebay or aliexpress for like 2 bucks vs 15-20bucks. Maybe its just me but fools are born every day and before you make reviews of things you get for free, you should ask your self if you would have bought it at retail price. Why you think they send out all these free skins and even in every youtube video you see about mobiles shows that retarded Dbrand sponserd ad.

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Trust me dude, buy a black carbon skin on aliexpress for 90 cents and you will be way more happy. Hell i even bought the gold, red, black and chrome full skins for under 5 bucks. this is why i say a big **** you to DBRAND!!!!

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All colors carbon https://www.aliexpress.com/item/S6-S7-Full-Body-Carbon-Fiber-Skin-Cover-Decal-Sticker-For-Samsung-S6-edge-Plus-note5/32773871082.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.3.Yo8bG4&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10065_10068_10000009_10084_10000025_10083_10080_10000029_10082_10081_10000028_10110_10111_10060_10112_10113_10062_10114_10115_10056_10055_10037_10054_10033_10059_10032_10099_10078_10079_10000022_10077_10000012_10103_10073_10102_10000015_10096_10000018_10000019_10052_10053_10107_10050_10106_10051-10080,searchweb201603_2,afswitch_5,single_sort_3_price_asc&btsid=e41bf682-40e0-407d-9544-258c056e9aab

All sorts of wood skins https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Full-Body-Sticker-Case-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S7-S7-Edge-Wood-Grain-Full-Cover-Screen-Protector/32753356851.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.236.8bJLAW&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10065_10068_10000009_10084_10000025_10083_10080_10000029_10082_10081_10000028_10110_10111_10060_10112_10113_10062_10114_10115_10056_10055_10037_10054_10033_10059_10032_10099_10078_10079_10000022_10077_10000012_10103_10073_10102_10000015_10096_10000018_10000019_10052_10053_10107_10050_10106_10051-10078,searchweb201603_2,afswitch_5,single_sort_3_price_asc&btsid=4855fdd0-5fd9-47fd-8b7b-288931242808

And dont tell i didn't warn you guys by overpaying for Dbrand garbage.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] KB!:
Looks good... Nice fit.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsngregg:
Howdy all, I have an old KF here that I have bricked. I'm stuck at the logo. I'm trying to issue shell commands and I get the "- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)" error. So far I've found that this means I screwed up my /system when I tried getting this thing back to stock. I cannot remember what I was running on it earlier today.

I do know that I downloaded a factory update.zip and installed that from TWRP. I wiped everything before hand. I'm afraid wiping the SD card after installing the update.zip may have caused me to be stuck at the logo without being able to issue shell commands? I've tried the KindleFireUtility and KindleUnbrickUtility and a few things with soupkit. Nothing is working.

I seem to have found a few hints that there are indeed workarounds to this problem without having to make or buy a factory cable. I'm terrible at soldering.. much better at typing in terminals.

If there is any help out there, I would massively appreciate it.

All I want to do is read a d*** book.

-Ellison

UPDATE:

I bought a fastboot cable.

It appears that I can boot in to fastboot mode (Kindle Fire logo, green light, and screen never dims) but I think at some point, the device gets lost. I installed the android bootloader ADB drivers for the fastboot mode. If I start the kindle without the factory cable and it boots normally and sits at the logo screen forever, it gets listed as an ADB device. While the kindle is still attached, I can reboot it in to what I am assuming is fastboot mode. My Windows10 rig sees it as a composite ADB bootloader interface. But I can't get unBrickUtility to do anything... the only thing I saw it do to the kindle was wipe the userdata. Other than that, UnBrickUtility cannot see my kindle in fastboot mode.

Unplugging my factory cable and plugging it back in causes the kindle to be completely unrecognized ( unknown usb device set address failed) on Windows 10.

I have soupkit running on a netbook... it tells me that my shell is damaged, which I know is the problem. But now I'm not sure what to do next as I can't get linux (mint) to recognize my kindle in fastboot mode either.

I really hope someone out there has been here before and can help. I'd love to see this thing running back to normal again.

related image: [IMG="help"]http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/What+did+you+see_a484fb_4909175.jpg[/IMG]

UPDATE: I FIXED IT.

What ultimately saved this device was being able to get in to fastboot mode. I bough the cable, flashed FFF and TWRP from fastboot mode. I then found I could not run shell commands. I fixed this by running

fastboot oem format

from fastboot mode. Then going back in to TWRP, I was able to mount /System and was then able to use Soupkit's kindle fire utility to fix the /sdcard. The version of TWPR I was using would not flash the stock update, so I downloaded and flashed that. Afet that installed, I was able to flash the stock update and now I'm up and running again! WOO! Thank you so much for the developers here!!!

Admin: can I get the thread title so reflect the fact that I have fixed this for future users? Thank you!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
most likely need a fastboot cable

did you try command

adb devices
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsngregg:
bump for update!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arsonone:
Help

I have a question, I acquired from a guy from another repair shop a couple first gen kindle fire's and one has the red screen upon boot. I have tried to attach it to my pc and I get a USB driver error. Says can't install driver even though I have the driver installed. Also when it pops up in device manager it shows up as Otter 2 prod 4. Only thing I can think of is the person before me flashed the kindle fire hd bootloader to the device. Any ideas on a fix? I have a fastboot cable if that helps. Also when I attach the device to my computer it shows me fast boot with a flashing green light and a solid red one.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
otter 2 is kindle Fire 2 (2nd generation /2012)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arsonone:
umm...

Yeah I know, that's what I was saying. Whoever had this thing before me flashed it with the kindle fire 2 rom or whatever not entirely sure. The model number is D10400 which is the first gen. Any clue if it can be saved? Right now I can't get it to connect to my PC or I'd just flash it
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
i think Amazon used D10400 for both 1st and 2nd generation fires

at least there have been several people ask about a D10400 with a 2nd generation bootloader, trying to flash 1st generation bootloader has always ended up with a bricked device

but if it doesn't connect to pc now, cannot do anything anyways
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arsonone:
It's a paperweight now lol. I got it to connect and flashed FFF to it as well at the rest of the software needed and when I typed in reboot into the fastboot cli it went dark and wont power back on now...oops lol
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
yep
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsngregg:
... still need help. Can't seem to find any straight-forward threads on fixing partitions and/or /shell.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
don't use Unbrick utility, it doesn't work with newest versions 6.3.3 or 6.3.4

How to flash twrp and firefirefire with a Fastboot cable
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsngregg:
Currently, I'm able to attempt to flash the stock ROM.

I was able to fix the /sdcard by first running the "fastboot oem format" command in fasboot mode and then mouting /System in TWRP enabled being able to run shell commands. So I fired up my "bug" (a netbook running Mint) and had Soupkit fix sd card problems. That worked.

Now I'm stuck at not being able to flash the stock ROM because of a

E: unknown command [err_string]
getProp("ro.build.product") == blaze
E: unknown command [err_string]
E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/update-kindle..... .zip'
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] dkstinger:
Hi

Just out of interest, where does hermes store the call duration times?

This can be viewed here: Start -> Settings -> Device Information -> Call Duration

I have flashed my JasJam like a thousand times lately, but the counters here seem to be untouched totally. Are these stored in a seperate ROM?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] VivaErBetis:
It's stored in the Radio ROM. There is a post that explain how you can reset these counters:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=314262
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] dkstinger:
Thanks! :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robshr:
I have posted a link to 2 different boot animations. I'd like them combined the first named boot animation is an outline of Andy that flashes different colors with the word android below and the 2nd is the stock marshmallow b.a. What I would like is to have the stock mm one right above andy and the word marshmallow below the word android but still with the animations. If anyone is willing to do it out would be greatly appreciated and you can take full credit for the animation and of your like a donation I be willing to

Thanks Rob

https://mega.nz/#F!bsAC2JYA!YWJyLk5syb0hsraYt6905w
[XDA Assist] aj_baker00:
I rooted my Studio G and put Team Win Recovery Project as my custom recovery. I wiped the Dalvik Cache, System, Cache, and Data partitions before trying, and failing, to flash my first ROM. Now i have a "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to...." error when i boot into custom recovery. I think that i just need a compatible ROM for my device to fix it, and if that's the case, i would greatly appreciate any link(s) to one that i can download. Thanks!!
[XDA Assist] Art Vanderlay:
Hi and welcome to XDA!

I couldn't find much information about your device here except this thread

[BLU STUDIO G D790U] Owner's Thread

Try posting your query there. Hopefully the experts may be able to help you.

Good luck :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] raptor xx:
I know I know what a noob question we have here ! it's just I am new to nano sims , I received my galaxy s7 edge yesterday, I took my old sim today to a near mobile shop to have it cut and when i went home i tried to install it but it didn't fit inside my phone I tried with some pressure but it just didn't so I had to cut a little bit more of its width and apparently I went so far now its length fits in the sim holder but its width is short...what I want to say is the sim doesn't stick to the holder it's loose , I took the holder out several times to make sure that the sim didn't fall inside the phone and it didn't, I am a little bit obsessive can a loose sim card affect phone performance? causing lag, bad signal, whatsoever?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] raptor xx:
thx for your reply, mine is not that bad tho, but this cannot affect performance right? and by performance I don't mean only network performance I mean performance in general
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Brava27:
No. Never. Absolutely not. It's not even a legit chance.

Sent from my Star-Tac
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] raptor xx:
that why I indicated that I am noob,I am kinda ignorant when it comes to smartphones :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] raptor xx:
OK thank u for your help
[Verizon LG V10] Odie21:
Starting tomorrow

http://www.droid-life.com/2016/03/23/lg-v10-marshmallow-update-verizon/
[Verizon LG V10] the waco kid:
Please let this be true
[Verizon LG V10] planetbeen:
Lucky!! (if it's true...)

Sent from my pretty nifty brand new LG V10
[Verizon LG V10] 666syco:
It's up already.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/lg-v10-update/
[Verizon LG V10] PUERTO_RUK:
Yep. Hopefully we can do the exact same thing that was done on the 11b to get root.
[Verizon LG V10] whitehawk66:
seems like we should turn of system updates until after it is determined it won't screw up root?
[Verizon LG V10] tomglass:
[MENTION=2233713]fire3element[/MENTION] created a thread with good info to stop OTA updates... http://xdaforums.com/lg-v10/general/how-to-disable-updates-otas-t3289145
[Verizon LG V10] LBJM:
Looks like root came in time, I've already renamed otacerts.zip to block auto updating.
[Verizon LG V10] whitehawk66:
Yeah...I saw that post. Thanks

Seems to me there should be an APB posted so everyone knows....

Or maybe by keeping this thread as the most recent, that'll do
[Verizon LG V10] corporal_hades:
no WiFi calling...wtf VZW
[Verizon LG V10] 666syco:
WHAT they cut us on Wi-Fi calling those a$$ clowns always find a way to f@€£ us.
[Verizon LG V10] aerichards1977:
Live now. 988.1MB
[Verizon LG V10] starvenmarven:
Got my notification. Now have to wait till we get root for it
[Verizon LG V10] JimiGEE:
Thats weird. Right before I rooted, I checked for an OTA update - and I was shown nothing for update. So I proceeded to root. Even with the VZW Upgrade assistant tool - it still shows nothing. I am on East Coast. Anyone else not receive update or have?
[Verizon LG V10] starvenmarven:
Im on east coast to. NY .will check my wifes phone as soon as she will let me but i rooted hers to lol
[Verizon LG V10] freebird_78:
Update available here, but am rooted. Downloading 11b KDZ to unroot.
[Verizon LG V10] jcamel24:
10 days after root. Coincidence? Lol

Anyway, does anyone know if we can flash back to 5.1.1 with the KDZ?

I know I didn't have this problem with my G2, but just wanna be sure before I take the update
[Verizon LG V10] SplicedX:
It's live in NJ!
[Verizon LG V10] Haxcid:
its installing right now here in SoCal..

998 meg and change... over my throttled work Wi-Fi... going to be a while..
[Verizon LG V10] dr_w:
For those of you who upgrade, do me a solid and see if the fingerprint sensor allows you to instantly unlock by just placing your finger on the sensor like the 6P/5X versus pressing the power button. THanks.
[Verizon LG V10] mcbeat257:
It's live in Virginia! Pretty sure it's live everywhere now!

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I just confirmed OTA update for root is not working.
[Verizon LG V10] Orca2040:
I don't seem to have it here in Utah yet.
[Verizon LG V10] sigmaxaa:
Downloading now in Dallas
[Verizon LG V10] emtownsend:
Where do you grab the non-rooted 11B in order to return to root?
[Verizon LG V10] gregory_classy:
Is unrooting your phone really worth getting Marshmallow?
[Verizon LG V10] jbraft:
Just finished downloading in SF bay area.....now do I install? Any issue feedback yet?
[Verizon LG V10] emtownsend:
That question is echoing in my empty head right now. I am weighing what root has done for me, personally, vs what Android 6.0 might do. I'm just not using root much, although I am sure others are....
[Verizon LG V10] THADDIUS25:
Has anyone tried downloading and installing the update while rooted?
[Verizon LG V10] Orca2040:
Has anyone not been able to get the update like me?
[Verizon LG V10] the waco kid:
Update is live in California, can we use temp unroot then take Ota then re Root? I'm willing to try if the chance of brick in is low.
[Verizon LG V10] emtownsend:
Yes. Failure, but not critical. It directed me to use VZW Upgrade Assistant, which "found no update" (LOL). No ill affect at all.
[Verizon LG V10] mooglepimp:
As an unlimited data user, being able to bypass the Hotspot lock is worth it for me to stay rooted. Foxi has random disconnect issues that I've run into on the v10. That, and being able to adblock. I already greenified and gotten longer battery, so Doze doesn't really appeal to me.
[Verizon LG V10] Kylewolf:
So has anyone tried rooting the 6.0 update yet using the same process as 11b?
[Verizon LG V10] symyn:
I was rooted, did the update using LG UP to the 11b kdz, then downloaded the marshmellow update, it installed but my phone has been on the Verizon loading screen for the last 5 minutes... this isn't looking good.
[Verizon LG V10] mcbeat257:
The best chance as of now is to unroot your phone (flash the kdz stock of 11B) and then update directly to marshmallow.
[Verizon LG V10] emtownsend:
Just for further info, the error I get is after reboot and it attempts to install, I get Er: 0X1125000 and it reboots.
[Verizon LG V10] Lowhari:
Just got the update in Utah :)
[Verizon LG V10] kendive:
Why would you want to loose root just to have this update? No way am I doing that.
[Verizon LG V10] emtownsend:
Where is the stock 11B? Thanks!
[Verizon LG V10] freebird_78:
http://xdaforums.com/lg-v10/general/kdz-download-lollipop-kdz-10c-lg-servers-t3332348
[Verizon LG V10] scififan68:
It does have wifi calling snuck right in as I saw it in the settings, so they really did add it into the update.

No you still have to press the power button, but it seems to unlock a lot faster now and it may be more accurate as well. :good:
[Verizon LG V10] Orca2040:
I'm still not getting the update, oddly enough. =/
[Verizon LG V10] mcbeat257:
Any screenshots/reviews of the update?
[Verizon LG V10] whitehawk66:
Ad blockers and debloat of crapton of crap.

Mandatory IMO
[Verizon LG V10] IamPro:
Anyone try to root after taking the update?
[Verizon LG V10] nateilus:
Is it just me or is the fingerprint sensor 1,000,000 times better after the update? My phone vibrates indicating is it unlocked prior to the screen even lighting up. It is lightening fast now.
[Verizon LG V10] BurtGummer:
On lock screen, I am getting "Unable to use fingerprints" message...?
[Verizon LG V10] CyanJustice:
My question is, did the update give better recognition? The fingerprint sensor has always been relatively fast, but most have had issues with it forgetting your prints 24 hours or so later, forcing you to re-enter your prints every couple of days.
[Verizon LG V10] freebird_78:
Same thing happened here. My solution (which seems to be working so far) was to pull battery, factory wipe. At least I'm at "Android is starting"... Going to try an LG restore when it's back.
[Verizon LG V10] symyn:
Yea I had to do a factory reset but hey I AM ON MARSHMELLOW.

This is noticeably faster then LP. IMO.
[Verizon LG V10] THADDIUS25:
Is there any other way to go back stock without a pc
[Verizon LG V10] Animalthewolf:
Just got the update here in AZ.
[Verizon LG V10] nemesis624:
Does foxfi still work after marshmallow update?

So Mooglepimp or anyone else in this forum who has updated the V10 to Marshmallow, I would just like to know if foxfi continues to work?

Thanks,
[Verizon LG V10] Animalthewolf:
I'm a Verizon user on a shared data plan, and I've never seen this so called "Hotspot Lock". I've been able to wirelessly tether for a very long time.

What is it that you're all seeing? All I do is flip Mobile Hotspot on and it works flawlessly. Has since release.
[Verizon LG V10] mooglepimp:
Because you limited data users can use your data however you want to, since you have a finite amount you can use. VZW doesn't want us to tether and use our data to torrent or stream Netflix for 2hrs while we wait at the DMV

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It works on the G4 Marshmallow, so I'd bet it works on v10 6.0 as well.
[Verizon LG V10] Animalthewolf:
Ah, I see. That sucks quite a bit.

On another note... I still have Wifi calling?
[Verizon LG V10] sigmaxaa:
Only odd thing I've noticed after the update is that, upon each reboot, I can't initially unlock the phone with the fingerprint sensor when the screen is off - I have to enter my PIN. Once that initial unlock has been done, the fingerprint sensor will unlock the phone when the screen is off.

The only odd thing I've found so far.
[Verizon LG V10] Animalthewolf:
I noticed this myself. My password for unlocking is fairly long as well. Kinda annoying that I have to unlock initially.
[Verizon LG V10] sigmaxaa:
Thankfully, mine is only 4 digits so it's only mildly annoying. I could see having a fairly long one would be a whipping!
[Verizon LG V10] bantzt:
They do this for security reasons. This way, say the government, can't gain access with your fingerprint after it has been rebooted. iPhones have been doing this for a little while and it is a great security feature. Sure, putting in my long password will be a bit of a pain. But it is only after I swap batteries and I'm already spending the time to do this, so an extra 5 seconds won't kill me.
[Verizon LG V10] dakpluto:
This is borrowed from Apple. iPhones have the same security requirement. First boot always requires PIN first. Same with first app store purchase.
[Verizon LG V10] wahdoy:
Revert Back to 11B

Is it possible to revert back to 11B and root if I have already updated to Marshmellow?