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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] randomhkkid:
Thanks! I'm in the same boat, still holding out for a dev to release something on the forums, don't really want to risk it and honestly I'm not hating stock too much.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TigerTrader:
Same here but I hate those damn forced adds!

I believe TWRP for Qualcom will be released soon so hopefully it will be compatible with the SM-G9350?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] randomhkkid:
What sort of forced ads are you seeing? There are a couple non root adblocking VPNs you can use if you want to avoid most adverts but they will cause a persistent notification that you can't dismiss.

Oh really? Where did you hear that TWRP info?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TigerTrader:
Too many apps to list, but many if not most of them, have add banners which I find distracting & annoying. I have tried a few non-root ad blockers but was not impressed with any of them.

The info on TWRP is at http://www.androidsage.com/2016/03/14/install-twrp-on-samsung-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-and-root/ under the Download paragraph. I will keep wtching that. Hopefully in a week or two....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
I picked up a twrp on same Chinese site where Cfroot is… any one interested to looksee?. I'm too chicken as yet to run it its labeled fir g9350
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] randomhkkid:
Oh interesting! This is the thread that website is coming from http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/recovery-twrp-3-0-0-0-touch-recovery-t3334685

[MENTION=5018741]xmanz[/MENTION] I wouldn't risk it as the xda thread linked ^^^^ looks so promising.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Erritwilson:
new Chinese sm9350

Hello.

I am in Shanghai, China Just walked in and purchased a SM-G9350zcu2apd1.

Later this week I will go to Hong Kong and get the HK version to see if there is any difference.

so far I can't seem to load anything as far as Google play Services or get any of the google XDA fake out stuff on this sight to work.

The dual sim works great for my T-mobile and at&t cards as well as my 2 china sims.

I even glued a sim to a 64 gig sd card and that worked as well.

I would post it but i am currently lock out of that function

just wish i could get Google Play on this thing.

I will try more when I know I have an extra phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TigerTrader:
Here's a somewhat depressing article on the root problem:

http://www.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7-bootloader-lock-explained-you-might-not-get-aosp-after-all/

Still hoping an exploit can be found. But I really do not want to root and find, as many Exynos rooters did, that the camera is severely crippled. But it sounds like the camera issues stem from SuperuserSU and not the root image itself.

I can honestly say that if I had know in advance the root problems with the Qualcom variant of the S7 Edge I certainly would not have bought it. Very annoying!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] t-mobile_mda:
hi guys..

i have the same device (G9350) and device has no Google Play Services and tried to this appks but no success.. anyone has installed..?

my fw;

AP_G9350ZCU2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125125_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT

BL_G9350ZCU2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125125_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT

CP_G9350ZCU2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125125_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT

CSC_CHC_G9350CHC2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125125_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] randomhkkid:
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My HK version of the G9350 has baseband G9350ZHU2APD1. If you flash the AP from the HK version of the phone you should be able to use Google Play services

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http://xdaforums.com/gala...overy-t3334685

A dev has made TWRP available for the qualcomm variants of the S7, from what I gather it should work on our device however the OP hasn't responded to me yet. Considering we have an unlocked bootloader we should be able to flash the recovery and then SuperSU to achieve root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] t-mobile_mda:
i think i have the chinese fw not hong kong because my fw is G9350ZCU2APD1 (ZC is Chinese) yours; G9350ZHU2APD1 (ZH is Hong Kong)

i need to find this fw; G9350ZHU2APD1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
Interesting but I could not find where twrp was available???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] t-mobile_mda:
chcek here..

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66553112&postcount=56
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
This is going around in circles, that was my post you linked and that twrp was supposedly a working recovery for g9350 hk version. Untested.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] t-mobile_mda:
ohh i missed it.. yes it is ur post.. i think this recovery is not for this device because twrp is not detecting the internal or external storage....and if i install the supersu 2.71 over adb sideload modem baseband is UNKNOWN but device is rooted.. i really dont know what is the pb..? recovery or *.zip file..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] randomhkkid:
Ah sorry the thread link messed up here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/recovery-twrp-3-0-0-0-touch-recovery-t3334685

The download links for the TWRP files are here:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=51971

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Ah sorry I was mistaken i thinking that the AP was the firmware. I think I saw a firmware posted somewhere online, check sammobile.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] t-mobile_mda:
this recovery is not compatible with this device because device is not enter to recovery mode.. only startup screen then nothing..

Recovery Booting..

Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing

Set Warranty Bit : recovery

BTW device is not accepting the Hong Kong fw ( 4part -AP_G9350ZHU2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125266_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT

BL_G9350ZHU2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125266_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT

CP_G9350ZHU2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125266_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT

CSC_ZZH_G9350ZZH2APD1_CL7299147_QB9125266_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT ).. during flashing gives error then finishing the firmware succesfully but no power on normally.. only stucks at Samsung Logo then nothing...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] randomhkkid:
Oh that's interesting, so you flashed the recovery but it doesn't boot into it?

Not sure about the hk fw sorry, it should work because the device is identical.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] angelosabatini:
Guys I have a question : for those of you that have a dual sim phone, could you tell me what frequency band is available for the second sim (other than the GSM 2G ) and which version do you have ?

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Corto2809:
Unfortunately...no, Just bought one in Shagai, SM-G9350 it´s blocked for Google ALL...Play, chrome, etc. If anyone knows how to unblocke it....welcome. I downloaded and installed the G Play.apk....doesn´t start....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] keltonfan:
Buy from where?where is Shagai ？or what is Shagai
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Willyman:
How come we're still on the April Security Patch?! The first months updates were coming in rapidly and now it's been stuck on PD1 for ages...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] wkloh82:
are there any problem after root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Erritwilson:
Wow none of this answers my question. I have a Hong Kong based version of this device and a Chinese based version of this device. I love the Hong Kong model. I will be praying for a fix for my Chinese model. If someone is interested in it let me know. We can work out a trade or something. But I really want to try to zap this with a good rom that has Google on it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] yeokpd:
For those that are wondering, i have flashed my G9350 Chinese version 64GB with the Hong Kong firmware and its working well. Ibget all google services and 64GB. Talk about having a cake and actually able to eat it too.....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
Sounds good.

Hey just a thought ? can you look at gfan. Com. Search ? our phone ? and see if theres more on root and any problems after. It's changed site and hard to navigate.. ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
rooted

I used the s6 crom then the cf... g9350 tar through odin. it does root my sm-g9350 giving su, BUT the imei is corrupted and no wifi/data, so phone is useless. flahed back to stock AP but now knox is triggered. i can no longer receive official updates from samsung. sooooooo... sm-g9350 q820 is rootable, somebody just needs to make the tar file that will let the imei stay in tact.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] drakan_x:
Help me!

Hey man, how did you do it? It'd be awesome if you could give some directions, I've been trying to do the same since I bought my G9350 2 months ago.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dudumagic:
i take the hong kong version . But my chinese friend rooted ( i don't know how ) and now is chinese version and no google play .

I back to israel . and now i can't use , when i try install apk google service it's crashed every time .

What can help me ? ( i have the dual sim chinese rom )

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
a few post back the guy flashed honk kong firmware and got all the playstore etc you can prob find firmware for 9350hk on sammobile look at yeokpd post (above)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dudumagic:
Before my friend rooted to china root . HK version no have hebrew language .

So now have hebrew but no google play .

What can do ? and how ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] deathedge:
you should flash HK full rom (include CHPlay) for G9350 using odin.

Find that rom in samfirm and flash AP file. All rom is free for download now. Im new so can't post link :(

My G9350 work very well after that ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
Got root + Google Play + Camera + everything sm-g9350

So, get the cf-autoroot: https://www.fshare.vn/file/SJZ36CXDSMF1

Add the chrome google translate extension, and translate the page. You'll need translate page alot..

Then you need Odin 3.11 (Google it, it's a download exe for windows)

Now, you need the Aurora ROM, only one made yet for snapdragon s7 edge sm-g9350:

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1qYahUlY

password: tzxe

You will need google translate page here as well, and it'll make you sign up for baido cloud (pan.baidu.com), you'll need to register, that's tough when you can't read the language, but I figured it out. Let the 2_ Gb file download via the cloud thing over night.

Now, just open Odin, put the cf-autoroot tar in as the AP, restart your sm-g9350 and immediately press HOME/ VOL DOWN/ POWER on phone, gets into download mode, press VOL UP to confirm. Then make sure you have the samsung mobile usb drivers installed (google it), and attach phone to computer via USB cable.

When Odin says 'added', press START. Phone will restart a few times. Once it boots up, restart again into Download mode (immediately press HOME/ VOL DOWN/ POWER, VOL up to confirm). Now select the AURORA tar file as the AP.

Start and flash that, and that should do it!

I ended up trying a variation of flashing cf-autoroot tar then AURORA then cf, until I had Baseband with wifi/data working, but the above should do it if I remember right.

Next, find the Google Play files you might need, I just downloaded GAPPS for marshmallow, then extracted and searched through the folders for all the apk files, copied them to my new rooted phone sdcard. Also copied them to root system/app/ , not sure if I needed to do that.. But then installed each of those apk files from sdcard to phone, allowing all permissions. then bam, Google Play worked!

I also installed "Link2SD" from Google Play, which lets you go through bloatware, and I removed all the chinese adware apps, there was a few, and they were harmless, but annoying (like notification on chinese holidays to set your theme to that event etc..)

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
Is there any sort of recovery ? E.g.. twerp or other thanx all sounds good and what do you think about the aurora Rom ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mlkemac:
I'm using Aurora 3.0

It doesn't have too many features, but if you do a full wipe in stock recovery prior to flashing in odin, you will end up with a full functioning TWRP, allowing you full access to the internal memory for flashing .zips

It requires gapps. used latest open gapps.

no reboots. great battery. some random chinese characters here and there, but hey it's a chinese phone. can't complain too much.

gfan does seem to be the place for the latest updates for the 820 version of this phone. Hopefully there will be some international development on this model.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
aurora rom

hi thanx for feedback.so everything on phone works gps camera . sim. voice. edge stuff and all important things?

i wonder if you/we can intergrate this thread loosley into the usa snapdragon threads? as i know they have boot lock etc but may be of some help to devs... just a thought. The links do they still need an account to download ? or can you obtain links? Its just the language barrier cheers great stuff....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mlkemac:
I would say this is applicable to that thread.

I've uploaded the odin file to my google drive. I could put it elsewhere as well

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xwsX00vPReRGJNYlJlS1pVYjg/view?usp=sharing

I've not run into anything that doesn't work as expected. wifi, data, gps, camera(s), speakers, microphone, xposed, root, edge features

it's all there.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] traneupcqk:
I just only want to root my G9305 Hong kong version and use stock rom. Is there a way to do it without installing Aurora rom ?

I have heard that there were a lot of bugs when the device is rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
Why not download stock hk Rom from samobile and try that? You can allways flash orig again.....id think
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ggiraudon:
Question for any of your with a SM-G9350 :

Could you try installing the NextRadio app (or any other compatible FM radio tuner app) and tell me if it works ?

I've got a G935A that has the latest update from AT&T here and the FM radio works great.

I'm looking to buy an SM-G9350	but the FM feature is sort of a mandatory thing for me...

Anyone willing to git it a try and report ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
radio

do you mean an fm app to get fm without internet? i dont think these phones have radio fm chip but could be wrong

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i just dloaded nextradio and it does not work on my g9350....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ggiraudon:
Thanks for trying xmanz.

The SM-G9350 actually does have the required hardware. Like the G935A and G935T, it is powered by a Snapdragon 820 chipset.

The only difference is that the T-Mobile and AT&T versions have received a firmware update to enable the dormant FM receiver.

I'm sure someone out there will figure out a way to do the same on the G9350 soon.... its probably just a question of patching the next baseband image with the same patch the 935A/T have had.

One thing I dont know is if the fact that the 9350 is dual-sim has any incidence on the availability of FM.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
it's doable, i saw a setting to enable radio i just can't remember where, in root Explorer one of the xml files.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] traneupcqk:
Haha, of course i will do that when my root failed.

But i just wanna confirm that if there are any problem happen because I have heard that some people get a lot of bug after they rooted their device (Not all of people, and actually i don't know what root version they are. ) :(

Sorry, my work is kinda busy and i'm afraid of not having enough time to do factory reset and re-installing all apps. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
Theres also the option of a few posts back the complete aurora rom apparentl does recovery and all works,have a read im not doing yet as im off soon to the uk and didnt think it wise to start fiddling..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] yeokpd:
1. Download HK ROM (I used sammobile)

2. Download latest ODIN

3. I did a factory reset prior to flashing

4. Flash HK Firmware (5 parts file) using odin

5. Tick all the option per attached ODIN option.

6. After flashing and initial boot up, I went into recovery mode to wipe cache followed by factory reset.

7. Phone restarted and ready to use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pinsb:
I'm pretty sure this isn't a dual sim phone (and the seller looks as suspicious as can be), but is there a dual sim version of the batman promo version?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272280726599
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] german bratwurst:
I have the G9350ZHU2APE3 version of the SM-G9350.

But I live in Germany and I can't connect to the german mobile networks. What's the reason behind this?

Can someone please help me?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
I'll second the Aurora ROM root for sm-g9350, it works, everything, including Gear VR. Awesome ROM. Only trick was enabling Google Apps, had to use another phone's Google Translate Camera app to read the Aurora Xposed settings, and then I actually just ended up deleting the Google apps from system/app and extracting the apks from gapps arm64 6.0.1, and replacing googleframework into system/priv-app, then installing the gsmGooglePlayServices and Play Store as normal apks.

Everything works beautifully!! Adaway apk to kill all ads, Play Music is great! And Aurora rom is keeping things updated, so I assume soon the FM radio will work:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
Good stuff. Did you say that aurora ROM has ota updates? And your phone dual Sim. Cheers

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And is there Chinese stuff you can't read?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
No OTAs, here's English aroma install, for root sm-g9350, thanks Mike!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BykEHJ8urs9JT1F2SXJsLXkybG8/view?usp=sharing
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
Thanx a bunch but just to be sure this is root / recovery/aurora Rom ?? One file to Odin flash
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
Zip

This one's a zip so assumes you have the odin one already flashed, flash it through twrp. The odin aurora version is several posts back :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] xmanz:
My last question I think in Odin ap ? And does repartition need ticking?

Did you factory reset before odin?

Btw where did the English zip cone from ?

I've tried making account in gran but it asks for a sort off persons allocated number...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
Dont think that's needed, try without
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] thiotone:
I have a question about my SM-G9350. Since the SM-G9350 is a snapdragon model, will it be possible to use a USA rom? I want to use a the USA rom because it has the carrier's wifi calling and volte, so if I can't, is there another way of using wifi calling and volte?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
I'm using Aurora rom and everything works. You could flash a US AP file though, not sure if gear vr will work though
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] thiotone:
Wait, so volte and wifi calling works for any carrier on Aurora?

Also, you already answered my US Rom question in another thread lol, but I want to ask another question about the Rom thing. Someone said every file (AP CSC etc) without the bootloader. So to clarify, is it only AP or all the files except BL?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
Idk

I'm a noob at this, but looks like BL is boot loader, ap is system, cp is modem, csc is region.

I'm learning as i go, busting my ass to try to enable fm radio on my rooted Aurora rom sm-g9350 :/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mitsuji26:
Hi guys, i have a sm n9350, the hongkong version with google play, my only problem with this phone is the keyboard.

I love the samsung keyboard but the samsung keyboard in this phone has a chinese things even i change the language to english.

Anyone know how to get the regular keyboard without root? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
SwiftKey

Install SwiftKey from Google play.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mitsuji26:
But the design is different from samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Shipoftheline:
That's what I was trying to find out, just to get rid of any chinese stuff on the current firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] thiotone:
Get swiftkey?

It's a overall better keyboard than the samsung keyboard, and if you still want a stock keyboard, get Google keyboard.

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But apparently, I'm still stuck on should I flash AP only or AP, CP, CSC (without BL).

If I get more evidence I think it's a good idea to switch to the USA rom especially if it has some carrier-only features.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
Just install xposed:

http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/help/xposed-installer-t3406803

.. then use "insert custom text" module for notification date, set it to:

E, MMM, dd, yyyy

Then no more Chinese Lunar Calendar! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mitsuji26:
Please let me know if you figure it out how to remove the chinese keyboard. Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Willyman:
Would you be willing to write a full step by step guide? From stock to Aurora flashed. [emoji15]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mitsuji26:
Hey guys, i have a sm g9350 hongkong version with SD820 and not rooted. Is it possible to flash different stock rom? For example the US firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
Just install systemless xposed zip (flash through recovery): http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-systemless-xposed-t3388268

Then download module "Insert Custom Text" and set the 'date' to E MMM dd

That will make date in notification ie: Mon, Jul 4

No more Chinese lunar date!

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Done: http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-sm-g9350-s7-edge-qualcomm-sd820-t3410969
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] y2jdmbfan:
Anyone gotten Samsung Pay to work on this variant? I have a Hong Kong Batman Edition I am trying to get it running on....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] viralchopra:
I just got S7 Edge Injustice from China. And to my surprise entire thing is without Google. Can someone please guide me what to do. I want to have all Google services and regular Android OTA updates. Please helpASAP!