yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Belnadifia:
Hi there,

I got the new "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge" with the "Gear VR" helmet. I got some games who require game-pad. Unfortunately I don't any Bluetooth controller who work on Android (Sixaxis controller doesn't work on S7 Edge, also can't use my Wiimote).

But, I got a Xbox360 controller on my PC, and I got a Bluetooth Dongle. I wonder if there is any software (on PC) who can emulate a bluetooth controller and can send Xbox360 input through BT to my Androïd device.

Thank for reading

Belnadifia
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
With the initial root thread being shut down, could someone with specific news or ideas start up a new thread?

There are lot of frustrated people with the locked bootloader like me that would really welcome some news or progress on this, and it is difficult to imagine this happening without a specific thread on the subject.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Binary100100:
PM the forum moderator and request the original thread be cleaned and reopened. Duplicate threads are not permitted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] jgodfrey82:
Get over it.. locked bootloader means no root, nobody has found a way around this on any of the recent locked loaders
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gdmlaz:
I could tell you are talking without no knowledge no wonder you have no thanks for helping out this community at all, ROOT COULD STILL BE ACHIEVED with a locked bootloader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
Let's be careful with the comments - that is one reason the other thread got closed - especially after it gets reopened.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] jgodfrey82:
My bad with the get over it post. I struggled through never having root on N4 on att and just have accepted no root on s7e.. I know I'm an xda noob so no offense meant, I do actually have 8 thanks tho! ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] v8dreaming:
This thread is going to get locked just like the last two.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
While nothing happening here - did some searches and if you want to be even more frustrated about the bootloader and root, look at the below from an Asian forum (translated by Google - not perfectly lol):

RECOMMENDATION

- SAMSUNGVN liability risks unlucky to

- Only applies to version Snapdragon Galaxy S7 Edge SM-G9350 code

- Loss of warranty when Unlock Bootloader to Root.

- No guarantee of confidentiality issues, personal information

- Knox will jump into 0x1

Files needed

- Odin 3.10.7: Fshare - Odin3_v3.10.7.zip

- Driver Samsung: Technical Documentation | SAMSUNG Developers

Download and install.

- CF-Root: Fshare - cf-root-g9350.zip

Proceed:

- In the Galaxy Apps -> Search software "CROM Service" -> Settings and proceed to unlock the bootloader.

- Shutdown. Boot into Download Mode by pressing hard (Vol Down + Home + Power)

- Check CROM Service line. If it can gauge lock, press Down + Home + Power Vol until the machine off completely and then unlock the normal boot as the first step. If it continues to unlock offline.

- Launch Odin 3.10.7, cable plug, extract the zip file is the file cf-root cf-root-g9350.zip-g9350.tar. Under PDA cf-root-file select g9350.tar

- Click Start -> PC reboot when done.

- Congratulations on your machine successfully root.

That is also a snapdragon model, Hope somehow we can get there with out 975T sometime.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] will6316:
I heard The lg g5 has a unlocked bootlader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
I have heard that too, but like many others, I have a 935T which we would like to make customizable.

Related to this - another casualty of the locked root thread is the activity of getting into TMo and Samsung's face through twitter and other avenues. Hopefully it is still going on, but without any means of communication on the matter in this forum - it may have just died.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
There is a lot of wining and complaining, but there were some hopeful pieces here and there.

I was hoping the Chinese 9350 Snapdragon was a path that might be followed. The specifics are beyond my skill set, but an am hoping if it is not a dead end that those for which it is not beyond theirs will be able to do something with it. I had tried the CROM system that had been posted over there but not surprisingly it would not work on this similar but different device.

So hoping the tread gets going again - and hopefully without the drama that get it shut down.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] zathus:
Yeah. But the reviews are rolling in. Subpar seems to be the consensus so far.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] @rbiter:
Wait a second. This implies there was a guarantee of personal information before. FU Samsung.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
Quote:

Originally Posted by gaww View Post

- No guarantee of confidentiality issues, personal information

Funny - don't remember that quote above. - lol?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] @rbiter:
I think you misunderstood. I was being sarcastic. With unlocked bootloader was Samsung guaranteeing security? Doubt it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] xmanz:
s7 edge root

I have a hong kong g9350 and find it very difficult to find good info about root,,,,, i got some stuff from baidu forums but the barrier is its not english and even with translate,its hard work, i believe that they have rooted successfully i have the root file and apparently the bootloader is not locked..... presume is the word. but until i can find info after rooting i dont want to risk it yet... theres no follow up dont even know if theres a recovery included like twrp or cm one any one else know anything thanx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] xmanz:
May be of help in Downloaded crom. Service off Chinese site. And it tells me I can install roms and bootloader unlocked I'll put it up on mega soon. Also have the CF auto root off same site but I'm apprehension because of language barrier and post root details

https://mega.nz/#!zYUWkTAA

Try that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] mathieulh:
The CROM lock does not exist on non-Chinese bootloaders

Samsung's Chinese handsets bootloaders have in 3 types of bootloader locks, the carrier lock, the CROM lock (which is enabled if the Chinese bootloader does not find the "KIWIBIRD" string written in the STEADY partition), and the reactivation lock, they are not carrier locked.

U.S. variants only have the Carrier and reactivation locks, there is no CROM lock to unlock on these devices (or any international variants either), U.S. variants are however carrier locked, the lock is hardcoded in the bootloader code (there is just no execution path to load an unsigned kernel on the consumer carrier locked variant bootloaders, there is no "lock" Qfuse anymore, the bootloader itself just has no carrier unlocking/locking support, it is always locked by design) and the bootloader is tied to the device ID, for example SM-G935F (which is One Time Programmable) and will refuse to run on anything but the device id that is hardcoded within it, obviously the bootloader is signed so you can't modify it, there is also a revocation mechanism involving Qfuses to make sure you can't downgrade to a vulnerable version (should one exist).

There are presumably Engineering versions of the bootloader that allow running unsigned kernels but those have not been leaked and they probably won't run on devices for which the production mode Qfuse has been blown (the device is in Engineering mode when that Qfuse is not set).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] xmanz:
Thank you I don't understand too much of the tech stuff. But mine isn't carrier locked as I'm in New Zealand. Crom tool says not locked….. And the baidu website has supposedly CF autoroot for g9350.. As I said I'm apprehensive to flash till better data comes available…. Shall I link the site and if you can be bothered have a look-see please. Cheers
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] VICosPhi:
You seem to be very technical and informed :D Thanks for the post. Let's hope someone from Samsung leaks a method unofficially.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] goofwear:
What about CVE-2015-1805 vulnerability this root works on the nexus 5 and was release 2 days ago. "It supports 32 and 64bit but requires absolute kernel addresses (see offsets.c)"

https://github.com/dosomder/iovyroot Can this be modded to work for the 7 7 if we were to find out the exact kernel addresses
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Binary100100:
Probably not.

https://source.android.com/security/advisory/2016-03-18.html

Our kernel is 3.18.20-7620454
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
The first two were manageable by manual installation (I always turn verify apps off). However, that 3.18 has the patch that eliminates this vulnerability is unfortunate - again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] tsdsbrk:
http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/general/guide-noobs-guide-to-perm-root-twrp-t3360883

Well, the Verizon Note 4 finally got root so there's always hope. Yes, I know it took well over a year but it was finally achieved, I am not willing to wait that long for root, so I am moving on from Samsung and any other company that tries to permanently lock the bootloader. Vote with your wallets if root is important to you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] nano303:
Your left with an iphone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] PDXMatt:
The miniscule amount of people that want an unlocked bootloader don't matter to Samsung. Voting with your wallet doesn't apply here. Vote with your determination and voice on social media.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] nano303:
Dude, T-Mobile wants to listen. I'm not sure what's going on. But I'm not going to give up my phone for root. It used to be important 2 generations back. Now I don't see the need for it other than uninstalling system crap. Root is important to a lot of people and I can see why, root makes your galaxy absolutely yours. I like that. But we have 2K on bootloader pending/ we got folks emailing top dogs for this and haven't gotten anywhere. Id say if you must have root and went the s7 edge. Go international. I read some guy actually got T-Mobile to send him an international variant. That of course won't happen to anyone else unless luck Is on there side. I know root is very important to some of you guys. But never stop breating because you can't swim. You better learn how, on this case we can't hold are breath and stress over root. LIVE YOUR LIFE! tomorrow isn't promised
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] tsdsbrk:
The HTC 10 looks pretty good to me. I've moved on as I don't NEED to have a Samsung phone. I'm sure that Samsung will really pay attention to those that buy their phones regardless of what they do.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] PDXMatt:
T-Mobile can only do so much. I personally don't need root anymore. The thrill for me is gone.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

---------- Post added at 09:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:56 AM ----------

The 10 does look good but is there a big development community for HTC?

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] nano303:
Back on the OG evo we used to have ViperRom is was truly the best. Had it one my evo 3D, htc one X. I still miss those Roms and they are still being developed for new M9 and im sure Htc 10, which i am all in for. Maybe I'll check it out and if I like it ill pick it up only if I can install viper Roms.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] inphamous36:
I don't believe this is going to get anywhere unless we get really lucky
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] tsdsbrk:
I think there's going to be plenty of development. Plus unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone won't void the warranty.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
In the US it does.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] id10terrordfw:
Nope.

http://www.htc.com/us/go/buy-htc-10/

Under Value tab.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] tsdsbrk:
Thanks. was just about to post the same thing. HTC also includes a free year of Uh-Oh protection that covers screen breakage and water damage. As long as you don't lose your phone you're good for a year.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
Thats HTC - used their unlocking in the past. Samsung is a very different animal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] id10terrordfw:
The poster you quoted was referring to potential HTC 10 development.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Binary100100:
Uhhh yep. Samsung does not recommend that their customers root their devices.

https://www.samsungknox.com/en/blog...ox-enabled-devices-and-knox-warranty-void-bit

Different manufacturers, different policies.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2r8nqa/phones_with_warranty_friendly_rootbootloader/

I'll even do you one better and refer to the manual. Page 2.

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c.../TMO_SM-G935T_GS7_Edge_EN_UM_MM_6.0_FINAL.pdf

So I'm pretty sure Samsung does not want us to unlock or crack their bootloaders.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] ShrekOpher:
Looks like progress has been made. The Verizon Note 4 bootloader got cracked today.

https://youtu.be/OoxWDDEFJxQ

Could mean this process can be modified to work on multiple devices.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
Would probably depend on how close to the locked procedure in the post below the N4 was. Ditto for the N5.

Originally Posted by mathieulh

The CROM lock does not exist on non-Chinese bootloaders

Samsung's Chinese handsets bootloaders have in 3 types of bootloader locks, the carrier lock, the CROM lock (which is enabled if the Chinese bootloader does not find the "KIWIBIRD" string written in the STEADY partition), and the reactivation lock, they are not carrier locked.

U.S. variants only have the Carrier and reactivation locks, there is no CROM lock to unlock on these devices (or any international variants either), U.S. variants are however carrier locked, the lock is hardcoded in the bootloader code (there is just no execution path to load an unsigned kernel on the consumer carrier locked variant bootloaders, there is no "lock" Qfuse anymore, the bootloader itself just has no carrier unlocking/locking support, it is always locked by design) and the bootloader is tied to the device ID, for example SM-G935F (which is One Time Programmable) and will refuse to run on anything but the device id that is hardcoded within it, obviously the bootloader is signed so you can't modify it, there is also a revocation mechanism involving Qfuses to make sure you can't downgrade to a vulnerable version (should one exist).

There are presumably Engineering versions of the bootloader that allow running unsigned kernels but those have not been leaked and they probably won't run on devices for which the production mode Qfuse has been blown (the device is in Engineering mode when that Qfuse is not set).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] id10terrordfw:
Uh yeah, no one is questioning that Sammy hates the development community now. The original post sequence above had false information in it regarding HTC US's warranty, which is what we were correcting. I know I will will be abandoning this Fort Knox of a phone for the 10, solely because Samsung is paranoid about me doing things to my phone.

Separate tangent: The funniest thing in all of this is an encrypted, locked bootloader with no unlock method causes a lot of people to try different things to get root/recovery, which leads to bricking and the inability to restore to a functional state. Fully unlocked devices, such as Nexus devices, are very difficult to totally brick to a non-recoverable state. This, to me, is on par with the theory of "hood locks" for cars, or the old battle between armor and a warhead.

I would like to see a cost/benefit analysis at a high level comparing this. I'd be very surprised if all the effort put into developing and implementing "security" to keep us out actually saved them any money, once returned devices are factored in, among other costs.

Having a locked and encrypted bootloader in and of itself is not actually a bad thing. Giving people like us no way to unlock them, that is the problem. Using a token based system like HTCdev.com doesn't cost them much, and would go a very long way in restoring (pun intended) their reputation in the Android community, at least to me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Binary100100:
Agreed. An argument could be made that if having a locked bootloader is saving them money, then why is the international variant unlocked? Why just the Qualcomm version? That's what I'd love for them to explain.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] id10terrordfw:
Oh that's easy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
That is the question of the hour.

Obviously they had different intentions with respect to the US market vs the international, or they guessed that doing so there would be less tolerated than here. The (not) funny thing is that TMo over there doesn't have locked bootloader but the US subsidiary does. And maybe Qualcomm is also to blame - but again - why?

This fact makes it all the more frustrating... Just hoping now that the recent success with the Note 4 bootroader might be the basis for something like that here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Binary100100:
Unfortunately, the Note 4 and the Galaxy S7 are two totally different phones which will require totally different methods. I've asked on the KingRoot thread and this was my response thus far:

He brings up a valid point though. Some devices take YEARS to root. Often it eventually happens. Rarely, it doesn't. I feel that the device has popularity so it *should* but Samsung is being pretty obvious that they aren't willing to provide their consumers what they're asking for. I love the S7, don't get me wrong. I loved the S5... but I loved it even more once I had it rooted. Still... I can't help but think there is some hidden motive for Samsung forcing us to stay unrooted. Not to cause any conspiracy theories or anything but I can't help but remember that all of this fuss had happened once Knox was introduced with the S5 a few years ago. Ever since then things have been getting more difficult. People were complaining even back then! Did Samsung listen? We still have Knox, we still have the efuse, we still have locked bootloaders and for some reason it only seems to be with the US varients. Does the international version contain Knox as well? Could it be that the main reason why they don't want us to have root access is because they don't want us to tamper with anything Knox related?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] ShrekOpher:
2 reasons the phone is locked

1.) Samsung Pay / Tap and Pay.

The credit card companies have a TON of power both in business and politics. Credit-card fraud has been at an all time and they believe tap and pay we reduce that risk. To do this they can't have people tampering with there code at a root level.

2.) Tracking your information

This includes your location and phone usage. This information is priceless to both Samsung to bundle to sell as marketing research, and to the Government.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] jmc302005:
It is all about corporate control. That is why only US versions are being released like this. Our country is run by the corporate dollar so therefore we are in fact controlled by them through our government. This is not the issue in other countries. Therefore they have no "security concerns" with the bootloader. It isn't about customization and making the phone "yours". It is because with root you can cheat corporations out of their profits. With things like unlimited hotspots, hacked streaming apps (like Pandora and Spotify), side loading paid apps, etc. So until we are not about corporate control we will have to continue to hack our way to root. If it was about customization then Samsung would not have opened up the theme store to everyone that wanted to submit themes for acceptance into the designer group. They basically made it so you can make money customizing the phone. So obviously that is not the issue. Instead of yelling and crying to Samsung. Step up to our government and tell them to give control back to the people.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
1. Tap an Pay has not been implemented internationally with the unlocked phones, only here I believe (except possible in the UK). However, its usefulness here is decreasing every day, as stores switch over to the cards with the embedded chips. Soon only the terminals set up for apple and Android pay will work - and the number of them is underwhelming.

2. Of course they want to track our activity, but in most cases, this can be disabled with settings in the rooted phones already. I always have location off unless needed (GPS app), and look at app setting to see if sharing, etc. can be turned off.

So the above are part of the cause - but there has to be more to it (like maybe KNOX), but it could be just a matter of Samsung corporate inflexibility at the top, combined with poor understanding culturally of the markets they operate in. About the time that these locked phones came out, there was a business article about how Samsung wanted to renovate their corporate culture to be more responsive to feedback and input from lower levels of management.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] MJHawaii:
Excellent write up and explanation [MENTION=3019752]gaww[/MENTION] . Eventually if we are not already there yet root will be gone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
It was mathieulh's write-up per the quote - only pointed at it to show how challenging it would to actually get at a bootloader hacked that would boot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] MJHawaii:
My mistake thank you to him and to you for posting that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] dhman06:
Well, time to trade my S7 for HTC 10 ... as soon as T-mobile releases the jem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] id10terrordfw:
That's all I'm waiting on as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] nano303:
LOL that is all.

¡what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] dima202:
I am at 13 days today to return the phone back to t-mobile.

Love some many things about this phone and yet I can't talk myself into keeping it without root.

Going to wait for Note 6 to come out and if that comes locked, I will just switch to a different company.

The Note 2 will have to survive for a few for months.

Good luck to all you S7 Edge owners out there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] spacecowboy618:
I'm with T Mobile and next month I have an upgrade available for 0 down. I was thinking of using it and getting the S7 Edge. I currently have the 128GB Nexus 6P. Honestly the beast phone I've had since the HD2. Just wanted to try the S7 out but now that I know it still doesn't have root I'm going to get it and sell it to some poor sap
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] bkeaver:
I don't think you can sell it before you pay for it in full..it technically isn't your until it's paid off.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] mackentosh:
You are correct
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] spacecowboy618:
I could sell it, but I still would be responsible for the monthly payments.