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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Don't do it......known to maybe cause problems......or at least that's when problems usually start. Instead install the v15 fix or a custom rom like stang5litre or Echoe......I personally recommend stang5litre.

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First off if you read this thread you could easily solve your problems.....but I will help anyway.

First the usb settings are in your phone settings/developer options/usb configuration/ choose mtp or ptp and you need to have usb debugging 'on'.

Next the firmware needs to be the same revision or later or at least same bootloader version.....so you need ph1 or pi3 or pj1 or something like that.....you can find at updato.com or sammobile.com or even the verizon software repair assistant possibly......but definitely not the pe1 in the OP unless you actually happen to be on pe1 which is slim anymore.

So basically when you had the usb problem that was really probably your only problem and if you would have read and fixed then you would have been set golden. Odining back to stock really wouldn't have been a problem if the usb problem wouldn't have happened because you wouldn't have felt the need to odin back to stock. Now you know that the op is outdated and you need to search for your firmware file online to get the correct revision to odin back to stock and you also know starting places to find firmware downloads for your phone. So you should be set to correct your phone now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Xevous92:
I think I bricked my APK1 S7 Edge (sprint)

So I've done a few roots before, and I'll admit, I probably shouldn't have been messing around with this phone as now I'm in quite the pickle.:

First, I rooted from the APK1 software on my Sprint Galaxy S7 Edge device. All was going fine until I was unable to make calls or send text messages (LTE data worked fine).

So after being pissed, I decided to go back to stock.. My idiot self decided to use this guide (http://xdaforums.com/veri...411039/page258) -- And it turns out that I tried to flash an OUTDATED software to my phone, and it did not work.

So, naturally i searched for the APK1 firmware to flash back to my phone, and I did find one, however I am getting a SECURE CHECK FAIL : PIT..

I am at a total loss of what to do. Please someone out there, help me fix my phone! I will be forever in your gratitude.

Thanks for reading!

***UPDATE***

I rebooted my phone, and after seeing the GS7 EDGE (Custom) Boot image, it dropped me into an Android Recovery menu.

From here I can Reboot, apply update from ADB, Wipe data, etc.

How should I proceed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] BustedFoSho:
*Reboot, if it takes you back to recovery menu then you've flashed the wrong firmware. You have to flash the entire package BL/AP/CP/CSC(for Verizon it's PH1 not sure if its same for Sprint) available @ Updato. Use the manufactures CSC file not the carrier's CSC-HOME file. That contains your PIT file. Hope this helps good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
You should look at this if a sprint user:

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/how-to-flash-echoerom-sprint-t3472433/post68944055

It's for Echoe but read the part about changing apn's to get your phone working proper after root. You may not and probably don't need to return to stock if you read that thread. Very good info for sprint users and I mentioned this thread with links a week or so ago. So read that and you may be golden with just a few tweaks. Also look at the links and read them for additional helpful info.

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This should go out to all sprint users who experience call loss etc after engboot and root. Read this thread before deciding to return to stock.

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/how-to-flash-echoerom-sprint-t3472433/post68944055

It's for Echoe, which is probably a very good custom rom for sprint users.....I'm at&t so I prefer stang5litre but anyway......sprint users should read that thread before rooting and also before returning to stock after failed root. Your root may be fine you just need to tweak a few things or reroot using those instructs. ....very good results over there so read up before rooting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] NoobMalkavian:
silly me

heh. my idiot self did a mess too.

following this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3411039

I flashed on my S7 wich was

Baseband: G930FXXU1BPJG

Build MMB29K.G930FXXU1BPJG

and now all i get is Bootloader Exception.

(just in case someone ended like me)

I noticed that pressing volume down + home + power and then switching to volume up + home + power still allow me to try some recovery

So i wiped the device from there, i wiped the cache.

Right now the device still shows Bootloader Exception.

I will figure out what is the proper stock image to flash and try to flash it from the Volume Up + home + power combination.

By the way if someone has good advices please send me a pm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
You want to find your stock image and odin from download mode? What variant are you have? There are a few....very few, that have trouble with root. Where did your problems occur? Report back so others can know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Everhopefull:
Perhaps if I had read all 258 pages of this thread your statement might be correct. However, a search did not provide what I needed, so I inquired instead. I do thank you for your apparently grudging decision to help, which you did, despite the failures you pointed out. Be that as it may, I can now transfer files as I needed, although I did note the settings in developer options do not survive a reboot. Since sammobile is down for the weekend, I will wait until tomorrow to download the stock file I need, since I always want a way to restore to stock when necessary. I was also unaware of the mistake in the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Glad you got it worked. No grundgingly here......would I have typed so much help which I could have said in a few sentences had I been grunging. I'm just stuck in promote reading mode because of my kids.....constant battle if you know what I mean. Anyway, it's always nice to have the firmware backup files for your phone....even better if you can have them before rooting.

As for the usb settings not sticking after reboot try freezing 'security log agent' in titanium backup. If that doesn't work then make sure supersu is set to start at boot up in supersu settings. If that doesn't work then .......maybe someone else can chime in since I'm already starting to doze off......getting late for us over 55's. Another reason for the grudge.....getting old sucks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Everhopefull:
Thanks, saf4xdadev. But I am not home yet. This morning, I am again unable to transfer files. No menu appears on the pc, the phone does not appear in windows explorer (nor in Computer Management >Disk Management), and no notice from the phone pull-down menu to instigate that process, and using the information you provided does not do so either. I am going to try AirDroid to transfer the Fixes and Bloatware removal file (not the pe1 version) if you can tell me that file in the OP is safe.

I did, however, get the stock file from sammobile. I might mention this is my third rooted phone (Nexus, S5 and now S7) and I have never had this many issues. After downloading and extracting the stock VZW file from sammobile, I cannot get Odin to recognize my phone. I then attempted to begin as when first installing the root per the OP, and the “adb wait-for-device” command runs, starts the daemon, but never goes further. I stopped that process after 10 minutes (Ctrl-C) and again started Odin but, as stated, it does not recognize the connection. Rebooted the pc and phone. No joy. How do I get Odin back on board so I can flash the stock image? Also, never before have I been unable to get Odin to work either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
If your phone has the proper settings then probably a computer problems. Use a different usb port or reboot computer. I've had this kind of problem with other phones and usb devices.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] NoobMalkavian:
Baseband: G930FXXU1BPJG

Build MMB29K.G930FXXU1BPJG

my error was following this guide wich is not for my device.

I pushed volume down + home + power and then quickly pushed voulme up + home + power and then flashed twrp and then http://www.androidiani.com/forum/mo...-twrp-recovery-per-s7-flat-4.html#post7741983

and now everything seems to be fine.

lucky me i always do a backup with smart switch before getting drunk and tampering with my phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Brickman221:
I'll go head and give it a try, would it matter if I don't have xposed installed? I'm just choosing not to install it for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
I would install V6 and not V5, but yes the script updates the build.prop to resolve a few issues. What are you patching in build.prop? Is it something I should include in my patch?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
It shouldn't matter, no, but you do need the SuperSU root package finished including both the patch over ADB and the installed APK from the overall root instructions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] BDragonD24:
It's not the build prop, my fault. Its in the feature.xml file

This is the line that needs to be changed.

<CscFeature_Message_MaxRecipientLenghtAs>10< change the value from 10 to 99
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] djh816:
Is there any reason for us already on v5 to update to v6? Granted it won't help for the fresh feedback but did you add or change anything else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Brickman221:
Still bootlooping :(

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The problem with v5 has been since you put our your v3. I clean flashed v3 (not flashing v1 or v2 beforehand) and bootlooped. So whatever changes you made there..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wildcat2083:
I also found a easier way to recover from boot loop so

I posted in the Sub List where this post is on how to restore just the stock boot.img for the S7 (Not sure about the edge) on verizon if you get stuck at the white loading page, provided you didn't wipe the system partition or anything, just saves a lot of time wiping the whole phone and re-setting up at least until the bugs get worked out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] wutangkillabee:
So I'm rooted & xposed up & running on vzw s7 - g930vvvru2ap31. Everthing is great, except I cannot get into private mode. I did flash the supposed fix b4 the v2 came out & now I see that it's only suppose to be for the edge? Any suggestions or fixes yet?

Edit: Error I'm receiving after trying to turn on private mode is "Failed to turn on Private Mode. Please try again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] djh816:
Works great for me on v5 bloatfix. You might try updating to the S7 specific v2, then to v5 or v6 from that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] t1231:
would also like to know, same thing when from v2 to v5 only complaints are slow camera, choppy video recording, slow wireless charging and semi quick battery drain. Thanks,

Sorry, not complaining, the benefits if root outweigh any of those
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] xBareBones:
How come when I download these files, all I have is a boot.img file and not the tar file needed for rooting? Did I do something wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
You're extracting the TAR file you downloaded. Don't do that. The instructions don't tell you to extract the TAR file (which includes a boot.img file), so don't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] xBareBones:
Now the SuperSU root.bat is just sitting in CMD doing nothing. I've already accepted it on my phone and its just sitting here?

EDIT: Nevermind, it took like 3 minutes for it to happen. The phone restarted and SuperSU is now on the phone.

EDIT1: Im trying to use "HideMyRoot" to use a little gps spoofing without giving away im rooted. The app is unable to "hide" the root, is this all still to new on S7 to hide it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Must4ngGT:
What is that? I have fresh root and xposed

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What does it do? And how do i flash?

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I have g935a bte
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Silkmeister1:
Hey bud try this

Go into settings

Go to developer settings

Scroll down to transition animation window animation etc and change all values to either .5 or 0.

Lemme know if it helped!

Silky
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] craazy82013:
Always do this imo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Must4ngGT:
Snapchat

How do i login on snapchat i have rootcloak and i need to unistall xposed but is greyed out. Please help ASAP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Okay, for everyone who was having issues with the fix/debloat script V2-V6, the V7 from the updated first post should resolve your issues. I even flashed my phone to stock, rooted, and jumped straight to V7 to test to make sure I'm not going to frustrate anyone on this one. Additionally, several changes have been slipstreamed into /system/csc/others.xml (aka feature.xml) to add extra functionality. When it's not 1am, I'll document more thoroughly what was changed, but it's typical stuff like enabling in-call features, higher recipient limit, and other stuff. Enjoy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Must4ngGT:
Does this fix the lag issue please answer if it does then tell me how to flash it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Duh. Read the freaking first post -- I'm not interesting in holding people's hands when I've spent so many hours refining the instructions that literally tells you you that it will fix this exact issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Everhopefull:
FINALLY! Odin recognized, and stock firmware flashed. Of the options to select for odin were a choice between CSC and HOME-CSC. Not sure of the difference or which I should select. Your input, please?

EDIT: I found the difference - one deletes everything, the other (Home) saves data. So again, thanks for your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Everhopefull:
A Google item.

Something everyone but me may know. When logging into the phone following a flash, do NOT change your Google password even though the phone may not accept the correct one initially. If you do, you are LOCKED OUT for 72 hours from the day in which you made the password change. A safety feature they claim, although not well-publicized it seems to me. My phone will now not be available until Saturday morning. God bless Google!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Yeah you have Exynos processor so this is the wrong method for you indeed. Luckily you got it fixed.

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What? That Google thing is above my pay grade. As for the csc.....you want the plain csc not the Home_CSC. That may clear up the password problem. As for passwords, you definitely don't want your phone passworded before rooting or applying the engboot kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] benjaminswinn:
Thank you psouza4 for the well put together and comprehensive guide.

Directly out of the box

On Verizon S7 I used this guide to root.

I did no additional flashes or fixes.

Installed Flashfire

Then installed Echoes Rom V1_5

NO problems NO lag

Smooth as butter.

Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thiefnthanight:
Just recently upgraded to the VZW edge G935V running PH1, haven't accepted the PI3 update yet just in case. I really just want to root to unlock hotspot/ tether. You used this method to root? Did you run into any issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
No offense. Your phone is what the outsiders would call a "very XDA theme" [emoji3]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] npos:
Yes, the phone is running great! I used the method in the OP, then flashed the "any s7" fixes a day or two later. Definitely a few issues before I flashed the fixes, but all is good now. I didn't flash the debloat zip... I prefer to read through the list & remove things manually, so I can keep a thing or two. Nor did I install Xposed (yet) ... Maybe after Xmas when I get some time to muck around.

As the OP says... Make sure you've got a stock image to Odin back to in case something goes awry. But this was a lot more straightforward/less nerve-wracking than most mods I've done in the past. & the phone is running better than my S5 ever did... First phone I've had that I can fully say is better than my old S3 running Beanstown's ROMs, really
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Unless you absolutely need xposed, one of the custom roms, like stang5litre or Echoe, would be a better choice. Depending on carrier one is better than the other, so check them out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] sparky2029:
Xposed

For xposed do I boot into recovery to install the apk or just install it like any other app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kindongo:
I rooted my Sprint Galaxy S7 but is not working properly. I tried to unroot it using the official rom posted in here but when I try to extract the files I get an error. Please can someone tell where to find it, or If i'm doing something wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] NoobMalkavian:
i "fixed" flashing twrp from odin and http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/rom-superstoc-rom-v1-0-aroma-t3496520
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Aren't you on an Exynos phone? You keep posting on a Snapdragon thread......

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This is almost comic......reading must be something of a lost art anymore. Here is some info that should help you out. I posted it in this thread a couple days ago. You should look at this if a sprint user:

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/how-to-flash-echoerom-sprint-t3472433/post68944055

It's for Echoe but read the part about changing apn's to get your phone working proper after root. You may not and probably don't need to return to stock if you read that thread. Very good info for sprint users and I mentioned this thread with links a week or so ago. So read that and you may be golden with just a few tweaks. Also look at the links and read them for additional helpful info.]

Also, the op is outdated a bit, but if you read you would see that you need to find your current firmware version, not the old version provided in the op, on the Internet like updato.com or sammobile.com or even the verizon software repair assistant if on verizon. If you can't get to settings to find your current version then go into recovery mode and it should have it.

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Like any old apk. It should be put on your internal storage and run from a file manager type program.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kindongo:
Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thiefnthanight:
Is there an updated fix that bypasses Verizon's Wi-Fi hotspot tethering provisioning for PI3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Not that I know of. Does xposed work? Maybe one of the custom roms has that baked.....I don't know, sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] wrongitdoo:
There seems to be an issue after flashing Xposed and installing a module. After a necessary full reboot, my phone is stuck on the boot image until my battery is kaput! Anyone else experience this problem with Xposed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
You could try wipe cache from recovery or maybe a factory reset from recovery but outside of that if you can't start your phone you'll have to odin back to stock and start over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Everhopefull:
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After applying the latest firmware from sammobile, it then required starting over from scratch to initialize the phone, which in part involved entering a Google account. When I did so, it said “wrong password” and offered the option to reset my password. I did so, which I later learned triggered the 72 hour lockout, There was no password involved during any odin operation, and no error other than not knowing of google’s lockout procedure, They claim it is a safety feature.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Kaybillz:
Hello please have been trying to unroot my sm-g935t but it keeps saying error.......................Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] iBolski:
Need more info than just it keeps saying error. What exactly is the error you're getting? Did you follow the directions in the OP (Original Post) that shows how to go back to stock completely?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Kaybillz:
Unroot

Yes I did but it keeps bringing SW REV CHECK FAIL : [system]Fused 3> Binary 2 on my phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] iBolski:
Sounds like something got flashed incorrectly. Make sure you've retrieved the correct image for your phone (AT&T vs. Verizon vs S7 vs S7 Edge, etc). From what I've read, that error means something wasn't flashed correctly. Not sure which part didn't get flashed correctly, but that's where I would start. Maybe someone else has seen this error as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chance_p:
New to this forum! Thanks for the vast knowledge here, I am about to attempt to root and debloat my new verizon S7 Edge. Hopefully this thread is still active in case I run into issues. Quick question for you guys, this still works to bypass Verizon's hotspot verification process correct? Currently running a Nexus 6p and I rely heavily on my hotspot with my UDP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chance_p:
I have root on my edge now, but after installing the debloat/fix and it not working, i read through about 100 pages of this thread. I believe I have a newer firmware which is causing me to not be able to install. Any advice?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
For PI3 no. Hotspot crack is only available for PE1, but you CAN unlock hotspot with a PE1 based custom rom like Stang5litre

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Did you flash the fixes for "any" s7 edge? The Verizon PE1 fix isn't for you if you're not on that (older) version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chance_p:
I flashed the fix/debloat from the OP for Verizon PE1. I have done a lot of reading in the last 4 hours. Probably should have done so before messing with my phone. Can I just go ahead and flash stang5litre now? Do I need to remove the flash I did from the OP? If I flash stang5litre, do I need to roll back my firmware first?

I really appreciate your response. Without knowing all of the buzz words, it makes it very difficult to search for information about my specific situation.