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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
I can't get Busy Box to install. Anything special you had to do? Any advice?

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Nevermind. I got it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] rotondo2k:
ok so which is the file i have to put in odin so that i can get my device rooted and then i have to use adb command after???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] numel007:
Literally all the answers are in the OP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] anrchy666:
Should be gone once back to stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] info[]box1:
why is allot of ppl reverting back to stock after rooting?

please share your thoughts.

im about to root my s7 edge (tmo) now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] herntz:
Supersu help pleasee

This is still a problem for me :( Can someone please help me I'm unable ti do anything with it cause rhe update keeps failing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] info[]box1:
the vid tutorial from the op didnt help. its a seem to be smooth walk thru.?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Yeah, that worked. Moving too fast and used the modified Odin instead of stock Odin. Thanks for the help!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] herntz:
I did everything as stated in the tut. The supersu app keeps asking for binary update but it keeps failing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] 1iwilly:
This version of SuperSU is not officially supported. I recommend against updating the APK from the Play Store, or otherwise updating the binaries, unless someone knowledgable has tried before you and confirmed it worked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] herntz:
I did not see that stated anywhere sorry.. So is the root useless then till the update comes? Root checker says I am rooted but I try to run titanium and it says I am not rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Ratchet Russian:
Not worth it

This root is definitely not worth it. Having to download fixes and work around these bugs makes me feel like my phone is on life support.

Now I'm left trying to figure out how to unroot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] wilsonmd:
Here for you my friend.. You miss writing please and thank you. If I made a mistake apology but the fact that contributions to the forum does not make you a big king. To all those who commit any error in the forum or to do something that the developer does not like mandates Gods, a ​​badly exposed in XDA , you know! Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] anrchy666:
No worries [emoji6]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] sadmanfarat3:
wait reset what? like you have to restart?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] anrchy666:
Reboot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] noyoman:
Going back to stock

Tried to root my Sprint G935P but I had too many problems. A valiant effort but not worth it yet unless you are doing it for testing purposes and not on your primary phone.

Rooting wasn't hard, but I had issues with lag, overheating and battery drain even after applying all the fixes. I was able to install Xposed and Xtouchwiz, use the root explorer, force official firmware status and some other things, but even then still wasn't able to read my MSL, change the SIM Phone Number, or enable hotspot tethering which were my primary reasons for rooting. I also started getting a "dm-verity verification failed" on the recovery boot screen which I guess was some sort of root check at boot and it f*#&ed up my Snapchat...

Sammobile has a version of the Sprint G935PVPU2APE1 firmware on their website but for some reason they labeled it CDMA and my phone is GSM so I was skeptical to flash it.

To unroot:

1. I wiped everything off the phone completely

Turn the phone off

Go into recovery Vol Up + Home + Power until you see the blue letters on the top

Wipe Cache

Wipe data / factory reset

reboot

2. Used Smart Switch to flash stock firmware

Download Smart Switch from Samsung website

Install updated drivers

Connect Phone

Hit More Button and Select Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization

Select Device Initialization Tab

Start the Process

Authorize the User Account Control notification

The Initialization process will prepare your phone, download the correct firmware and finally flash it in one go.

Mine got stuck at 44% on the download stage on my first try so I had to cancel and start again

It got through perfectly on the second try

The phone is back to stock and clean since I was able to update OTA to G935PVPU2APF2, and I'm happy to report that there's no more "dm-verity verification fail" on the recovery screen, and also Samsung Pay and Snapchat are working again, so no harm done in trying the root.

Here's a link to the post to unroot with Smart Switch

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge/help/flash-stock-firmware-using-samsung-t3079176
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ph00ky:
Anyone experiencing any issues where the kernel frequencies won't stick? I tried a full Odin and re-root to hopefully fix the issue, but still the frequency settings change soon as I plug them in..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Ratchet Russian:
I was very confused reading that. My intentions are not to put down the developers, as the fact that there is any root for this phone is great news.

I would just rather not have anyone waste their time who do not want to to deal with tedious tweaking and fixing.

That being said, I thought I'd share that I DRASTICALLY increased battery life by disabling automatic backup to google's cloud servers. This was using an absurd amount

of data (over 200mb uploaded in a DAY)

Just go to

settings>backup and reset>back up my data (under "Google Account")
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67714755&postcount=6706

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http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67714755&postcount=6706
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Does anyone have the original imsservice.apk? I pushed the other one through ADB and is came up "no file found" and not I get the "Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped. Can't do anything now, so hoping I can push the original one.

If I put that on the C drive, will I just run the adb push c:\imsservice.apk script?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
You probably forgot to change permission upon pushing the file
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Santos89:
I know it may be a stupid request but can you please help like a step by step on how to do it. I also am having trouble doing it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
Grab the molded imservice.apk. place it on internal storage of device. Download root Explorer. Mount as r/w. Navigate to system/privapp/ imservice folder. Copy the file over. Grant permissions as 0644 I believe it'll be the the whole first column and for the second column it'll be just the first checkboz. Everything else blank
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ThexRez:
One of the questions i have is how has battery life been for everyone on root?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
Ive grown fond of the icons now lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Santos89:
Thank you [MENTION=5266494]guaneet[/MENTION] for your response
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Yeah, and see where I'm screwed is I keep getting the IMS Service Stopped error and reboots, so I can't even get to the file explorer. UGH!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] WillofWillz:
Battery life has been terrible for me so far but it SEEMS to be getting better as the day goes on. I'm using greenify and amplify.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
Yikrs, you'll have to do it through adb. Get the directory

ADB shell

Cd system

Cd priv-app (or whatever it's calls)

Cd imsservice

Push the file.

Then do chmod 0644 *imsservice.apk*

Somewhere along those line, if you know how to use adb then you'll know what I mean lol :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
thank you! I flashed the big firmware file out of the 4 and it started up like nothing was wrong!

I just have the same issues as everyone else (Overheating, battery, laggy and wifi password not saving) but i am all about testing things. The only other thing i have noticed is that i am a fan of LMT launcher here on xda and root does not work with it. I know that is something for that thread probably, just noting things i have noticed.

The overheating does scare me a bit, the sides actually get hot to the touch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrlugo88:
Anyone having or had issues with not receiving calls or service getting worse? Trying to figure out how to correct that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] NYCguy2020:
Ok couldn't find the option to "mount as r/w" in root explorer so I just proceeded with the rest of the steps. Now what do I do with the original imsservice.apk, do I delete it or do I keep both apk's??!

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
You can just replace the original file with the modified file. Make sure you change permissions on the file. You can also delete the other folder in the immservice folder
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] NYCguy2020:
OK finally got it to work. Thanks a bunch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
Reboot your phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] NovaEDM™:
Unrooted itself

For some reason, I seem to be no longer rooted. SuperSU says it's fine, but all root checkers fail, and all apps that require root do not work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] WillofWillz:
My phone is still pretty laggy. I used the kernel CPU "fix" but it's still pretty laggy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] cuezaireekaa:
Yeah, everyone on root is having similar results after awhile. Gets a bit sluggish. Even after the fixes, but those fixes are a definite improvement over just root out the box. We'll get there...[emoji5] [emoji106]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
So I reverted to stock by flashing the 4 files and doing a factory reset. Everything seems OK again except when I reboot it still says custom ROM and it still seems a bit warm to the touch
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] NYCguy2020:
OK now I can't make phone calls, every time I try to make a call I get the "unfortunately IMS service has stopped message the get disconnected. Tried clearing phone and IMS service data and cache but still no luck :(:confused::(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] WillofWillz:
Yeah it's not too bad and having achieved root is pretty amazing. Hope there's a better fix for the lag issue. I might have to revert back to stock for now until a more solid root process has been achieved.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] seanvree:
Chainfire released a new version of SU. What's the process of updating? I flashed with flashfire and that softbricked....So, what's the best way?

Thanks,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
same way as you root the device, through adb

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yeah i dont know what to tell you. i've done it multple times and its work lol

try this http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/how-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039

flash the generic v13 through flashfire and see if it helps, if not then you need to probably replace the ims service.apk again with the stock one. not sure what model you are tho
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Santos89:
Where do we get this version?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] cyberone28:
sweet I am rooted xposed installed and android pay working, never though it was going to work I just made my first purchase
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
Glad it works for you too. Hope that my post helped you realize that although we may not have Samsung Pay, we still have something that we might be able to use. Better than nothing.

Now... there was a Play Store update for Android Pay today. Just in case, I backed up the old version with TiBackup. Haven't tried the updated Android Pay app yet. Hoping I can still use it.

EDIT: I tried it and it still works! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] anrchy666:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=67714755. Install just like root cmd to folder then run root.bat enjoy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] NYCguy2020:
I have the T-Mobile G935T model. Unfortunately that zip didn't help... does anyone have the original IMS service apk?!

Thank you in advance
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Josh131313:
Problems installing SuperSU

When I try to install SuperSU, I get several messages in the command prompt telling me that " 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." It sounds like I'm not directing the command prompt to the right place, though I'm fairly certain I am. Here's a screenshot.

Also, just to make sure, the device should be in download mode when doing this, too... right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
When you do root.bat you do not need to be in download mode.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Josh131313:
Thanks! The errors still persist though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
I don't know if it makes a difference but I have all the files together in the one adb file. So I have no super folder and I only have to CD to c:\ then adb:\ if that makes sense at all
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Josh131313:
That helped. The first attempt after moving the contents of the super folder to the adb folder, the command prompt still wasn't recognizing some files. However after a (third) restart of my computer, it worked correctly. Not sure what was going wrong, but I think I got it now. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] adolfo778:
reverted back to stock was nice to try out for a bit but phone would run smooth for a bit and then start lagging again no matter what I did. Can't wait to see improvements
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] v3rb:
why didnt u flash tekhd rom v2 after rooting? u would notice a noticeable improvement in both performance and battery life!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] dldennis88:
Sprint and Verizon are CDMA

ATT and Tmobile are GSM

Did someone tell you that sprint was gsm? They use a sim card but not for gsm, its specifically for the lte data only(at least it is with Verizon)

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EX Kernel Manager makes them stick every time :) just dont forget to tap the blue button on the right of the setting to enable it. And dont forget to set big cluster max freq. at max(2150 I think) leave low freq. alone on big cluster.

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It may just be me, but I have found that greenify makes battery worse. I just use titanium to disable stuff I dont want and then use cpu spy to make sure my device is going into deep sleep and not staying at the 307 frequency when screen off. I do this one by one as I install apps. I dont use facebook but would assume the constant push and running of that app kills battery. My phone successfully goes into deepsleep when screen off and battery is great :)

Just learn what apps to set what way, like weather apps.. no ongoing notifications etc...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] DiNgL3HoPp3R:
Was worth a shot, but not better than Stock

So I decided to to revert back to Stock ROM and Firmware. While there are perks to rooting the S7 Edge there just aren't enough advantages over Stock Marshmallow 6.0.1 with TouchWiz. Only advantages in my opinion is enjoying Root applications that allow for the tapping into binaries all the way down to the kernel level, disabling and deleting bloatware or other unwanted applications (something achievable through unrooted devices running a package disabled), and running backups at the granular level + user data.

Disadvantages consist of not being able to use Samsung Pay, continuous security verbose logging from tripped KNOX and actions being detected as malicious, lagging even when modifying CPU core frequencies, increased battery depletion (huge disadvantage!), WIFI not retaining information for connection, and some other minor nuances.

I just don't find the advantages outweighing the disadvantages. Marshmallow 6.0.1 is extremely stable and don't think I would find the need to Rooting the phone. Honestly, if you want a stock version of Marshmallow 6.0.1 without TouchWiz then go for the Nexus 6P.

I find that my unrooted device functions just fine and better than root, provides me customization through Nova Launcher Pro, and battery is astonishing. IMO rooting the S7 Edge isn't necessary unless you're a developer, very educated on the Android OS and need to do certain functions, or looking to go Stock Android . Trust me, I've rooted my S7 Edge and disliked it every second. Only thing I enjoyed is being able to take complete control of my system resources, manage my directories at the deepest level, and use applications that required root. Is this enough to want me to keep me phone rooted? Absolutely not!

Thanks for the effort to those who helped with the root. however, I'll stick with my Stock ROM and Firmware that I've been enjoying so much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] cuezaireekaa:
[emoji23] :eek: I don't think anyone wants you to keep your phone rooted like you claim, so I'm not sure who you're trying to convince with this huge post. Us, or is it you?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] WillofWillz:
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It may just be me, but I have found that greenify makes battery worse. I just use titanium to disable stuff I dont want and then use cpu spy to make sure my device is going into deep sleep and not staying at the 307 frequency when screen off. I do this one by one as I install apps. I dont use facebook but would assume the constant push and running of that app kills battery. My phone successfully goes into deepsleep when screen off and battery is great :)

Just learn what apps to set what way, like weather apps.. no ongoing notifications etc...

Yeah it's just bad now. Unplugged at 5:30PM and it was down to 60% by 7:30PM. Only thing I did was check reddit and sent a few text.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] WillofWillz:
Did you have to use the CPU fix with tekhd? I just re-rooted from stock, flashed tekhd and it's pretty snappy, even without the CPU fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] elsupermang:
I tried rooting but couldnt fix the phone being super slow and super hot. I tried installing xposed and disabling DVFS w/ TekHD but the frequencies wouldn't change using kernel toolkit. Was worth a shot

Main Reasons for Rooting

- Adaway

- Youtube Adaway (youtube ads are super annoying now)

- Viper4Android (changes the sound in my car and headphones immensely)

- Titanium Backup
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] magneticmagnum:
I'm having the same issues as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
If you had followed all the instructions and a few suggester fixes, you should have had a different experience. I had a number of issues including reboots - but all that stopped when I did a full clean install (had done dirty with data).

As for Samsung Pay - its a nice toy, but swiping (and now inserting the cards with a chip) is much easier that using Pay - plus don't want to reward Samsung for locking the bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] v3rb:
yes im using EX Kernel Manager. even tho he fixed CPU issue, it still running @ max frequency (performance) all the time
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] DiNgL3HoPp3R:
I think you misread my post. My root was successful on the first attempt. No issues besides what was explained throughout the entire thread. And yes, I was able to correct those issues. But two issues that were not able to resolve was the lagging and the battery depletion. This isn't my first rodeo with root, nor with programming, or following logical instructions. This root solution does more harm than good. Yes, it's a major breakthrough, but not good enough for me to keep over stock.

I honestly can't believe you stated that credit card swiping is easier than Samsung pay! Have you used their service? Anyone who has used Samsung pay will tell you you're nuts. Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] WillofWillz:
It's way faster but battery life is still awful. 30 minutes of browsing reddit got me down to 82% from a full charge.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
I used Pay for a few weeks. When in a hurry in line - swiping is faster so was not using it much before rooting. I had to enter pin twice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] eminem5055:
I found out that flashing the new update APG1 completely through Odin and then using the debloater script found in the Verizon Galaxy s7 flat forum made this phone as fast as stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Santos89:
thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] v3rb:
you are right. because engineer boot isnt made for daily use, but for development purpose only. battery draining issue is one of side-effects. i just went back to stock and upgraded to PG1, battery life is astonishing (black theme + package disable pro)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] noyoman:
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You're right, but I'm using my Sprint Phone with an AT&T sim card on their GSM network. I guess flashing the Sammobile rom should work, but I think you run the risk of tripping the Knox counter and to be honest Smart Switch is soooo simple, it's not worth bothering with odin.

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I wish I would have seen DiNgL3HoPp3R's post before I rooted mine...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Santos89:
Personally I'm really glad with having root and flashed Tekhd's Rom plus xposed. Battery life for me is about the same as before root so it's ok. I couldn't be any happier, and couldn't love my phone any more than now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
I assume tekhd rom is only compatible with edge models?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] v3rb:
tekhd v2 + xposed gave me around 6 hrs SOT. no matter what i'd done: install greenify and amplify, turn off voice over LTE, bluetooth and wifi scanning, NFC, location, ok google from any screen, and advance features,... it still manages not to get over 7 SOT. with stock PG1 + package disable pro, it gives me almost 9 hrs SOT, huge difference
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrlugo88:
Anyone else experiencing not having the ability to answer phone calls? No screen pops up to answer calls but i get voicemail after. Lost as to what caused it or how to fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Santos89:
That's your experience, but like I said with my experience it's about the same battery life so I'm happy with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] 1iwilly:
turn off voice over LTE then try calling it from another phone