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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Squish!:
OK I think I might need a little help here.

I'm not entirely new to rooting (still n00b), and I've been using an S5, rooted (actually bricked, reflashed, rooted) and in the past an optimus 3D and a tablet.

However this S7 has been troublesome. It's an Australian S7 exynos model G930F.

I started with stock Telstra, updated over the air via the official means. I didn't write down the model/baseband initially so I can't post those.

I used CF-Auto-Root, which should be a recent rersion as it's packed with odin 3.12.5. Knox tripped :/ (but IDGRA about android pay/samsung pay and it's well out of warranty).

I initially ran into the Download Blocked by FAP (FAR) lock error, which made me laugh.

I then enabled OEM unlocking. The guide I was using had failed to mention this.

After flashing the CF-Auto again, I ran into a Data Verfication Fail message.

I then factory reset the phone (data not important, this phone is "new")

I've tried rooting with the file linked in this post - I couldn't tell but as far as I understand this should work with all firmwares?

This caused a bootloop

Reflashed to stock XSA (b/c **** telstra and their branding) G930FXXS2DRCE_G930FXSA2DRAC_XSA

Tried again with the previous autoroot -> bootloops again

Reflashed to stock

Tried another, downloaded from Chainfire's page: CF-Auto-Root-herolte-heroltexx-smg930f -> bootloops

I have now reflashed to stock. I guess perhaps the latest XXS2DRCE doesn't have a compatible root available? For now I've given up and it's 5AM so time to give it a rest.

I would appreciate any advice.

EDIT:

Also I found this particularly handy. After completely forgetting how I managed to get a stable root on the S5, and having to re-learn the process again, I decided to keep a log of things I'd done/tried. I found this really handy because in the future I'll have 90% forgotten all of the steps taken. Something to consider especially if you're as new to all this business as I am.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] djh816:
Put this in a Q&A thread in another forum for your own phone... NONE of this post is related to this thread and you have a Samsung chipset (this entire forum is for the Snapdragon chipset). In the future don't flash your phone if you don't know the model of your phone...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Phtn:
Odin Failing (Auth)

Hello,

I have been trying to debloat my SM-G930V using multiple other threads. The consensus was to either use the CROM services app to unlock my bootloader (first), or flash an unlocked bootloader. Both failed (app won't run, bootloop). I continued anyway (nothing to lose, already soft-bricked) and I still had issues. In an effort to return to stock, I've flashed about 3 different versions of the stock ROM, which have all been virus infested. Now I'm trying the one here.

When trying to flash the image posted here to my SM-G930V, Odin quits with the message FAILED (Auth). The only thing I know about this is that it happens with certain ROMS. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Anyone knbow of truly stock (or debloated) ROMS that are still clean from malware?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
Does this work on G930V? If not, I am canceling order getting a refund and not getting an S7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jayochs:
at this point, i think i'm going to wait to see if we're able to getworking recovery. until then, i can wait.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] hella356:
Think the guide for xposed works for T-Mobile S7 or other US carriers?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] railmaster7:
I couldn't get the root.bat file to work, tried running as admin in various directories (i.e. in the adb, in adb/super), but it would never install the SuperSu Binary. Had to follow the directions in the AT&T thread. Shouldn't, in theory, make a difference but it was the only way I could get it to work. Just make sure to open up the command prompt so it says "Administrator" at the top.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Both root and Xposed will work for all carriers -- not the unroot/restore. Pay attention to the 'prerequisite' heading inside each section for details.

Did you maybe skip the step to install ADB system-wide? Did you try running the root.bat file as an Administrator (right-click command)? Lot of things can go wrong here, and glad you got yourself sorted, but curious if something got skimmed over or whatnot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] CVertigo1:
You can do a full backup in Flashfire. If you bootloop, you can flash the factory system, reroot, then restore your FlashFire backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] railmaster7:
I did all of the above, multiple times. Tried reinstalling ADB, system wide (both with and without drivers). Tried righting clicking, run as Administrator many times, and tried it from various directories just in case. Either way, it's working now, just thought I'd share in case someone else had the same trouble.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] hella356:
Thanks, psouza4. I was only inquiring about Xposed, but good of you to warn about the rest of it! So stoked that I'll be able to get Xposed running. I just bought the phone yesterday, when it became clear root was fully legit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] craazy82013:
Im rooted on PB4, possible to update through smart switch to PE2?

Nevermind on that.

In mobile network settings there is no network mode. Ive tried to turn it on via CSC features expert and it shows in the sys folder that it did change but its not turning it on. Was thinking it might have something to do with the " searching for service" issue. Im no dev. Trust trying to help out a lil.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freak69ize:
Everything went fine for me. So glad to have root now. Thanks for the tut and thanks to all involved.

Quick question tho.. is there anyway to get write to sd yet? Ive tried a couple apps from GP but neither worked
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] evobyte:
I have the new unlocked s7 that works on all carriers, if any devs need anything from this phone message me and we can chat through hangouts. Love to help the community if I can
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jmill75:
What is everyone doing to fix the lag issue. I have set the governor to "on demand" and "interactive", both fix the issue somewhat but lag is still apparent.

I hate to factory reset if this will not fix the issue.

Any other tricks that is working for everyone...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] neilwashere:
+1 can't figure out how to get this lag to disappear. It's not extremely bad but it's noticeable and very annoying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Make sure your firmware is PE1. A factory reset may help.

I'm running smooth as butter here -- I did an unroot for a clean, stock ROM, and then proceeded to do the wizard setup to get access to settings to turn USB debugging on, then rooted, installed Xposed, disabled some bloat, set governor to 'ondemand' and maximum frequency to 1593 MHz (the default it showed was quite a bit lower), and that's about it... no lag at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jmill75:
Ok I will try a reset then. I just didn't want to go through everything again with the same outcome if this was an issue everyone was seeing.

Glad its just me and will be resolved by a reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chadhoard:
At what point in this, does the phone loss all of the WiFi passwords I have saved? Can I get it rooted and run TB to save them?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
You need to make a small change to your build.prop. Please see the first post under RECOMENDED NEXT STEPS for details.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chadhoard:
I understand that. So, as soon as I get it rooted, I will have lost my WiFi passwords? I will need to re-enter the passwords, once I try connecting to the rotors. Once I change the build.prop, from then on all of the WiFi passwords
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
That's right, once you boot up using the rooted boot image, some data in secure storage can't be loaded (or written to), including WiFi passwords. So you will have to back it up first if you don't remember the passwords.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chadhoard:
How can I back them up, before rooting my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
There are plenty of apps and guides out there to help you do that. Use Google.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
You're welcome and thanks, I am and have OCD about style and formatting; hence 11 versions in a few days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] SanguiniusWept:
Awesome! It wasn't a huge deal, it's just that when the instructions say one thing and posts deeper into the thread say something else, it's confusing for some people . Keep up the good work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jdog94:
so is this safe as far as tripping knox or anything like that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
This will not trip Knox. You can flash back to stock (if you have the stock images; Verizon's are posted in this thread) and your warranty will still be intact.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ororick:
I had a quick question.

First off, running on v8, rooted and xposed Verizon s7 edge. There are some apps (mostly games) that have been crashing on boot for me since following your root guide: half life 2 (emulated through gltools), Super stickman Golf 2, and AWAgent (which is a work app) to name a few. I installed the xposed root hide module under the circumstances that for some reason that was preventing them from running but it was still no dice. Unfortunately I had played the apps before rooting (other than hl2) but I didn't play them before flashing the debloat fix, so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it.

Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
Took Java 1 last semester and taking Java 2 this semester. Our professor is adamant about commenting everything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] irishdevill:
Sorry for the newb question but haven't done a lot of roots before. On the last step of the Install Xposed section it says "Download the Xposed Installer APK and install it from internal storage or over ADB" I went through the entire guide while rooting my sm-g930v with no issues and my phone seems to be running fine but i'm a little confused on a couple of things:

1. after rereading through everything i still cant figure out of to change the cpu settings or is it a app you download?

2. The last step do I copy the Xposed Installer APK and past it to internal storage and then install through FlashFire or something else?

Again sorry for the newb question but thanks for the hard work everything seems to be working fine just trying to figure out the last couple of things and figure out what apps to remove (bloatware)

edit: figured out the last step. for some reason it didnt show a icon when i looked in my internal storage. Just clicked it and it installed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
Download Kernel Toolkit for the cpu governor.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] irishdevill:
Got it, Thanks! Awesome work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] davecotefilm:
Congrats on root! It's been lonely on my HK sd820 S7E over here in Canada (sm-g9350)!

So, i tripped my knox, can anyone confirm if tripping knox 0x1 can be reset to 0x0 by unrooting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] torr310:
Finally I am able to root using another computer. Not sure why the other computer won't install the ADB package/drivers.

Thank you for the help! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Someone else mentioned in this thread that it won't install at all if your Windows username path contains any spaces. My Windows username is 'psou' (short for my Microsoft login ID I suppose) so I didn't have an issue. That's likely your problem with your home PC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Tikerz:
[MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION] can you add to your script enabling the EnableVoLTE and EnableLTEVideoCall in your others.xml script? This enables the enhanced LTE and VideoCall for AT&T. Thank you for your work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Do you have the CSC code that activates the feature you're looking for?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Tikerz:
CscFeature_IMS_EnableVoLTE

CscFeature_IMS_EnableLTEVideoCall

Both need to be set to TRUE.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] stang5litre:
What did you do to fix it so I can do it for the s7e? Thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Both are already set to TRUE in the Verizon system without any mods, which is why it didn't make it to the script. Doh! I'll add it to V12 for the next release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
You're significantly behind -- V5 has long since been retired. Current version is V11 and fixes all known issues for the S7 and S7Edge. Check the first post for download links.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] stang5litre:
Lord sorry man. [emoji2] FAIL on my part
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Tikerz:
Awesome thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] landshark68:
This works on a G930V on Marshmallow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Hemidrosis:
It works, if you're on marshmallow.

Oreo just came out, so it will take awhile for a root method to be released.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
Possible to downgrade to Marshmallow if it was updated?

If so which one should I download?

USA (Verizon) 2016-11-20 6.0.1 G930VVRU4API3 G930VVZW4API3

USA (Verizon) 2016-09-20 6.0.1 G930VVRS4APH1 G930VVZW4APH1

USA (Verizon) 2016-09-04 6.0.1 G930VVRU2APG5 G930VVZW2APG5

USA (Verizon) 2016-06-13 6.0.1 G930VVRU2APE1 G930VVZW2APE1

Anyone have a downgrade guide?

By the way had to do same thing with S5 I downgraded my S5 then I could root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
Can it be done on G930V with Snapdragon processor
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Sam Sung:
The only root I'm aware of for the Verizon snapdragon G930V is said to be problematic and is from an old leaked engineer version. Also, no one has managed (AFAIK) to come up with a custom recovery, so even if you do manage to get rooted, there will be no nandroid creation. I've always rooted my phones, but have come to accept that I may be out of luck with the G930V. I'll be doing my homework before I buy my next phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Sam Sung:
Just install a terminal & type SU at the prompt. Your prompt should change from $ to # if you are rooted.

You're still on Oreo?

I'd be interested in knowing how it goes, along with updates in a week or so. Performance, any problems, etc. I use my phone for business, so I'm leary about rooting this one. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
I wasn't ever on oreo. I am on nougat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Sam Sung:
Oh, OK. So am I. I do keep getting the nags to update to oreo, though. I haven't allowed it (G930V) because I allowed a Tab S3 to update and battery life went south.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
I disable the stuff using titanium backup and it never updates anymore. My S5 wanted to update for 3 years but i never saw it because i disabled the proper services in titanium backup removing the update notification.

anyway now trying to see if i achieved root on the s7.

Root Achieved. Knox is OK.

Only thing is is you read my other post on the progress (it was on the last page), when I uninstalled SuperSu the first time it changed my System Status to Custom.

I need to change System Status back to Official to also remove the "Custom" on boot. Please note Knox is NOT tripped so I just need to change System Status back to official.

Any advice is appreciated.

Update: solved custom. However, appears can't have root without custom. Check my other post on the progress for updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Sam Sung:
Thanks for posting your progress. Questions:

1. How is it going now? Have you noticed any problems or performance degradation due to this root?

2. Why is it important to change system status back to Official?

3. No custom recovery, correct?

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
1. Progress is delayed. It was rooted fine but then I wanted xposed. I tried to install xposed but did not follow directions properly. Instead I tried to install apk first. It resulted in boot loop without recourse. Reset device doesn't work. I need to reflash the original OS again, but sammobile is down for free users until monday so I have to wait. One note to mention is that it was getting very hot. This seems to be a common concern and some users have posted potential fixes that I will try.

2. It is important because it is an annoyance, and because I'm not sure if having Custom will result in any problems. For example, it felt good to me to use triangle away on my S5 to eliminate Custom back to Official so on boot it doesn't bug me, it's like the phone is implying, "Custom, hey user you're using a Custom OS, we don't want you to use Custom, just sayin', user, here let me bug you a bit and make you aware I know you got Custom on every boot, user, take that, user, I'm watching you user". It's annoying. Hopefully, after reflashing OS then it will fix the problem. So for now I have to wait for sammobile to get up for free users. I tried to download the OS from another site but it didn't work - the archive said corrupt and I tried a couple times.

3. Nope, no custom recovery for Snapdragon version of S7 - that is, Verizon phones cannot have S7 as all G930V all have Snapdragon. Hopefully, someone breaks into Samsung and steals the bootloader code and releases to the public.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Sam Sung:
I appreciate the detailed response. Thanks much!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
You're welcome! I like to help others because our phone is so important. I hate when manufacturers try to take control of our devices that we paid for and own. If we were only renting the device then we shouldn't have to pay so much money hundreds of dollars for it. And, I would even rent it even if cheap if I couldn't own the device. Not allowing root is effectively renting the device and they can remotely take it back at any time with forced updates by slowing down, changing, blocking usage, or bricking it remotely without your permission. Companies should not be allowed this control when we paid for our device - and very expensively at that. It should be ours forever. So as a matter of principle I try to help others.

I reflashed to stock twice trying different roots to see if I can get root without it showing Custom. When I reflash, after setting up the phone and rebooting, Custom is removed. It comes back if I tried to install root.

I am continuing to make updates right now so be sure to check my other post on the progress for updates.

p.s. I succeeded at full root but Custom cannot be removed if rooted. See above post link for details.

Hope it helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Sam Sung:
I completely agree. I myself don't care about the custom boot logo. Had it for years on my Note 3 with TWRP. And, since this method won't trip Knox, they can't void any warranty. I'll definitely be checking the other thread. Again, thanks for your efforts and forging the path.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] notslow1:
Hi everyone,

I tried this root and kept having the phone get flaky, start bootlooping after a couple days so I flashed back to stock following the directions. Only issue is now I have no mobile data and can't take ota update. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] tangobuzzbom:
Im in the same boat

Hello all, I tried the Odin PrinceComsy and Samsung_G930x_QC_Rooted_Boot.tar after successful abd set up.

I too, am stuck in this boot loop as posted by member RemixDeluxe and possible fix provided by makane716.

I have tried boot to recovery, Factory reset. Reboot system. However, the S7 always returns to black Samsung Galaxy S7 screen which flashes on and off continuously.

Am I bricked? or do I flash Samsungs oem tar?

Please help

tangobuzzbom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] notslow1:
Update, I do have 3g mobile data now after playing with data settings, but no 4g still after flashing back to stock. Any ideas on how to get 4g working? This is a VZ S7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] notslow1:
Anyone have ideas on getting 4g to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] HamBone625:
First make sure your apn is set correctly second you may need to have a new sim provisioned due to it just going wacky.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] blakemueller1243:
so followed the steps to root everything seemed like it went through fine dont think i did anything out of order or wrong but it boot loops. whatever flash to stock.. nope fails everytime. no idea what to do now phones a potato :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wimmer4Archery:
Can u get into recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] blakemueller1243:
no i wasn't but i was able to use https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galax...sungpay-norootrequiredtoinstallorrun-t3748755 the installer thing from there. took a few tries cause i couldent do anything but go to the download screen until i did step 1 in the program then i could and got it to finish. if the phone wasent borked prolly would have taken a whopping 10 minutes to get the new rom and root and all. but now its working and rooted with that. i have a verizon galaxy s7 idk if it works for other carriers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] bodyshop:
Question how is everybody disabling packages now? Had to redo my wifes phone now Adhell and PDP are not activating so the won't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wimmer4Archery:
Because these package disabler apps are always being shot down (black listed) by Samsung is the number one reason that I went back to a rooted phone.

Sorry, I know that doesn't help, but I couldn't refrain...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] bodyshop:
you need to disable packages in order to root the phone correctly. So it seems without a working package disabler you'd have problems wouldn't you?

Or am I missing something?