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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wookiestick:
Question...I got it working, thanks to those that helped! However, one thing I sorely miss from before... Prior to installing when I plugged my USB in to a PC I would get a notification option to enable MTP mode for transferring files to my PC. Now it's gone. I can still get to it buried in settings/developer options but I really liked the old accessible way so much better. Can anyone offer advice?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Are you being given a list of options to choose one? If so, just choose one. If not, install a file manager from the Play Store. ES File Explorer used to be good until another company bought them last year and filled it with ads. I still use an old version of it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ajthemacboy:
I was given an option to choose between ES and something else, I chose ES and this comes up:

I just reset settings as well and no luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
You will have to turn USB Debugging back off under Settings -> Developer options. When this is off, you should get the notification ticker about the desired connection mode again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Owww.. please resize your image :(

Anyway, this is not a root-specific issue, however if you don't like the options ES File Explorer gave you, go into Settings -> Applications and clear the defaults for ES File Explorer. Next time you go into settings to change your sounds, you'll be prompted to choose a file explorer default again. I would choose the Media Picker or Media Chooser -- I forget offhand what it's called exactly. That's the one you're looking for, it's just the basic, core sound picker. If you want a more advanced experience, a full-blown file explorer like ES File Explorer will let you pick sounds anywhere on your device, which I feel is confusing you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ajthemacboy:
My bad, I feel stupid for choosing ES over something with an Android logo. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wookiestick:
It doesn't seem to be working reliably, sometimes it does, but most often not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] szielke:
Rooting Failed

On a new S7 with QC5 installed on it the phone went into a boot loop after flashing Samsung_G930x_QC_Rooted_BOOT.TAR

I tried to restore it to PE1 to start from there and that failed too. I had to restore it to QC5 which worked.

Any thoughts on why the process failed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
It's because this method is for marshmallow and QC5 is Nougat. You can either odin PI3 firmware to downgrade to MM and use this method or go here https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502 to root N

Sent from my SM-G935V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] gmcglone:
I've gone back and forth with rooting, unrooting and installing xposed several times with no issues due to this post. Great step by step instructions that really work. My question is regarding the fixes and debloaters after rooting. Which one is the best? Been running on the the one for PE1 firmware but still am having some over heating and lag issues. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] positiveman83:
i am done with rooting of my galaxy S7 sprint locked but the the phone is in a boot loop. how do i fix that issues please. Any help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thrgk:
I followed the steps but now am on i need to enter a password to decrpyt storage on startup, and no idea i didnt make a password. I tried default_password but no luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] bluemanta:
I suspected something is totally off. Yes you are correct. somehow I missed where it says this is for MM. In any case, I downgraded to the MM stock and will start from there.

A few questions tough:

1. The main reason I was looking for rooting my phone is that FoxFi can no longer work on Nougat. It works fine on MM and I was thinking of using MM until a real workaround is made available. does it make sense to upgrade to Nougat and root the phone to make it work?

2. I was able to root Nougat with the ENG firmware. However it was very buggy, slow and battery life was horrible. Is there another more stable firmware for nougat?

3. With Xposed for nougat being delayed (due to the developer's announcement), Is there any benefit still in rooting nougat or should I wait until the beta version is released?

Thanks much for your help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thrgk:
Where can I find the oa4 stock firmware to return to stock ?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
G930V

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=160197

G935V

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=160357

Sent from my SM-G935V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] gmcglone:
Everything works just as described. Great work mate :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] billa:
Rooting it on any firmware would not make FoxFi work any better. It either works or it doesn't, depending on the carrier/firmware version.

You can also try FoxFi/PDANet's usb/adb tether option, which works in most cases where WiFi fails.

However if you root it, then you can try something like WiFi Tether Router which is an inexpensive app, and seems to work the best among all the others.

Try flashing your phone with the "U" firmware, then insert 2 different carrier sim cards one after another which will re-configure the phone, and in my case it has also fixed the dreaded slow/buggy issue without any additional tweaks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wraithkolto:
I seem to have run into an issue regarding my Samsung Galaxy S7 (Sprint). I have gone over the steps multiple times and can't tell what I am doing wrong, and since this thread is at 360 pages currently I haven't yet found someone who has answered this problem. I am stuck in bootloop after trying to use the PrinceComsy Odin tool to flash both the rooted ROM and the stock one after that failed. After I tried flashing about three more times I panicked and I think I might've hit the factory reset option on the recovery menu. I can get to the ROM flashing/download/barcode screens, but when trying to recovery boot RECOVERY BOOTING... flashes on the screen until the battery dies. I don't know if this is how it normally works, but when pressing volume up on the Warning... Custom OS... etc screen, it immediately says it is Downloading and that I should not turn off the target, even if I am not trying to flash a Rom.

Also if it helps this is the log from odin when I try to flash the custom ROM

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> boot.img

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Remain Port .... 0

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
If I had to guess, you were on Nougat and this eng kernel is for MM only. If so, go here https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502 and flash the eng kernel from that thread, follow the rest of the steps and you should be good.

Sent from my SM-G935V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] stang5litre:
U firmware is gonna be worse on battery due to no doze! U firmware is trash. N takes more battery 10 to 15% more then MM. Google it, they tested it. So battery life will not get better. For lag put gov on (on-demand). Lag gone, inserting sim cards does nothing for lag.

Also Foxfi doesn't work on N Period. They teamed up with the carriers and it's blocked.... again if you Google you will see what I am saying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] EazyVG:
Hi All,

Bought the S7 SM-G930V (seems like converted to show 930F) Verizon (heroqltevzw) on Qualcomm Snapdragon, running 6.0.1 "G930FXXU1BPIA" build. The issue is I am not Verizon user and outside of US. Firmware CSC is showing as VZW and CSC Country as USA/HK, bootloader G930VV.

There is no System Update showing in the phone so I cannot OTA update over WiFi to official Nougat - anyway I can get atleast the Verizon Nougat update? secondly, still no no way to unlock bootlader so I can run proper custom ROM (perhaps even the Exynos based)?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] MANLEY7878:
For my Sprint Galaxy s7 Edge SM-935P when i root it with the boot Engine it makes it to the home screen after it reboots then reboots every 30 seconds after getting to the home screen BOOTLOOP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] EazyVG:
Ended up properly flashing, via odin, the G930U BQD2 build, way lighter and better than the Verizon one.

Will the OP #1 instructions work on the now Nougat installed "U" version, or are some links or files there obsolete?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] loganbeck14:
No they are for android 6.0 but here is a method for all nougat firmwares https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502 also instead of changing your cou governor use the modified root.bat on page 69 post 688 also be prepared to lose your fingerprint scanner which you can fix but if the file explorer you use doesn't let you change permissions you will brick your phone, I already did that once
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Charlie309:
I installed the ADB system-wide on my Windows computer/laptop, but I see "'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

Your user profile path can't contain a space. That means if your Windows user is 'Somebody Nice' and thus your Windows user path is 'C:\Users\Somebody Nice', the install will fail. You can create another user on your computer (if prompted for a Microsoft login, choose to make only a local account) and enter a short, single-word name for your user. Sign into and use that user profile instead. Also, the path where you extract the SuperSU package can't contain a space, so try extracting them to somewhere simple like perhaps C:\S7Root.

***Side note

Make sure people install Android Studio. This will solve "'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command".

(https://)developer.android.com/stu...an't post URL's yet.... So I hope this helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] badeendje:
I want to root my S7 edge but just dont have the nerve to do it.

Maby someone here lives in Holland ( brabant noord-oost ) and wants to help me do it.

Just got my phone and scarred to brick it or just do something wrong and cant do anything with my phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
You'll learn more if you do it yourself...if you have any questions all you gotta of is ask and whatever you do, don't panic. You have to do something pretty dumb to actually hard brick this device.

BTW I just want to point out that the files in this thread are for marshmallow ONLY so if you're on Nougat go here https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502

Sent from my SM-G935V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] badeendje:
I am on Nougat so thanks for that.

But the same thing. I just dont know what to do.

Now is see that i need to add a lot if lines and stuff.

Will wait for help or 1 click root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
This particular procedure is for MM so don't use anything in this post on your phone. If you still want to root your phone go over to this thread https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502 and follow the directions in the post, up until you get to the part about installing the root.bat. Go over to post #688 on page 69 of the same post and follow exactly as [MENTION=5149713]Quickvic30[/MENTION] mentions in that post and you will have a fully rooted Nougat phone.

Been using my phone with this procedure for over a month now and it is working great. Getting about 36-48 hours battery time, No lag, and no heated phone. Good luck and hope this helps...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Silkmeister1:
Hey [MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION], I recently upgraded a Verizon s7 with the latest Universal Firmware and everything went absolutely fine.

When trying to root I run into an error after flashing the engineering boot.img

It sends me into bootloops.

Do you know why this is?

(i followed all instructions correctly, and have rooted two other s7's the same way.

any thoughts?

Silk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] loganbeck14:
Qc1 is unsupported either download 4apl2 or flash to the nougat u firmware and use the root method for nougat https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502/page117
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] EazyVG:
Just saying - the Author or the Mod need to update the first post stating that this is for MM only and not N. Perhaps a link to N on first post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] loganbeck14:
Yeah but it is unlikely that he will because he stopped responding ages ago
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Feeeliks:
Hey I've installed the Superman Rom on my S7 but now want to go back to Stock. Should I wipe something in TWRP before I install the stock files via Odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Simplexletalis:
Possible to unroot with out returning to stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] TenBells:
Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped.

Hi,

First off thanks for putting together the packages and sharing your advice.

I've been factory resetting my s7 G930T.

Rooting with Odin and SuperSu.

Then installing flashfire.

Flashing this file:

S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes_Debloater_V15

And then i keep getting this message:

Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped.

And having to factory reset to get it to stop.

Any advice?

Thx in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Don't use the debloater because it's out of date. Just use the fix script for any samsung galaxy s7 and titanium backup to freeze the unwanted apps.

Alternatively there are custom roms that have everything done for you but it's been a while since I've been on xda so I don't know what's current anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Quixsilver8:
Hey guys, just bought a GS7 yesterday and successfully root it following this guide. Everything worked great without a hitch. I had a slight issue with the OTA downloading when I was on wifi until I got Titanium backup installed and was able to freeze "Software Update 1.5.33", which stopped the download. However, I still have a notification in 'settings' under 'about device', where "manually update" used to be, but its not there anymore since I disabled/froze it (I sitll have a counter tick though that won't go away). I was hoping I could block it with notify clean, but I have no option for it. I've already deleted the update.zip in the fota folder, so I doubt there will be an issue with "accidently" performing a software update.

I've attached a few images of what the problem looks like. Would be nice to make it "go away".

A few other questions I had after having performed the root yesterday.

- Is there anyway to know if the "fix+debloat script flashable ZIP package" worked outside of it executing without an issue? I feel like the phone takes too long to boot. (Just timed it. Restarting the phone till the phone fully booted took about 65 seconds)

- I didn't use the phone very long before jumping right into rooting, so I have no comparison for how fast or slow it is performing either. I know lag is an issue for some but not all. If the flashable zip executed fine, is it safe to assume things like CPU settings were adjusted and I don't need to worry about it?

- Is there any way to disable Device Security under Smart Manager? The easiest way is supposed to just be an option to do so right inside it, but I don't have one. I had a 'threat detected' for the longest time until I cleared the data/cache for the service and reboot the phone. Now it just says my device is secure, but I don't remember giving the phone permission to use the service. From what I read online, there's supposed to be an agreement popup that you accept before it's used, so I don't know if I accidently accepted something yesterday or what. I'd rather disable it completely. Is there a service I can freeze in Titanium to kill Device Security? Everything I am researching points to services that aren't on my phone.

Thanks for any help.

Damn, I've already run the debloater script myself. Is there a list of everything it disables/freezes/removes we can use for reference if we have any issues down the road?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
Ok there are 3 files you have to freeze to get rid of the Update stuff. And I did all three with TiBU. (1) SecurityLogAgent, (2) Software Update X.XXX, and for me it was (3) ATT Software Update X.XXX. Not for sure what kind of phone you have but I think you can find all three of these in TiBU.

As for the debloater, not for sure what all has been deactivated, but I remember some posted a listing of all the items at one time. Don't know if you want to go through all that trouble or not.

Hope this helps...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Quixsilver8:
Oh sorry, its a T-Mobile SM-G930T.

I had 2 Software Update x.x.xx that I disabled and I also disabled a Security Policy Updates x.x.xx. Nothing else regarding security or software updates that I could find. That's not to say there isn't more, I'm just not sure what they would be named.

Hmm, ok. I'll have to see if I can find said topic then just to make sure nothing was KO'd that may not have been bloat.

I seem to have an issue with my network connection disconnecting when on WiFi. It doesn't always happen, but when it does i can go into settings and see my network operator is blank. Takes a long time to search for it again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] vincelin:
my screen keeps flashing in the beginning and I cant seem to re-root the original files..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Quixsilver8:
Well after a major hassle of attempting to flash back to stock and root again, failing miserably and getting into a bootloop, I managed to root my S7 again and not run the fixes+debloater and just the fixes while passing on Xposed this time around. The phone feels way snappier. I was also able to freeze the update apps before the phone ever attempted to download the OTA, so I do not have a notification in settings about it at all. Everything worked out perfectly.

I want to install xposed again, but it noticeably bogged the phone down the first time. Anyone have that issue and is there a work around?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] barndawg76:
I cannot get my 935R4 (USSC S7 Edge) back to stock! I am following the guide, including the bootloader file, to the T and I get a fail every time. I've tried every version of Odin out there, but it just keeps failing. Anyone have any ideas? I'm currently running APL1 and trying to install APE2. Do I need to install APL1 instead?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] barndawg76:
And now it's bricked. I desperately need help!

---------- Post added at 02:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 AM ----------

Disregard! I'm good now and actually on Nougat. Guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
So glad you got it working. Now all you have to do is root with Nougat :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] barndawg76:
Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jefraanca:
Hey, I have a galaxy s7 g930v, I'm trying to install xposed, but it always gets in bootlop, how to proceed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] toxicgecko:
Phone stuck on "recovery booting...." loop

Hello My phone is on "recovery booting..." loop? When I tried to flash the rooted rom like you said it got in a boot loop and then I tried entering recovery mode and now it's stuck in a loop of recovery booting. I can't start the phone and I can't enter recovery mode. I've tried flashing stock ROM but I get an error on odin: Failed! (Auth). Is there some sort of tool I can use to reset it? I don't care about loosing an data. Or am I screwed and will I have to take it to the shop?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jruka:
I had issue the first time I rooted this phone and got it to reboot thru adb commands
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Quixsilver8:
You should be able to get back into download mode at the very least. It took me a few tries before it let me.

I had this issue myself trying to flsah back to stock ROM and it is most likely because you didn't check "full unroot" in SuperSU prior to flashing stock ROM. I was getting Auth Fails as well. I eventually tried flashing the rooted ROM instead and my phone worked like normal again. Might be worth a shot so you can properly prep the phone for unroot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Screamsi:
Hey guys,

I'm stuck trying to return my s7 to stock. I tried to install Stang5litre rom and got stuck in a boot loop. I downloaded the verizon file fine, and they all loaded correctly in Odin, but now when i press start I keep getting stuck at the following point...

-Edit- I should point out that I was rooted

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> boot.img

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1

Finally got this fixed!!!

*For reference, I used this information...

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71133959&postcount=27

hope this helps someone out.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mcholly7:
Hi, quick question. I haven't been on this thread in a while, but ever since all of the companies allowed unlimited users to use hotspots, I am tempted to go back to stock. However, I am on AT&T and have yet to be able to find a HOME_CSC file for the s7 Edge on AT&T. Does anyone have this file so that I can do this without having to go through the annoying task of setting my phone up from scratch? I have checked all of the places I can think of to no avail. Thank you in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Quixsilver8:
So apparently Galaxy Apps self installs applications now. I woke up to see all these apps had self installed on my phone. Nice to know, despite thinking nothing had permission to install without notifying me first. It just installed 8 or 9 random apps when it never had permission to do so before. Absolutely grinds my gears.

Hancom Office Editor

Easy Setup

Internet (again)

Samsung PaymentFramework

Eng. Lang (US) Pack

Always On Display Service

Android System WebView

Beacon Manager

Game Tools

Voice Wake-up

Can I just disable Galaxy Apps entirely? Seems to be cancer.