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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
1) Is this build (PF2) rootable?

--- Yes

2) If not, do I need to upgrade to a later (or latest) OTA or downgrade to an earlier build for a "better" or "more complete" root experience without the problems I've read about?

--- I read someone had problems with PH7.....not sure if they solved it.....but PF2 is rootable....just not sure if there's a PF2 firmware file to recover from Odin.

3)If this build is rootable, I noticed a flashable fix zip (v15 I think) that some have or have not flashed with mixed results. Does this fix zip pertain to me as well, or only on certain builds/situations?

--- Yes you should flash this fix with any build firmware.

4)Since my phone came with the PF2 build, If I ever wanted to revert back to stock and take OTA's without failing (like I've read has happened to some, not being able to take latest OTA's) can I flash the available PE1 build and take all consecutive OTA's without issue? Do we know what is causing the failed OTA upon reverting back to stock?

--- From what I've read, flash BL and the OTA's will work. Have not personally tested.

You don't really need an ext sd card but it doesn't hurt either, some custom roms require it. Several posts back gdecker flashed back to pe1 from failed ph7 and successfully rooted pe1. Hope this helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] dtroup64:
Returning to stock on PH1

So after failing multiple times, trying to return to stock, I figured I needed to find the firmware for PH1. That doesn't seem to be available yet. Am I correct in understanding that, being that I can't Odin to a previous version, I have to wait until PH1 firmware is available to Odin back to stock?

I'm actually enjoying root right now, but I certainly wish to know my way back properly.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] evrycard:
Did you manage to get this to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kdoweb:
No I have not, thx for asking but I've decided un rooted for Samsung pay for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
There is ph1 firmware available for download on xda but I suppose depends on phone variant.

Otherwise.....

http://dl.pars-hamrah.com/index.php?file=/Samsung Flash Files/G Series/G930A - Galaxy S7 Firmware

It's a pay site but they have plenty firmware. Totally legit it's where most of the leaked firmware come from so far. You need to change it to English in upper left or right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] dtroup64:
Very much appreciated. Did not know of that site. Found the files I would need, and the price is fine.

As I'm enjoying root right now, I'll hold off, but this is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks!

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Just to update, I decided to try returning to stock for the heck of it. Worked perfectly. I did have to set everything back up again, obviously, but I was expecting that.

Always good to know your way back when you start messing around with things.

BTW, I found the APH1 file at a different site for a tad cheaper.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Lord_Saren:
Is it me or does anyone else experience boot lag like it takes a few minutes to be able to unlock phone after installing xposed framework.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] protivakid:
I got my phone all set and wanted to provide some feedback to help others. I bought my S7 (regular non-edge) phone on 10/13/2016 from BestBuy online. It came with g930vvru2apb5 which surprisingly looks to be a version from March 2016. I figured it would come with a newer version but I guess my phone was made some time ago. Both PE1 & PI2 are newer than my PB5 so I went ahead and first updated to PE1 using the steps in the "RETURN TO STOCK" section.

I then rooted following the guide under "PERMANENT ROOT". For the section that says to "Download and extract SuperSU flash package:" I ran "root.bat", my phone made a few sounds, but then kind of just sat there. On the PC the root.bat did not seem to be done but there was no progress indicator either. I just let it sit there and after a few minutes my phone did in fact restart so just be patient, though it may not seem it, the .bat file is working. NOTE: If things are not working try a different USB cable.. I had issues with the longer samsung one that came with my phone. Finally I tried a shorter cable and it worked first try!

I then followed some of the steps under "RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS". I downloaded "S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes_V15.zip" only to my SD card. My verizon plan already has tethering and I didn't want to mess with the debloater part as I saw a few had minor issues, I will just selectively debloat myself.

Using FlashFire I did not see a way to browse to my SD card's directory yet I could using the built-in file browser. To get around this I just copied the files from my SD card to the internal download folder using the file browser. From there I could point FlashFire to the internal folder with the .zip file.

I didn't mess with XPOSED as I saw many say it only causes problems.

Overall this was one of the easier roots I have done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DroidHead214:
What is the site for cheaper or you could just post the APH1 file for us. Share the wealth
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Couple of questions please......just to clarify.....first thing you did was Odin all four files or just three to update to PE1? Why didn't you just ota to the latest? What happened to the engboot file you were suppose to Odin? Was that just left off your feedback report? Good job though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] dtroup64:
Uploading right now to my AFH site. I'll put up a link as soon as it's up.

Cheers!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thefirst__noel:
All the firmware versions are available on updato (http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=g930v)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DroidHead214:
Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] nlysurferdude03:
Thank you so much for all the helpful info you provided! :good: I really appreciate the response. One last final question before I take the plunge if you don't mind.

Would it be recommended to:

1)Root this current build? (PF2)

2)Update to latest build via OTA, then root (if possible)?

3)Downgrade via "Return to Stock" method, then root?

Is it possible to make a backup of a clean stock rooted system with flashfire, to reflash in case I mess something up during modding? Or is it a Odin back to stock/reroot and start over type situation? I only ask all this because I've never used Flashfire in place of TWRP before. Thanks again for any help :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
I'm not sure what the point of no return is, if PH, PI, or what, but for me personally I would never downgrade unless it was absolutely the best and only way. My ocd prevents it. I'll downgrade if only way to root of course but it's not the case here. I think the jury might still be out on rooting the latest firmware though.....so I might be inclined to stay put unless you know for sure your ota can be rooted.

I don't know enough about flashfire sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thussain93:
Looking for some guidance on T-Mobile S7 edge. I tried this method but after issues with losing wifi/Samsung pay/random reboots, tried reverting back to the stock firmware.

I flashed stock firmware AP-G935TUVU4APIA with the CP and CSC files using Odin 3.12.

I'm still getting wifi issues as well as an access denied page in Samsung Pay and random phone reboots.

Any ideas on how I can resolve the issue at hand? I'd like to just take the phone back to stock firmware, no root, but doesn't seem like my methodology is working.

Any help would be appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] studiorat:
I have followed the unroot verbatim, using the .zip for my Version Verizon S7 edge, I select ap file then CP file CSC file, Then select start, the photos show a BL file inserted as well ,( not in the Directions, Odin doesnt add it automatically,) I select start and it fails, without the BL file, I repeat and manually select the BL and it fails again, I need to return it due to overheating issues , but it wont fllash using both versions of ODIN, what are my options Help Please! EDIT...IM ON PH1 JUST FOUND THE PH1 STOCK TRYING NOW WILL UOPDATE FURTHER
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] bogedy:
sorry if this has been discussed, its hard for me to navigate and find info in this monster of a thread... i appreciate this community!

i have a s7 coming in soon. from what i gather i want to be on PE1 and then flash the fix+debloat script? what happens if i update after i root and flash fix+debloat script? does the debloat script actually delete the bloat or disable it? and how do i go about making sure that i dont trip knox? can knox be untripped?

what will happen when the eventual nougat update comes out?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DroidHead214:
What is your site
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] protivakid:
Yes I did the engineer boot file steps, I just didn't mention it since everything went as the guide said it would. I only posted the steps that gave me an issue or left me a little confused at first.

To update to PE1 I just followed the return to stock steps. Downloaded the big .zip file and ODEN-ed over the 3 stock files from the archive. Make sure you get the correct name for each. Some of the names for the files in the .zip package are very very similar.

The reason I didn't OTA is because there are newer updates than PE1 such as PI2. I didn't want the phone to jump straight to a newer version as PE1 seems to be the most stable. By manually updating I knew which version I was putting on.

I also forgot to mention that the "Odin3_v3.12_PrinceComsy.zip" version was the only that would work. The regular ODEN version just showed an error in some other language which I tried to open the .exe on two different machines.

Any other questions just feel free to ask :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] dtroup64:
Hi there. I didn't end up posting the file since someone posted a site where all of these files live. If you want it from me here it is on AFH:

S7 APH1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] gdecker:
I would and did return to stock (pe1) as per the PM. Then followed his root process with excellent results.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] nlysurferdude03:
I did not do the "Return to Stock" method, but instead just rooted the PF2 build I was on, which went without issue.

Did some custom debloating for apps I know I don't use, still so far so good. :good:

Thanks to those of you involved with answering and helping me through this process on this phone. I definitely made it out to be harder than it was, but just wanted to make sure of everything before I ended up with a paper weight.

*Slightly Off Topic*

Does anyone know if Flashfire works to make a backup to restore in case of bootloops or in the case I want to restore back to a clean, rooted, debloated system? I would like to install the ARISE sound mod, as it's the only thing I'm missing from my LG G3 :fingers-crossed::highfive:

Also, can we use an app to change the kernel from enforcing to permissive? Do we need to stay on enforcing for any reason? I'm almost positive the sound mod I'd like to flash requires a permissive kernel for full compatibility.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Thanks for the info and insight. I figured most of what you mentioned but there's always someone who needs to know this kind of detail. Thanks for being helpful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] FreshIce21:
Snapchat is not working for me and I need to uninstall the xposed framework and login in again then reinstall it. How do I go about uninstalling the framework then reinstalling it without having to restart and root from the begging. Last time I uninstalled it worked fine, but I forget what files I used. My problem came when reinstalling. Anyone have any tips? On a g930a (Galaxy s7 flat, At&t variant) PI2 update also. I'll take any help I can get!

Edit: i have a titanium backup of snapchat when i restore it and then open it i can access my account for a couple of seconds then it logs me out. So that doesn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] lvpre:
Yes, you can make a backup [nandroid] with flashfire. However, you still have to root in order to restore from a clean install. Your phone gets really warm during the process though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] protivakid:
Is there a way to disable the "The SU binary needs to be updated!" notification? I searched the thread but the only "solution" I saw was to swipe it away each time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] gdecker:
Not to say that this is the solution but I went with the update (curiosity), it failed and it hasn't bother me since.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
I tried the update too, early on, cause someone said they updated and it worked.....but it didn't work for me. The update message comes from the playstore I think and that can be stopped in playstore settings but it stops all update messages....which is the way I like it anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] gdecker:
In order to update sprint profile and prl, Samsung DM, Samsung DM interface, both software update apks (fota and soagent), need to be unfrozen. Has anyone done this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] lvpre:
Yes. Unfreeze then go to settings, activate this device...let it do it's thing. Don't hit done when finished. Tab out and disable packages again. Go back in and hit done. Phone should reboot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Soooperstar:
You're saying yes you've done prl updates this way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] damikachu:
Hey man so I followed this guide, and everything is working pretty great so thanks a lot for that. Only trouble I have now is that whenever I reboot it no matter how I do so, it reboots 3 times in a row before booting to the os. Any fix for this sir? Thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] nyr2k2:
Yeah I was the one who posted about doing the update. I updated SuperSU to the latest play store version, then it tried to install the latest binaries. It failed a couple of times, I restarted, then everything was fine and there was no update notification in SuperSU. I suppose it's possible the binaries were not in fact updated, but it hasn't made any difference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thussain93:
Following up on this, any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] gdecker:
Perhaps flashing back to an earlier release such as pg1 then allowing update from your provider.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] xDark_:
SuperSU won't install. ODIN flashed the boot image fine, but then when I running root.bat, it either hangs at "waiting for device", can't see the device, or all the commands execute with no effect. A security notice usually pops up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Try checking that usb debugging is on in settings/developer options or that adb is setup and in the path correctly or supersu is in the proper folder or even in same location as the root.bat file or try just rebooting the phone and double checking if root is present (lol it can happen lol) or
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] xDark_:
It's on.

It's setup, I can run minimal adb and have it see my device. And yes SuperSU is in the right location.

Did twice, still no root or SuperSU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Angelo421:
PSA: flash correct software

Just a PSA: remember to flash the correct version of the firmware!

Hopefully nobody else is this dumb, but double check you are flashing the correct version of the firmware. I just almost flashed the PH1 verizon firmware for the S7 on to my S7 edge. The thread is for both phones. That could have gone badly.

Also just to add my experience. I had originally looked in to rooting the S7 edge to deal with random battery drain in the stock version. Generally the battery life was good ( 17hrs on battery with 3hrs screen time), but increasingly occasionally a process would run amok and the phone wouldnt make it through a normal day. I have rooted previous phones and managed to have solid battery performance improvements.

I followed the rooting procedure here, and used the fix and debloat v15 zip. I also installed the xposed framework. Everything went smoothly, but I should have read through the thread more thoroughly as people have had issues with the xposed framework. It started causing me problems - apps were crashing and weird performance behavior - and I didnt really need it so I removed the xposed framework. Afterwards with it rooted and debloated, and also using greenify, I was getting pretty horrible battery life (10hrs on battery and 1hr screen time). I tried changing the CPU governor to "ondemand" which helped a little getting smoother performance, but battery life was only slightly better.

Having now read through the thread more thoroughly, I am going back to stock and going to reroot but not debloat. This seems to be the most stable route. Hopefully I can save others some time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Cm4nXD:
I don't know if you ever got a better response. Buy you can root, Debloat, flash fixes, and then go to supersu app and unroot. There is a button for it in the app. It removes subinaries effectively removing root.

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You know another stable route that worked for me was a custom rom. I didn't even waist my time trying to mess with stock. It's just to buggy. I use Echoe Rom for Verizon Galaxy S7 and manage to get 19 - 20 hrs with lite usage. And 14 - 16 hours with heavy usage. And I have the flat varrient. So a smaller battery. I do use grenify and lspeed. But no xpossed. Xpossed is what's causing the buggieness. While I was on echoe and had xpossed, I had perfor.ance issues like you, even after removing xpossed. I had to restore with odin. And reroot, flash echoe, and not flash xpossed. It worked for me I seriously recommend it. Echoe is a fantastic rom. I am looking into trying topjo's systemless xpossed. Anybody know if it works?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Angelo421:
I cant find a good link to the S7 Edge PH1 firmware. Can anyone provide a link?

The firmware on updato.com is a currupted zip. There is also a link in another xda thread (<< Stock and U Firmware For Your Verizon S7 Edge and Quick Guide>>) that seems to have a currupted zip. I have tried a couple different mirrors of the file and they are all currupted, at least on my end.

Has anyone had success with the downloads?

I swear I am not an idiot.... but all these corrupted zips make me think I might be
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] nu2droid:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
How is it corrupted? I used updato for ph1 s7e and didn't have any issues.

+1 for the custom rom suggestion. I use Stang5litre's s7e rom and it has all the fixes baked in with some extras. Awesome battery life and performance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Angelo421:
Looks like it was a problem on my end. I had to try a few different zip programs, but winzip managed to unzip them in the end.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Is your phone encrypted or passworded because I think that causes problems maybe?? The phone needs to be completely like stock with nothing setup yet for best results . Also, you could try putting everything in one directory....adb, root.bat, supersu, etc and then run root.bat like that. Otherwise I'm lost. Good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] xDark_:
I'll try removing the password but now it's stuck on "dm-verity verification failed" when on recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] xDark_:
The ODIN 3.12 from the OP gives me a "can't find the .ini" in Korean when I try to open ODIN.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] klm2349:
Keep getting bootloop on restart.

I've followed all instructions to flash the rooted boot img and supersu. It works great until I restart the phone. Then it goes to the Tmobile screeen and locks up. The phone vibrates intermittently and wont boot further. I am on Tmobile Galaxy s7. When I try to restore to stock I get FAIL message from Odin. Can anyone help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
Make sure you're flashing the same version firmware that your bootloader is on or newer. If you try to downgrade odin will fail.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] klm2349:
Awesome that worked

I had to go to sammobile and get the September update because I had it before rooting I guess. Any idea if the rooted image will work again or will it cause bootloop?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Sounds like the download didn't go correctly. Also there are a couple versions of Odin for this .....the Princecomsy, 3.12, and I think a 3.12.3 ? But one of those should work. Also check that your fingerprint is not on too. Then as long as the firmware your flashing is same as phone or newer, it should work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
It'll still work with the September update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] meh3884:
FYI the unroot method does not work for t-mobile. OTA updates to PIA from PG1 are failing on G930T/G935T for multiple users on this and other threads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] wilson289:
Can I update SuperSU via the appstore or should I ignore it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] gdecker:
I did accidentally with no problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] bpassmore74:
EFS Secure store broken after root?

Got an odd situation -i can no longer save wifi passwords after rooting. if i rollback to stock i can. anyone else had this? if i disable ro.securestorage (true) then the wifi profile saves. (but passwords are unencrypted, and who knows what all else) - when it set to default, the wifi conf shows the new wifi profile, but if i turn off wifi and turn it back on that entry in the conf is removed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Toonlinkmaster25:
There's a fix in the original post

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Has anyone found a fix for YouTube videos lagging in 60fps?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Cm4nXD:
Try flashing a custom ROMS. Echoe Rom uses a custom kernel and boot image. They are both flashed on the install. Then you can unroot. Plus Echoe Rom has a bunch of other misc. tweaks that improve Samsung touchwiz, or even get the grace ux from Note 7. I seriously recommend it. Just try it. If doesn't work out, you can always restore to stock through odin. I didn't even waist time with stock. Echoe is way better. All the fixes are done for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] FoxyDrew:
I've tried just about every ROM, and either get poor performance and horrible battery life, or just horrible battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Commies:
I have 0 lag with stang5litres rom. Battery life is the same as stock too.