[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Do you have usb debugging turned on in your phone settings? Is the phone the only device plugged into your computer?

---------- Post added at 03:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:19 AM ----------

If you follow the op it's pretty straight forward. It sounds like you were able to follow it enough to soft brick your phone. What did you do to fix? Odin a stock firmware or return to stock in recovery?

Anyway, The first mistake most make is flashfire the v15 fix and or debloat. First off, the only v15 fix that anyone on any phone any carrier should flash is the v15 fix for 'any all samsung galaxy s7' period. Any carrier specific v15 fix files are out of date and will do things to your phone that the newer firmware updates don't like. Second, do not use the debloat file at all any phone any carrier period. The debloat file is out of date and does things to the phone that the newer firmware updates don't like.

If you just follow the op and get your Samsung drivers installed on the computer. Install adb system wide on your computer or just put it in the same folder with the root.bat files. Then use the princecomsy odin to load the proper boot.tar file. Then make sure usb debugging is turned on in phone settings and once the root.bat files are on your computer either run root.bat from command prompt or double click root.bat depending on how you set your adb......or both ways might even work depending on how you layer things out, it's not that difficult. After you got root then download flashfire from playstore and then flash the v15 fix for any samsung galaxy s7.

All the download links should work to get the files you need and follow instructions in the OP for each step. It seems a lot harder than it is.

When or if you want to return to stock firmware then don't use any firmware linked in the op. The firmware referenced in the OP is outdated and you won't be able to odin it because you can't go backwards on a locked bootloader....So check updato.com or sammobile.com or xda or theandroidsoul.com for your current firmware version by bootloader revision and use stock odin 3.12 or 3.12.3 place the 4 tar files respectively in odin return to stock.

Make sure you don't update to Nougat because so far as I know Nougat has not been exploited and since locked bootloader you stuck.....no more root.

This is practically regurgitating the op and may even be longer read than the op so if you read the op then you will be okay.

---------- Post added at 03:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:49 AM ----------

Sounds like you got this fixed. But Titanium Backup Pro is what you need and just freeze the software updates and also security policy updates and also securitylogagent is another. But just freeze, don't delete anything.....or at least I wouldn't. The samsung galaxy s7 has proven that it doesn't like it when things go missing.

---------- Post added at 04:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:55 AM ----------

Sounds like you flashed the v15 fix file for verizon phones. The v15 fix file and debloat is out of date for carrier specific versions. Debloat doesn't work for any version.

But everyone no matter the phone or the carrier should only be flashing the v15 fix that is for any samsung galaxy s7.

---------- Post added at 04:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 AM ----------

If you can't find a way to do it organically. Then you could flash a custom rom like stang5litre since I'm pretty sure it has it all baked in. Check this op here: https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galax...-edition-5-0-s7e-rom-s7-t3453441/post68492282