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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
The difference in the 2 CSC files is the one with home in the filename won't wipe your internal SD storage and the one without home will. So for a full wipe, use the CSC without home.

Including the bl file won't trip Knox.

Sent from my SM-G935V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Charlie R.:
Can I revert to a stock kernel by flashing the original boot.img while keeping root?

Looking at the contents of the TAR archive for the engineering kernel, I see:

C:\> c:\bin\busybox tar tvf Samsung_G930x_QC_Rooted_BOOT.TAR

-rwxr-xr-x 0/0 20799760 2016-04-22 00:00:00 boot.img

There is also a boot.img in my stock AP TAR:

C:\> c:\bin\busybox tar tvf AP_G930R4TYS2APC3_CL7103056_QB8900531_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5

-rw-rw-r-- 1000/1000 20967696 2016-03-10 03:26:39 boot.img

-rw-rw-r-- 1000/1000 23429392 2016-03-10 03:26:42 recovery.img

-rw-rw-r-- 1000/1000 4398310344 2016-03-10 03:27:51 system.img.ext4

-rw-r--r-- 1000/1000 4772048 2016-03-10 03:26:07 persist.img.ext4

If I were to extract this stock boot.img, then package it into a new TAR and AP flash it with Odin, what would happen?

C:\> c:\bin\busybox tar xvf AP_G930R4TYS2APC3_CL7103056_QB8900531_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 boot.img

boot.img

C:\> c:\bin\busybox tar cvf Samsung_G930R4_stock_BOOT.TAR boot.img

boot.img

C:\> c:\bin\busybox tar tvf Samsung_G930R4_stock_BOOT.TAR

-rw-rw-r-- 1000/1000 20967696 2016-03-10 03:26:39 boot.img

Would I need PrinceComsy to flash it, or would would Odin 3.11.1 work?

My hope is that I keep root, but move back to a stable kernel that doesn't reboot every 30 minutes under the lightest usage. Under the server Linux systems that I use, I switch kernels with the same userland all the time. There may be signature checks in the initrd that could fail in this, though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krieger0311:
Worked like a charm! The BL file should really be added to the Return to Stock section in the OP. I imagine this question will come up more as others try out Nougat. I have already seen the same problem posted elsewhere with no fix, just no clue if those were rooted users too or not. Thank you so much for the help!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
But once on Nougat it's not possible to rollback to android 6, is it? .....at least not on locked bootloader phones? Or did I miss something?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] trynaroot:
Hey guys, I've been pouring over this thread for awhile now and still can't figure out how to root my Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-935V). Apparently if I follow the original post it will soft brick my phone. I'm running 6.0.1 with baseband version G935VVRU4API3 and have never tried to root this phone.

Can someone please help me understand how to root it? I'm pretty tech savvy / have jailbroken & rooted phones before / have a PC ready to use.

Thanks everyone for your contributions, I really appreciate it - I just can't seem to follow the thread to figure out what to do.

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Krog18, you seem to be super knowledgable about the latest methods required to root the SM-935V (Verizon Galaxy S7 Edge) and very helpful as well. Any chance you could help me root mine? I'm pouring over this thread and can't figure out the latest method. I'm running 6.0.1 with Baseband G935VVRU4API3. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jamesskyrunner:
help please

I get error more than one device/emulator ?

-waiting for device

when clicking on the batch for super su?? what do I do
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
Ok I have my phone, AT&T Samsung-Sm-G935A rooted in accordance with the Guide. It went without any problems and have been running it for about 2 months now. I love being able to use my phone with root access and I don't really want to go back to an UnRooted phone.

Today I got a notice on my phone that an update was being downloaded and I was afraid it was the new version of 7.0. After the download completed it showed a notice saying in fact that it wanted to update my phone to Nougat 7.0, but has many have already said in this thread, this root procedure does not work on Nougat.

I guess my question is how do I get rid of the notice so I don't accidently start the Update? I have tried to cancel but the only choices were "At a later Time" and "Install". I clicked on the at a later time and came here to find out what to do, but the Notification is still in my bar.

Thanks in advance...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] barndawg76:
Maybe try freezing the update packages with TiBU? There are 2 of them: Software Update 1.xxxx and 3.xxxx. It should keep it from doing the update. I however am not an expert. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] philbert2k:
Hey all, Having a little issue with my S7 root. I am on the VZW *PI3 build and am having the same issues as my last attempt a few months ago.

-Security notice alert not fixed

-Unable to send SMS/MMS or receive phone calls UNTIL I place an outbound call. Until I do that I have the restricted "no" symbol in the upper right next to the battery % and my status screen shows unknown network and "out of service" for the service state. Also, when I get my service back then the signal bars show up and the restricted symbol goes away. I have followed the guide, ran the fix (generic, not vzw, and no debloat) via flashfire, and plenty of GTS on this issue.... I need help! Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
Thank you for the reply. I found Software Update 3.1.2 (and froze that one) but didn't see Software Update 1.xxxxx. I will keep an eye for it in the next few days and freeze it when I see it.

Thanks again for your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Charlie R.:
A set of "engineering" kernels have appeared that were leaked from Samsung. I understand that they were signed with a valid private key.

Your Snapdragon S7edge can be rooted with a leaked Samsung engineering kernel that allows SuperSU to be installed.

If you have a custom version of Odin, then you can apply the leaked kernel in a few moments. Afterwards, a custom version of SuperSU is loaded with ADB.

There are stability issues, and you must either apply new settings to stabilize, or flash a reroll of Samsung's OS (either stang or echoe).

Does this make sense?

---------- Post added at 03:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:53 AM ----------

To stop this, I used fdroid's system app mover to DESTROY both "Software Update" system applications. I did this before I ever allowed the phone online.

I also destroyed the Security Scan app that is mentioned in the main instructions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] trynaroot:
Whew, I was finally able to obtain root! However, my main reason for doing so was to enable native tethering on Verizon (not using a third party app like FoxFi) and even though I added the net.tethering.noprovisioning=true line to the end of build.prop file, I'm still getting the subscription check.

Anyone know how to enable native tethering on Baseband version G935VVRU4API3 running 6.0.1? I'm bummed out that I updated from the previous version which appears to have a custom file option from this thread where someone already enabled native tethering. Hoping there is another way.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated - thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] philbert2k:
Sorry for not adding that bit of info..... I used the generic version since the VZW said it was only compatible with the earlier firmware release. I also did not use the debloater. Verifying that I used: S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes_V15.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] N3k0h1m3:
Are there any ways I can reinstall the briefing edge after I flashed the debloat script ? Or maybe how can I exclude the briefing edge from the script ? I'm really like that function :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
Thank you so much. As soon as I froze the AT&T Software Update 2.2.41 the notification went away. I also froze the Security Policy Updates 4.1.80 but could not find anything that looked like SecurityLogAgent. But so far the notifications are gone and I am a happy camper.

Thanks for you all's help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] happybullets5:
I have rooted a few phones but I am a total newb. i have an ATT Edge. Followed the OP, flashed the boot image using PrinceComsy. Everything passed, seemed to go fine. Now I am stuck on the ATT logo screen. Any advice? Thank you in advance !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jruka:
I belive it's com.android.secutitylogagent
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jruka:
Looks like this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Do Not Debloat. The script is out of date and will most likely do things to your phone that newer firmware updates don't like. So your phone will develop issues if you debloat.

---------- Post added at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:29 PM ----------

I assume you never got to run the root.bat then....only boot.tar odin? Did you have any screen locks or logon passwords set for your phone before Odining boot.tar? You may be able to do factory reset from phones recovery if not then you'll have to odin back to stock firmware.

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:36 PM ----------

Try deleting cache from phones recovery or from flashfire. Maybe check you apn settings or maybe call verizon and have your phone reprovisioned. Just spitballin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
Really strange. I looked for com.android.securitylogagent and didn't it find it there and followed your screenshot and also did not find it where it was supposed to be. Mine looked like yours but still no secruitylogagent.

I guess it is ok as everything is working fine and I don't have any of the notifications popping up.

Thanks again for your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] philbert2k:
I have a feeling I need to restore the imsservice.apk so that it is vzw specific. I think I picked that up somewhere during my many google searches. Apparently accessing the system.img.ext4 is more challenging than it should be... Any thoughts on this (both parts) ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] happybullets5:
Yup. Only got to the root.tar then reboots to att screen. There was a pin on the phone. I knew I should have taken it off... Did change the one setting listed in OP. Anyway to save the data on the phone? It's not a big deal if not. Just ideal. Thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] 4x4x4door:
So I flashed the VZW debloat zip because I didn't read all 300 pages. The phone's rooted and works but it's buggy, gets hot and eats battery. What's the best way to fix it? Can I simply flash the generic zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] sonjohn1:
Any idea which which file I should freeze with Titanium Backup to stop firmware updates? Also, is that safe to do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
I have the following frozen for updates:

Samsung updates (com.sec.android.app.samsungapps)

Software update (com.sec.android.soagent)

I'll be posting a list of the packages I tend to freeze in the OP at some point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] sonjohn1:
Thank you again. With your help this phone will be better than my Droid Turbo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] CVertigo1:
I flashed V8 and the dialer still disappears when making calls.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
That's because V7 accidentally deleted InCallUI. V8 no longer deletes that file and fixes odd menu items appearing in Settings. Reflash V6 and then V8 to add InCallUI back. You can do this back to back without restarting (add two steps in FlashFire).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] SanguiniusWept:
Just curious, but is there a way to incorporate the flashable debloat zip into the rooting boot image? Seems like if this were the case, it would shorten the process, with more being able to be done in a single step. Of course, it also seems like if this were the case, it would have been done already. It's probably not possible, I was just wondering.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Oatswesow:
Questions: I was one of the early adopters of this process. I followed all of the original directions (fix lag, VoLTE icon etc without the zips). I've been watching this thread as it progresses and wondering if It's safe to flash the V8 zip file at this point. I have not flashed ANY of the previous versions of the zip file. Also, I have a handful of Xposed modules already installed and tweaked, will this cause issues? Should I unroot and start fresh?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] MrWicked1:
How have you been setting up tb to save externally I haven't been able to figure it out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Yes. I spent three hours last night developing and flashing/testing the V7/V8 packages to ensure they didn't cause problems with a brand-spanking-new root. The V7 version did remove the InCallUI app as an oversight (V1-V6 all do too, but they then add it back for various theming requirements -- a process which was made redundant and wasn't fully cleaned out in V7 unfortunately). I'm also working on a V9 that is universal -- it has scripts that modify build.prop and others.xml instead of flashing those files and drops framework-res.apk (only useful for us Verizon people who want hotspot tethering). There's no benefit to flashing V9 after I release it though, unless you're not using a Verizon-branded S7 or S7 Edge, so V8 will serve you well.

Not at all, you'll be fine to flash even with those Xposed modules (I do all the time).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] j0hnh0lmes:
Yes

Wrong

Correct
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
[MENTION=3438983]j0hnh0lmes[/MENTION] good to know there's a way around it again. Like I disclaimed: it's just what I had read from another thread on the Custom-vs-Official screen.

I just went into TiBu's preferences and changed the data location to the external SD card. Nothing crazy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] tygib:
Psouza, you are the man!

Just flashed V8 from completely stock the first time and it's worked great so far. I did have to do the ATT adb super workaround with shift-right click in the super folder but other than that, went smoothly. Thanks so much!

With everyone setting up the governor for 'ondemand', what settings are you guys using for the cpu itself? I thought I saw a post in the thread earlier with some settings but can't find it now. And also, what app is everyone using to change cpu controls?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Oatswesow:
Great! Time to do a Flashfire backup in the refrigerator (heat issues). Then on with flashing V.8!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Must4ngGT:
You on g930a or g935a?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] JesseFK:
I'm getting this same problem. I ran the adb setup running as administrator. When I choose 'y' for system-wide it says 0 files are copied. I'm using Windows 10 64bit pro just like you. Maybe I'm missing something with the security settings?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Glad to help. :)

Stock is actually set for interactive, not ondemand, and there's about a billion threads out there debating which is better. I lean toward interactive for several reasons, so between my personal preference and the stock setting that was shipped to us, the scripts here set it to interactive. You'll find it more responsive for about the same battery consumption and better cool-down scaling.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Check the ADB setup thread for help with getting the installer working:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Rhubarbb:
Flashed V7, then V6 and then back for V8 for the S7. All the lag is essentially elminated! Thanks a bunch--but I'm still getting pretty noteworthy overheat. Am I alone in this? I uninstalled the kernel auditor for the CPU governor.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Rebooting will pump up the heat for a while, especially flashing those ZIPs as they will delete cache and such. Let it settle a bit after all your flashing and report back later?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Rhubarbb:
Will do, thanks so much for your contributions and generosity.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] bodyshop:
That's because there is no "com.android" on the front of the name

sent from my Wicked S4/S6 hybrid
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
Thanks for your comment, I wasn't for sure where to look for SecurityLogonAgent as someone had posted a screen shot and on my TiBU I did not see it anywhere. But as I said, everything is working fine and I no longer have the notifications as soon as I froze all the rest of the processes that were mentioned in the previous posts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Araltd:
I have gotten some great info in this thread, even though my device is a T-mobile G935T. So thanks for the contributions.

I wanted to mention, I was able to ROOT Android 7.0 Nougat on my T-mobile G935T using an ENG tar file. Funny how these Engineering kernels pop up? LMAO.

Anyway, I do believe the file's will work for all USA Qualcomm variants? So if you are on Android 7 Nougat, and want to try - here is the link.

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502

I did it to my personal phone, I did not loose any data or anything, but beware there is lag. I never did the MM ENG root, so I can not compare the lag - but there is lag. It seems to settle after a while, but it DOES give you SuperSU which seems to work fine. Anyway, I wanted to share this info. GOOD LUCK ANDROID WARRIORS.

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jruka:
I knew it was a com. Something?????

This is what it was in titainium backup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] freeop:
Just looked at my backup from last night and STILL did not see the securitylogonagent file. But looking at your screen shot it shows that you have a SM-G930A and mine is a SM-G935A. Don't know if that will make a difference or not.

But thank you for your help...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Charlie R.:
I flashed the stock boot.img to my device with PrinceComsy.

This did not disrupt any of my apps or data.

I find, however, thay SuperSU no longer works.

All of my Xposed apps *do* continue to function properly.

I'll try this for a few days and see if this improves stability. Perhaps I can find a way to access root with the stock kernel using an suid binary.

Maybe this could help:

Voodoo OTA RootKeeper (Maintain root access) -

https://f-droid.org/app/org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jonahgod:
Hello. I successfully installed the .tar file onto my device. When I try to double click the root.bat to install SuperSU, it doesn't pop up and run. This is my first time and I don't know what to do. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] khaos4ng31:
Wifi performance issues

Hi all,

running an SM-G930T, all rooted and everything, flashed with the v15 fix (no debloat) and xposed installer has not been installed. Performance has been running fine for a week now but now I've noticed that when I turn on the wifi, my entire phone's performance starts to get sluggish and extremely laggy, sometimes requiring a reboot. IIRC from before, the last time this happened I got stuck at the TMobile logo screen and had to flash back to stock and reroot my phone. I've disabled all the security stuff and made sure all the play store updates were up to date. Just wondering if anyone else has been having this problem and whether there is a solution.

Edit: forgot to add, when I turn off wifi, everything is fine, it only happens when I turn on my wifi and connect to a network, and performance comes back after I turn off wifi and reboot. It's kind of a pain to have to watch my data usage, which is why I am bringing this up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] billa:
Do not run it directly from the zip archive, you have to unzip it first.

If it's still not working, then install ADB Minimal, extract the root files into the adb minimal folder then try running it again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] happybullets5:
Quick rundown...S7 Edge, tried to root. Screwed up. Stuck on ATT white screen. Can access recovery and download modes. Forgive my ignorance but reading back a bit I have seen a few people talk about flashing back to stock and using a home_csc file to avoid erasing all data. Im on G935AUCS4APK1, found stock files to flash but no home_csc. Would this work and does it exist somewhere? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] protivakid:
Is this still "the guide" to use for the S7? I followed it mid-last year and am still on 6.0.1 PE1 rooted. I didn't know if there was a newer update with root that most recommend moving to or if staying on PE1 is the best choice.

Also I ran the fixes and my phone had been fine for a while but this past month lag has become very bad. Is there some magic lag fix I should use? I've considered just wiping everything and clean installing again following the guide to hopefully speed it up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] HolyGhostBoy1:
Hello I have galaxy s7 and I Have been rooting phones for some years. But I made a noob move and didn't go thru all the steps I forgot to make sure that "Secure startup" is off/disabled. So the root didn't go thru I disabled it but it still didn't work so I tried to odin to stock VZW_G930VVRU2APE1 but it said it failed and everytime I download the stock files WinRAR says archive is corrupted and the flash always fails. What can I do? Are there other places where I can get more stock firmware that isn't corrupted? Is that why the flash failed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Groovu:
Use this firmware. OP is outdated.

http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=578E12D6B01511E6B04AFA163EE8F90B

PI3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] bodyshop:
Its in package disabler pro. That's the app you need. Find the packages and disable them.

sent from my Wicked S4/S6 hybrid
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
This is still the guide pretty much but root is available for Nougat now on some carriers maybe all. There was a link about a dozen or so posts ago. It sounds like same principle as the MM root. Since your still on pe1 you have plenty of options on updates and custom roms like stang5litre. Just remember the firmware versions can't be rolled back to older version based on bootloader revision. So if you so odin up some newer firmware make sure it's what you want because chances are slim to be able go back if you don't like. Someone did confirm that at&t can go from Nougat back to pk1 because they both use same v4 bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] HolyGhostBoy1:
Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
Not sure you'll find one for at&t. What mistake did you make. Did you try to factory reset from phones recovery. That might get you in to allow time to back up important stuff to an external microsd card and then odin back to stock pk1.