yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] spinsz1:
I was able to reset through odin, re-rooting and restore a backup I made through flashfire. Everything was working fine, I decided to restart the phone and white screen... When I attempted to flash only the Home csc file, I still got the white screen. I can flash all the odin files and the home csc and keep all my files, but when I try to root again, I get the white screen. The only thing that works is flashing to stock, re-root, and start over. Then after a couple of days, google playstore will start to crash along with a couple of other apps and I will restart just to get the white screen again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Tikoz:
I am currently in a complete stock S7E and have the same issue. I think it's probably a tmobile network thing for now it's pretty recent so hope it's not permanent.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] spinsz1:
Try turning off VoLTE I had to do that to get it to work right.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
Did you reset with ODIN the CSC (not home CSC) the first time you ODINed, re-rooted and restored?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] spinsz1:
Yep. I have ODINed back to factory, and re-rooted. When I do that, I lose everything, which is fine. Then I get it all back the way I want, and a couple of days later, playstore and a few other apps start to crash and it goes to white screen. When that happens, I have to start it all over again, ODIN back to factory, lose everything again, then re-root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
What firmware version are you on and what mods have you installed? Also, with an app like Phone Info, make sure your CSC is not getting changed by any of these mods (mine was somehow when my first root setup had many issues - including no WiFi calling).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] HeatOfLisboa67:
Is this easy? Like jail breaking an iPhone? What are the benefits of root?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
I've never jailbroke an iPhone but this is pretty easy as long as you have admin access on your desktop computer with a usb cable and a decent understanding of directions.

Benefits are pros and cons such as but not limited to:

Cons

Phone gets warm - hot.

Battery life reduction (most report at about 10 - 12 hours at most)

High ram usage and lag

No more Samsung pay

Pros

xPosed

Audio hacks (to make sound clearer and louder)

Customizations

Able to backup and restore backups.

Can't really think of anything else honestly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] HeatOfLisboa67:
Sounds not that great think I'll pass only had the S7 Edge for a week since new
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] funcritter:
I have two S7 Edge phones, one stock and the other is rooted. I did have both of them rooted but went back to stock on my daily after just a few days.

On the rooted phone, I am getting about two days of standby with about 3 hrs screen time. I do get a little bit of lag still after trying so many adjustments, mostly when I start to use the phone after it sits for awhile.

I'm glad I have two phones so I can do stuff like this and not have it affect my daily.

My phone does not get warm.

Battery life seems to be about what I get on my non rooted S7 Edge

Haven't noticed the high ram usage, just a little lag once in a while

Don't care about Samsung Pay
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Netconn:
I rooted my S7e weeks ago and it seems to be working just fine, I've had none of the problems reported. I started with PG1, Smart Saved everything to my card, wiped cache, downloaded the OP's files and followed the video on Youtube. I didn't install Xposed or change the VoLTE icon, don't care. It does lag every so often but not much. The only rooted app I can't get to work properly is WiFi tether root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] HiGhDRo3o5:
After being rooted for a few weeks, i was experiencing high ram usage, phone would get extremely hot, and alot of lag.lag was only every once in a while but it would get real bad when it did. Decided to go back to stock cause of the heating issue. Way to much heat with minimal use
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] liypfhe1:
Noob question. Is there a way to backup and restore just the user app and data in flashfire?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
Well the question wasn't the pros and cons for funcritters' phone. It was in general. You have to understand that the majority of those that have rooted their phones experience the aforementioned effects. I'm glad that you don't experience them don't get me wrong. Most of us have in some shape or form. Despite it all, I'm still rooted. But those that aren't should be aware that there is little to gain (so far) to root this device and the very last thing we need right now is a bunch of people commenting about the negative side effects of rooting when we've all either experienced it for ourselves or at the very least read about it almost all over the forum already. My idea here is to kinda warn them with worse case scenarios to prevent the worse case scenario. If they want to go for it after understanding the risks vs rewards and pros vs cons then it will be on them. Most will end up trying it anyway. But you cannot honestly state that they will all have the same enjoyable and near flawless experiences as yourself. Personally, the only annoyance that I have is that I have to wait about 10 minutes after rebooting before I can do anything with my phone otherwise I attempt to unlock it and the screen goes blank. I try again at least three or four times before I can actually get access to my phone. I lose an average of 4% battery life every time I reboot before I can even do anything with it. Then when I do, I have (checking now) 76% (822mb free) of ram being used. It is nowhere near this while it isn't rooted. My phone does get hot. So much so that I cannot use the Gear VR that came with it from pre-order. That's just my personal experience. Yet I remain rooted. It's no coincidence that I have been reading all over the forum that these experiences are common with other users as well. In fact, I believe that you are the only person that I've read that has mentioned that he hasn't experienced any of this at all. Must be nice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Netconn:
What I've noticed in all the posts in this thread is that there is no set way to do this root process other than the actual loading of the files. I think getting the phone

ready

before loading in the files seems to make a difference. Like I posted, I wiped before loading the files, many did not do this. There are many different build vers, I updated to PG1 before rooting and many didn't. I've read people started having problems after removing the VoLTE icon, I didn't remove it. I'm having no problems at all with my phone, not hot, long battery, very little lag once in a while, boots right up, no RAM problems, etc. Maybe I just got lucky or maybe it was how I rooted, don't know. I read lots of posts before I tried rooting and it seemed like the ones that had no problems were done like I did mine. I don't know enough to confirm this but......
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] goddess_bast:
SM-G930V

Does anyone know if it DOES work on on the SM-G930V? I just got this phone a few days ago and I dont' want it to become a paper weight just yet

---------- Post added at 06:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:16 AM ----------

Do you think you can help me root my phone then? I just got this thing and i never rooted anything, but i need this phone rooted for some apps I want. I have the SM-G930V its not the edge but it did say it would work. "I hope"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] qwerfaseeh:
Any stable root method ? This method makes ROM unstable
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
There is currently only one rooting method.

---------- Post added at 08:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 AM ----------

Perhaps the difference is PD8 and PG1.

I'm on PD8 for TEK rom.

Wiped, rooted, updated SU, xposed and then TEKv2 rom. I still have the RCS and VoLTE icons without any issues with IMS service. Only running three xposed apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
I am on similar setup after initially rooting PD6 without wiping and had many issues including frquent reboots.

Basically did what you did, but did Xposed after going to TEKXv2. After wiping I went one step at a time and made sure everything was working (especially WiFi calling - which I lost the first time).

It has been up almost a month now and have no significant issues and pretty good battery life, Better to be lucky than good I guess. Have made backups in case I try a mod that blows it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Netconn:
Well, I didn't use TEK ( don't work for PG1 ), I didn't use xposed and I didn't update SU. I loaded 2.76 and left it. I wasn't going to push my luck after I read conflicting success with these installs. This is not a real root and I think it's going to have limitations, so I expect it's going to have problems with what we all want it to do. I'm happy with a stable working root what I need.

Maybe you should back your phone up and start fresh and see what happens. Don't install TEK and xposed yet, see how it works. You can always change it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jevers77:
I have searched multiple threads and keep finding info on the custom unlocked pad lock logo on boot screen but not how to get rid of it. Can someone tell me if it's possible and how? My rooted phone froze and kept vibrating at T-mobile screen last night and I flashed stock PD8 in Odin but I still have the Custom pad lock logo. I thought from what I read that flashing stock would remove it but it didn't. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] HiGhDRo3o5:
On my s7 edge when i went back to stock it still came out 1 last time on first boot after going stock. After that it is no more.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jevers77:
Thanks, I let it update to PG1 and noticed it's gone now on reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Tungsten c:
How is that phone any good?

---------- Post added at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:54 PM ----------

Guys I root all my phones I ain't no developer. So I got a simple dumb question. Why once rooted we are not able to change the locked bootloader?

Thanks

---------- Post added at 07:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:04 PM ----------

Amem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] qwewqa:
Because the bootloader is write protected.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Tungsten c:
I dig that but unlike Windows there is no way to override it? Why can not be override via ODIN windoes ?

Tanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
I disabled boot sound in XTouchWiz and the unlocked screen also went away.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] qwewqa:
Odin ed files need to be signed by samsung.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Tungsten c:
Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] seanvree:
Has the eng boot been updated since it came out originally?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
Nothing new on the forum that carried this the earliest (GSM-Forum). Also nothing new in anything for the most part since then (ROMs, mods, etc.)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] pantmunu:
New vulnerability... might be of some use ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] urealgamer:
Verizon S7 Edge.

I can confrom the this works on the S7 Edge From verizon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
Thanks. We've known for over a month though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] urealgamer:
USB Problems

The only problem i have is that after the root is done the usb connetions form phone to pc does not work anymore. what should i do.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
For starters don't repeat the OP in your question.

Now - did you check the USB settings when it is connected and have you rebooted it since rooting it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] urealgamer:
What do i do about USB not conntecting to pc after the root is done.

---------- Post added at 09:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:54 PM ----------

ok sorry. Yes i have rebooted since the root and its just says charging.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
stop quoting the first post!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] 0DegreeCod3r:
Phone runs normal until you install xposed then the issues start for me. Restored and rebooted without xposed and all is running smooth and I will state it no lag at all only flashed 6 dock TouchWiz and nothing else. Battery last all day with minimal use yes not like stock but oh well I'm content until the devs gets busy

---------- Post added at 09:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:35 PM ----------

I see you got a reply but not a answer seems to be the thing around here. Make sure USB debugging is on in settings under developers options.

Try to ask certain people instead of making a post because some people don't have a life or know how to conversate with actual people that way you don't have to be belittled by others
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] urealgamer:
Sorry
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
Go to USB settings when connected and see if you can adjust the setting.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mathlete777:
I put AP_G935TUVS3APD8_CL7856276_QB9546824_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar in AP

BL_G935TUVS3APD8_CL7856276_QB9546824_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar in BL

CP_G935TUVS3APD8_CL7856276_QB9546824_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar in CP

and CSC_TMB_G935TTMB3APD8_CL7856276_QB9546824_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar in CSC. Use HOME_CSC instead of CSC if you don't want your data to be wiped.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Beefheart:
Theoretically, nothing has changed with this. The bootloader is still locked so attempting to flash anything to the recovery partition with ODIN will fail as it did previously. You might be able to flash TWRP with Flashfire now root is available, but on boot the bootloader should notice the lack of signature on the recovery partition and refuse to boot, so you'll have a soft brick until you reflash the stock recovery. Also, knox will be tripped.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] uaktags:
For those who asked me how I got xposed, it was listeded in the other thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67593149&postcount=2976

Use flashify to flash from zip and then use the XPosed 3.0 alpha apk to manage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
So basically, no custom roms?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Beefheart:
Not with custom roms like CM and AOSP, as the locked bootloader won't allow the system to boot. As for custom stock roms, like the one I'm running on my Exynos S7 Edge, I'm less sure. Once the instructions are followed and Flashfire can be used, I guess it's possible a custom stock image could be flashed. If it's pre-rooted I'm not sure what effect this would have on the knox-flag though. Perhaps someone else could confirm.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Syn Ack:
Verizon confirmed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
This is similar to the Note 5 once it got rooted. Rooted, but no unlocked bootloader, so only one rom ever came out. It was a very basic one too.

Good to have root, but for those who are serial flashers, you're probably better off leaving it unrooted as you will only gain some limited tweaks. Xposed will be nice for those who have the patience to find do then in small chunks.

At least that's my useless 2 cents. ☝ ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Syn Ack:
The OS forgets my WiFi after every reboot. Fixed by setting ro.securestorage to false.

And the overall system noticeably slower. Much better after 15 minutes.

Device is searching for service with no phone/sms until I actually place a phone call.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
When trying to flash xposed (the suggested version) flashify asks what recovery I'm using. I tried cwm and it went to stock recovery but did nothing.

Hesitant to try twrp before asking what y'all did to get it installed.

So can y'all help a brotha out?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Beefheart:
Don't agree with that. Unless Samsung Pay is a must, there are no circumstances where having root isn't preferable to not having it. Especially if it's achieved without tripping the knox flag and going back to 100% stock is easy.

My Exynos S7 has been rooted pretty much from day one. And whilst it's good that I have TWRP, a custom kernel (which means I can overclock and underclock the CPU/GPU, along with other tweaks), for the most part as long as root is available the differences are negligible. Even though I'm running a custom rom like Superman.

Besides, I wouldn't ruin this device by running CM or AOSP even if it was an option. The camera is one of the best things about this phone, and the quality would go down the toilet when non-stock is used. Plus you have the Edge features.

Basically, give me stock, root, AFWall+, Xposed (and therefore Xprivacy and Youtube Adaway) plus Viper4Android and I'm happy. All of that is now available on the Snapdragon models.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Not saying it doesn't have its benefits, because it CERTAINLY does. Just saying for those who enjoy a custom setup in a "one click" kind of way, this probably won't suffice.

Without custom roms to flash it gets a lot more difficult and cumbersome. Takes a lot more patience.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] uaktags:
I used FlashFire, and didn't choose any recovery (nor was i asked).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Beefheart:
But what I'm saying is that, whilst this might not suffice for some people (although I'd personally ask why they bought an S7 in the first place given what would be lost on a non-stock custom rom), whilst it's the only option, it's better than nothing and therefore should be flashed. Bar the breaking of Samsung Pay, there are no downsides.

Anyway, I don't want to take this thread off on a tangent. I think we can all agree it's fantastic news.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] HiGhDRo3o5:
anyone getting serious lag on s7 edge? so much lag its barely usable over here. just root and busybox installed. no other root apps yet
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Truth! Not trying to sound unappreciatve because God knows I am! Just trying to give some guidance for those who aren't as familiar as some of us.

NO ill will meant.

THANKS FOR THE WORK GUYS!

Crawling back under my rock. [emoji16]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] billydroid:
dleee
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Interesting. Used the same after you suggested. Went through the whole process, looks like it installed and when booting started all 200+ apps. But, when it finished rebooting, nothing from xposed showing. As if nothing got flashed.

I'm either confused or stupid. Currently, leaning towards the latter.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] rom116:
Had same lag. Had to wipe,reflash stock pd8 firmware in odin. Then flash custom boot file, then root file. Set up phone, most lag gone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] WhiTeRhiNo:
Download a kernel tweak app from playstore like kernel auditor or trickstermod and change the governor to ondemand. It will help with the lag
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Netconn:
Does anyone know if installing any or all of the updates makes any difference on rooting? I haven't installed any since I got this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] SteakSandwich:
I've followed the directions exactly as listed and when I open root checker it still says my device has not been properly rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] izzibew26:
Did you get a su prompt to allow root permissions? Is the su app installed? If so Open the su app and see if it has denied the permission for the root checker app. With adb type "adb root", does it report back it's already running as root? Is usb debugging turned on?

Sent from Uranus, the only planet with a ring on the inside
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] zubair_254:
stuck on kernel is not seandroid enforcing

HI,

after root i am stuck on

"kernel is not seandroid enforcing"

s7 is not going back to downloadin mode also

what should i do.....

i am really worried
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] qwewqa:
Did you try power+home+volume down to reboot your device. Also it shouldn't say kernel is not seandroid enforcing. Did you properly follow the steps to root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
I really liked it. Very nice looking phone and very smooth. Nothing bad to say at all. Nothing wowed me about it, just a very solid phone all around.

My only issue was the lack of an actual home "button". Nothing to click. Just touch. I'm just not used to that and just not ready to change yet. Will be very interested in the 4 though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] SteakSandwich:
Figured it out. Had to disable the decryption password when turning the phone on.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] zubair_254:
Its going now but after putting AP file the phone reboots.

it says the "kernel is not seandroid enforcing"

then goes to a new window saying "boot loader section" at top and nothing happens.

then i tried to load root.bat by adb but nothing happens.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Sapiens:
https://youtu.be/ggRhkme9FC0

Have you guys seen this?

It seems that thanks to some modem commands he is able to obtain temporary root. Is it possible to exploit that to gain permanent root without using the eng-boot?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
Okay. I watched the video.

I need you to explain to me where he even mentioned temporary root.

This is NOT rooting. Temporary or otherwise.

There are several different FRP bypass techniques but NONE of them gain us root.

Totally different. Not at all close to even being related.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] SteakSandwich:
Where can I find a factory PD8 file? My phone is now extremely slow and freezes up regularly and I'd like to try that out. Resetting my phone to factory settings and re-rooting didn't help at all.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935T/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] vido4eva:
im on tmobile PG1. am i good to go?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] euklid81:
So root slows down phone really badly? is it worth it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] qwewqa:
Yes, you can root.

---------- Post added at 09:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 PM ----------

Depend on what you want to do. On pg1 T-Mobile, I don't have any noticeable slowdown or battery life loss, but your experience may be different.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] gaww:
Don't know if and difference in the firmware, but TEKX's link below avoids the pain in dealing with sammobile:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24588232905720797
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
That's the right one.