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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Westen81:
Xposed APK

Not to necro or anything, but the xposed apk link under the xposed section points to a blank/moved item or page. Anybody have the latest apk? (Playstore ones don't see the flashed xposed as being installed). Thanks!

Edit: Flashing the fix only (no debloat) causes the IMS Service Has Stopped popup almost incessantly. Trying to freeze IMS with TB didn't work, I cannot find the " Voice over LTE preferred" setting to try disabling it, and it will not let me delete the folder or APK using ES Explorer Pro (root). All else fails, I can reflash firmware tonight after work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] StolidSentinel:
Get rid of Samsung and the ****ty S7. This phone has single handedly caused me to never use another samsung product again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] TimeTraveler1:
Help!

My Sprint Samsung S7 went through the boot process seemingly well, and Odin declared it with the proper green "pass" display, however now my phone will not restart and all it does is flash the "Samsung Galaxy S7... power by android" logo on the front and is unresponsive to any command except holidng the power, home, and volume down button.

What did I do wrong? And is there any way to fix this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] MrWhite0429:
Once again. All of the root methods in the op were done on marshmallow and early nougat builds. They can not and will not work if you are on any ota build within the past year and a half. Why this thread is not closed yet is beyond me. People come to this thread and keep bricking devices and the mods refuse to close the thread.

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The last rootable build was pf2 and we are on bra1 now. This thread is almost 2 years old and was never updated. Please mods lock this thread
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] dethzord:
Likely because there is still good info to be found. I was able to root without issue thanks to someone sharing a link with me in this thread, as mentioned in my previous post here.

This is on build number G930VVRU4BQG1. Yes, it's a post in the T-Mobile forums. Yes, it worked on my Verizon phone. Worst part about it is that the phone is a little laggy at times (mostly during, and shortly after, waking up). Otherwise, no complaints. Host file updated for ad blocking and Titanium Backup to freeze/remove unwanted garbage. Never have tried to get Xposed installed, but that's mostly just me not wanting to deal with having to wipe the phone should that go wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] aarongotgame:
There is zero point in rooting 930x snapdragon on newer ota updates. The only thing I see as a benefit would be me being able to debloat this damn thing but I've chosen to disable the apps and just enjoy the new hardware since I recently bought the phone. Oh well, I'm definitely not in the mood to flash stock again, that took forever because I had to use bl + ap + cp + csc and then had to set up and restore my phone all over again.

I don't think this thread should be closed or locked but I do think people should go to the last page to read recent and current comments which is what I've did and this just saved me from bootlooping the phone again.

Thx.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kissmiasma95:
So if I am a Verizon S7 user (unfortunately), my only choices are to downgrade to marshmallow and follow above steps or live without flashing the fix ZIP? The rest of the guide is still working if I am understanding everything correctly. Just looking to keep root without INSANE lag and daily hard resetting from freezing. And yes, this phone has prevented me from ever choosing Samsung again as well, I agree. My OnePlus 3t was phenomenal. Too bad the screen was so weak...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DabbingDuke:
This thread is old. Find a more current stuff to try--> https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/development
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Westen81:
Works just fine on the BRA1 build, currently running that rooted with the ENG boot and SU 2.82 - but with the method from a different thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] royta:
Could you link the thread? I'm just getting ready to pick up a new S7. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
I'm in a boot loop with a fresh out of the box unbranded, unlocked SM-G930UZKAX from Best Buy. All files are fresh downloads from the links in the OP. AFAIK I did everything I was supposed to. I used the PrinceComsy odin. Odin gave the upload a PASS.

The repeating boot screen does not have the open padlock icon. Additionally, because this is an unbranded phone, there's no way to return to stock. I guess I could use VZW, etc. stock files. Or not.

I've done this procedure on another unlocked and unbranded S7 without a problem.

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I tried the non-PrinceComsy 3.12 and got a warning in Korean. My Korean language skills are limited to Gangnam Style (NO K-Pop); no idea what the warning means. NTL Odin fails to run.

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I tried the procedure from zero - adb wait-for-device fails. There's no response from the phone. My guess is I haven't gotten to Developer mode to allow USB connections. I can't go forward (enable USB) or backwards (no stock image). And, of course, no battery pull to break out of the loop. I can get back to the download page, but reloading, via Prince Comsy doesn't change anything.

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Thinking maybe the USB cable is wonky. I tried all of the above with a different cable. adb can't see the phone and odin can't see the phone, either.

Now what?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] quantum tao:
i wish someone would make a new thread with the most current ways of doing this stuff. i would like to root just long enough to use flashfire to install oreo, but i have no clue where to start with all the conflicting info.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
I assume the OP is updated as needed. As has been said more the once, "assume is the mother of all f***ups".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
I was able to get to the stock recovery. I tried clearing the cache and doing an FDR (desperate times, desperate measures). No surprise - still in a boot loop. Adb still doesn't see the phone. I used device manager and found that the phone does activate the Sammy USB driver. But that's as far as things go.

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I'm not so sure odin ran to completion. I

rebooted the PC

started cmd as admin

did adb wait-for-device (daemons started and that was it)

got the S7 into the boot loader

started odin (found the phone on port 5?)

<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> boot.img
<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/005> RES OK !!
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
<ID:0/005> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

IIRC there should be more activity on odin after this point. Instead, I have a boot loop.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
I finally broke the boot loop by installing the files in XAA-G930UUEU4BQD2-20170428165520.zip (probably from Samsung - used during an earlier root on another S7).

I tried the OP rooting process again and dropped back into the same boot loop. It seems that the re-boot in the middle of rooting tanks. Why?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] quantum tao:
pretty sure the op is no longer valid maybe [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] could chime in and give us the current root method.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
At least that explains why the process fails. Strictly speaking, this S7 can survive not being rooted (replaces my wife's near brain dead S5), but losing Titanium, V4A and rooted FX are all disappointments. Curses on VZW for insisting on CDMA. >:( Otherwise I'd grab a European GSM and move on. Er, there are rootable Euro-phones, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] landshark68:
As has been posted numerous times in this thread, this root method is only for Marshmallow and some early Nougat builds for the S7. If you had read back in this thread even just 1 page, you would have seen a link to the most current root method for the S7 if you are on a newer Nougat build. Here is the link for that thread:

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/development
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
I opened all of the OP's "click to show content" sections, searched the full page 1 for "marsh" (not cap sensitive) and no hits. If you can find where "marshmallow" appears, I'll be happy to read up on what I missed.

Likewise, I didn't see, in the OP, anything about "after this date, you're SOL" or something like that.

Your link goes to a VZW section header, not a thread.

I'm trying to root an unbranded, not VZW, phone. As long as the rooting doesn't turn off CDMA, the only VZW item will be the SIM.

All of that said, I won't be surprised to find I'm trying to root a 7.0 rev. that's too new. But I wouldn't know that for sure if I didn't try rooting. Right? :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] tadashi_hamada:
<ID:0/030> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/030> Odin engine v(ID:3.1207)..

<ID:0/030> File analysis..

And thats it

Odin stucks right there

Halp plz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kpirnie:
i think you confuse people by stating VZW mate... hence why you were directed to a verizon forum...since VZW = Verizon

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
Um, pls see my OP - "I'm in a boot loop with a fresh out of the box unbranded, unlocked SM-G930UZKAX from Best Buy." I mentioned VZW because, for better or worse, I'm tied to VZW for the phone.

Summarizing - I'm trying to get an SM G930

U

rooted. I use VZW. I said, as a brief aside, I'd use a GSM-only (Euro?) phone if I didn't need CDMA capability (required to access to VZW).

What's so frustrating about this rooting process is I have one rooted SM G930U. Why I can't seem to do it a second time, on another S7, is ...uh... less than pleasing. As in I'm down to banging my head on a wall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kpirnie:
then I would suggest (since you obviously know best) that you try searching the other s7edge forum for rooting your device instead of coming to the Verizon threads and expecting that it will work on YOUR non Verizon device

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Son Rise:
Hallo all I was on SM-G930VL. I guess it's a tracfone. Works with H2O Straight Talk. And Verizon. When i flashed G930V. Because I wanted to root. Still didn't let me. So I Flashed G930U Tar With Odin. Is what I'm running right now... How can I get root to pass with the eng through odin. Keep saying failed. Can anyone help? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
What phone are you working on? What were you trying to accomplish? What had you done to that point?

Quoting a bit of odin logging doesn't say a lot, other than showing the last line written. For that matter, how long did you wait before deciding the odin was stuck?

Hint: rather than quote log dumps, etc., use CODE instead of QUOTE. Enter the text you want to quote, highlight all of it, and click on the "#' to the left of "<>". It makes reading posts easier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] tadashi_hamada:
i have an S7 Edge from AT&T with the 935U variant software

I just want to go back to AT&T system but i just cant

Odin stucks rigth there i left just like that for almost 40 minutes with progress
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RBEmerson:
Where did you get the files you're trying to flash? Anyway, apparently the md5 checksums are correct.

Have you tried another cable and USB port? Even if the files aren't the right ones (be sure they are!), they should still flash. The process simply comes to a halt suggests the phone lost contact, your choice of odin isn't working right (try the PrinceComsy version), or maybe your PC's adding to the confusion. Change the cable and port, reboot the PC, then try flashing "yes, I'm sure it's for ATT" firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ashishmainalee:
Unroot issue in S7 T-mobile

Sir, I got Fail(Auth) while trying to unroot my S7 phone. Now I am unable to do anything. Please help me Sir.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] da_uno:
Has anyone tried this with the April update to RC2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Westen81:
I used the PrinceComy ODIN method from this thread, and just used the official BRA1 firmware download:

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/heres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kongeo:
hi i did the root part but after odin phone is bootloop.what i do?it says up in red kernel is not seandroidenforcing . thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chemao:
I'm reading and reading but I can't find anyone with this problem. After flashing the debloat script, My phone keeps popping up "IMS SERVICE HAS STOPPED". It keeps popping up every few seconds. This is disconcerting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] landshark68:
The debloat script no longer works. It only worked on an early version of marshmallow. You have to start the root process over and not use the debloat script this time.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] chemao:
What I ended up doing was just removing the IMS Service with System App Uninstaller. I definitely don't want to flash to OEM and start over again. That would be a real kick in the nuts. So far I've also removed pretty every Samsung app (only kept the Samsung Mail and Samsung Themes apps) and every T-Mobile app (for Visual Voicemail, just reinstalled it from the Play Store as a user app). I've also removed all of the Google apps as system apps that can be reinstalled from the Play Store as user apps. Flashfire didn't seem to work to install the XPosed Framework, but I was able to install it using the XPosed installer.

It seems to be eating battery life though. Do you have any suggesstion for that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Havdaddy:
RETURN TO STOCK

(unroot)

Prerequisites: Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge and Microsoft Windows PC on one of these carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, or Verizon

I'm pretty sure my phone was unlocked when I got it, even though it was being used on the AT&T network. I've committed a grave NOOB mistake and not created a backup of my system beforehand and when I loaded the rooted image, all the phone did was endless loop reboot. Next thing I tried to do was unroot by going back to the AT&T image referenced here but I get an error saying "<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> FAIL! Model dismatch fail

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

So now what can I do. Seems I can't go forward and can't go back. I've tried booting into recovery mode but none of the options get me back to ground zero. Thoughts?

Help is greatly appreciated. Using Prince Comsy Odin. I think I will try the other version of Odin and see if I get a different result.

Updates posted back here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Krog18:
This thread and method is for MM even though it isn't stated on the op.

Below is a root thread for Nougat. Flash the eng kernel for N, which should get your phone booted up and then follow the rest of the root process in that thread...

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-ed...ed-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502/post71287574
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] $hortDogg916:
odin ini. error msg and now stuck in bootloop

im stuck in bootloop. Someone help please
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Havdaddy:
Updated attempts! More help required!

Many thanks! I visited the site but they don't seem to have the firmware for my device. Additionally, I attempted to use the non-PrinceComy version of Odin but it doesn't seem to run on my computer. It just gives me a box with Odin and some Korean words.

Thank you again.

***EDIT***

Okay, I was able to locate stock firmware on about three different sites. I've downloaded all three and none of them will flash to my phone. Everyone of them gives the same error as the first one - model dismatch. Am I doing something wrong? Each one of these has BL+AP+CP+CSC files. I'm loading all of them in Odin before attempting the flash. I'm getting desperate.

Along the way, I encountered a couple of compressed files that say they're firmwares but they aren't in md5 format. Instead, they're a lot of different files and folders META-INF, SEC-INF, system, recovery, etc. How can I use these to accomplish the same thing?

Incidentally, is it kosher to continue this thread here or should I move it to another or start a new one?

Thanks again for any and all assistance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] saf4xdadev:
You probably need newer firmware than what was on the phone prior. You can't go back in firmware older than bootloader revision only forward. It's been a while since I messed with this stuff hope it helps if not already figured out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] rosedev:
Flashfire closes

Hi,

I successfully rooted my Galaxy S7 Edge G935V based on the instructions here. I also have SU working (purchased SU Pro). I'm trying to install Xposed based on the instructions on page 1 of the thread.

However, I'm not able to flash anything. When I use Flashfire while loading it closes after checking if I have SU Pro. I did purchase SU Pro but still can't get Flashfire to work (I tried previous versions of FF but not luck).

Any suggestions to get Flashfire to work or another way to flash zip files? I tried installing TWRP but can't get it to install either (don't think there's aversion for G935V qualcomm available yet)

Is there another way to flash the xposed zip file?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Ace1652:
I'm having the same issue, but with a Galaxy S7 G930V. I also have SU Pro and working, but Flashfire closes after checking for pro.

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I figured out why it closes. Apparently Flashfire's developer is done working on the app, and he set a hidden time bomb on the app. If you go in your settings and manually change the date to before April 1st of this year the app should open like normal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wimmer4Archery:
Wow, that's interesting, it seems there's a work around for just about anything!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] magiin:
Hi there. New to this phone, just purchased it yesterday.

Been with verizon a long time. Been a S4 user (great forum) and LG G6 user (0 forums, not the point)

Before I jump head first into rooting my phone, this thread is pretty long, and just want to make sure this phone is still able to be rooted, rommed, etc. It seems it is.

I stopped any update on the phone while at the verizon store, but the phone is already on nougat.

G930VVRS4BRA1 is the baseband

NRD90M is the build

Android security patch level is Jan 1st 2018

I havent seen any requirements the phone needs to be at in the forum in order to root, so I'll take this as a this phone will always be able to be rooted via this method?

Just want confirmation is all. From some comments it seems this root method was for MM.

Any help appreciated. Or if there's a more specific page to start if OP's comment isn't as up to date
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] wegiwegi:
My S7 is on Nougat

TWRP 3.0.2.4

Routed magisk 16.0

and works fine

Before magisk I was on SuperSU, but couldn't use my bank apps, but with magisk, I can use them all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] magiin:
I ended up following the root instructions in this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-ed...edge-g935t-t3567502/post71287574#post71287574

All worked well, only difference I see is theres now a VoLTE logo at the top of the screen, and another icon I cant figure out what it is, something that looks like a hurricane.

Ran the S7_VOLTE_ICON_FIX_ALL_VARIANTS.zip to remove those logos, so thats taken care of.

Phone is a running a little hot at the moment but considering how much it just did w updating, this seems normal? Restarted, wiped cache to clear stuff, letting it chill for a bit.

The lag is definitely noticable, and the phone is running hotter than I anticipated - are there additional changes I need to look into to address those issues?

Also: FlashFire will not open, but I found the bit about the developer leaving and setting a 'farewell timebomb' to disable the app - set date manually to before 04/30/18 and it'll open.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Wimmer4Archery:
Change the date on your phone temporarily to before April 2018. Then FlashFire will run. Then return the phone's date back to auto update when finished using FlashsFire.

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I rooted my phone just yesterday. And it was initially running very hot. However, this issue can be addressed with Kernal Adiutor app from Play Store. I have set my CPU governor to interactive and am satisfied with how the phone is running today. It is totally cool to the touch and I am very impressed with the performance.

I used an added technique where the final step after the rooting process completed was to re-flash the stock bootloader. I did so, and am experiencing zero lag with a rooted phone. Credit goes to ars18 for pointing this out in the thread entitled, "ROOT method for Nougat" by jkrusre.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] kingaurther522:
Hey, I'm an extremely new comer to not only rooting, but xda it's self in general, and I'm just having a hard time following everything. I just got the s7 g930v and I just wanted to know what the best rooting method was for this phone, and the best method to reduce the lag and battery drain that I've heard about. Thank you