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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
No way to remove it from Odin. What you can do is just reboot into recovery, select factory reset from recovery and you'll be at a fresh install. You could try clearing cache first, Xposed does hang for a long long while before it does finally kick over to boot. But if you're truly borked then just factory reset from Android Recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] makane716:
So, you're saying the engineering boot img. persists after flashing stock firmware? When you reboot you still have the "Custom" on the samsung splash screen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Austin420.1:
Sorry, I am not doing the greatest job of explaining. When I try to flash stock firmware it gives me a model dismatch error, I have made sure it is the correct firmware. When I run root.bat it works and my phone is rooted, however after a few minutes my phone freezes then rebooots, all on its own, then the root is gone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
May want to try checking if you downloaded the Sprint S7 (non-edge) and that the MD5 matches. If all that checks out, then try another version of Odin (there are TWO now in the main post).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] makane716:
Yes. The problem is in your first step. Something wrong in the firmware flash. I'll let [MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION] take over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mikemerg1:
I appreciate the response. That helps a lot!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Exleh:
Try re-downloading the .zip?

EDIT: Nevermind lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
The assert failed is an intentional "hey, your firmware doesn't match, I'm gonna abort!" error. Redownloading the same zip won't help. I left my comments on a prior post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mikemerg1:
The universal one worked like a charm. Sorry I overlooked that. Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] brycegreen:
Alright, so I just read pages 50 + of this thread and I'm ready to root my G930A on AT&T. Just a few things to verify on my checklist...

-I made a back up of my phone's files and have the necessary ZIPs and files on my PC and SD card.

-I will be using Odin 3.12 not the PrinceComsy version to avoid possible boot loop on AT&T variant.

-I'm already on stock PF2 firmware so there is no need to flash the PF2 and follow the unroot process prior to rooting, correct? Will doing a factory reset achieve the same result?

I'm very keen on making things go right the first time, so I've done all my homework and will follow the OP steps exactly. I'm not rooted yet, but I very much appreciate your time and work here [MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION]. I will be donating once everything is up and running! Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
[MENTION=7157917]brycegreen[/MENTION] Correct, on that firmware you're good to just fac reset back to safety.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] TugBoatTed:
Looks like you have done your homework. Fyi, I am on att and I used the princecomsy version with no issues. I did it on a clean install though.

If you have your files backed up, you should be golden! Enjoy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] FilthyFord:
I also an on G930A and used the princecomsy version of Odin and have not had a problem at all and I've rerooted several times (non Odin related problems, just me messing and experiencing things).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] SinisterDev:
Now that Ive had a few days to test everything out after following the guide and performing the tweaks, I have a better idea of what's going on to compare stock vs. eng root vs tweaked eng root.

Eng root alone really was awful. Between the constant overheating and the lag, I feared for the life of this new and very expensive phone and flashed back to stock a while ago.

Last week I needed to root again to fix the Enhanced LTE, I came across this guide and decided to give a try before unrooting.

After several days I have noticed significant improvements over the untweaked Engroot. Performance is snappier, smoother. Battery life is better, but I still think stock firmware battery life (with a few tweaks from apps) was the best. My phone isn't getting crazy hot all the time anymore, which Im grateful for. Temps are pretty normal actually. The performance is good, but not perfect. Its a bit inconsistent. Over the past few days, Ive noticed performance ranging from buttery smooth and super quick app loading, to a bit laggy and unstable. There definitely have been some hiccups and quirks.

These fixes are a big improvement over the performance drop and issues experienced after eng root, but I really don't think we're going to see equal or truly better-than-stock-performance until a better root method is developed. All things considered, I think the OP did a great job with what he had available to work with! I'm looking forward to seeing what he comes up with after a more stable root is developed.

I find myself very torn between sticking with the root for now and trying to tweak better performance and stability out of my phone, or just going back to stock and waiting patiently. I really like having my phone rooted and make use of some of its features on a daily basis. I feel like I'll really miss root access if I flash back....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
Don't keep your hopes up for a different root anytime soon. Remember these phones are incredibly locked down. If the leaked engboot wasn't leaked, we'd still being the same position we were in before.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] SinisterDev:
I know right? What a major bummer... That's why Im tempted to keep at it and try to make the best of what's available...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Strike11249:
How do I install the Xposed Installer APK over ADB? I am obviously missing something obvious but it is my first time rooting and trying to use Xposed. Any help would be appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] blulightning:
What firmware?

What firmware should I be on? If I've taken an OTA update at all, i'm I SOL?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] THATTON:
Has anyone successfully flashed the reboot and fixes zip for the ATT variant? The fixes seem to stick but i don't have any apps that are uninstalled. Just curious if I'm alone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
My .02c - while root is nice as an idea in implementation is THIS root worth it?

The biggest gain is to be able to remove files and customization. That's all fine and good but you end up denying yourself security updates and also inevitably being stuck on an old version of android as time goes on and updates happen that will undoubtedly kill this root.

Security is important and not taking updates on your personal communication device over time leaves you vulnerable. A consideration to think about when you're just rooting to change some preferential things and have full control.

That and while benchmarks don't mean much in real world, i couldn't get anything near the 132551k antutu i'm getting. So while i don't live/die by them i didn't think root was fast and it never got close to this at all in feeling or benchmark. So the feeling wasn't there and the benchmarks were FAR below this. My phone now feels like BUTTER and the benchmarks line up.

We use these devices far too much to make compromises in the fastest available performance, in my view.

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MM, 1. I did flash the fixes on ATT, the fixes. I don't know what you mean by 'i don't have any apps that are uninstalled'

Do you mean de-bloat? The fix doesn't debloat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] djh816:
READ THE FIRST POST -_- do NOT attempt to root your phone if you can't take the few minutes required to read the instructions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mchief298:
The REAL issue here isn't so much security updates. Battery life is indefinitely worse. Sure, you can help standby time, but usage time is cut drastically. You're also not going to get the same speed and performance as just running stock. You also run the chance of ruining app purchases. This root leaves you playing an odd game of tag until you get it to where you find it justified. I went back to stock, myself. However its great to finally see root on a newer Verizon Samsung phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Strike11249:
I did it just states "Download the Xposed Installer APK and install it from internal storage or over ADB." Sorry I have not done this before so I am not quite sure how to launch the apk with adb or internal storage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] djh816:
No. It actually states the entire procedure. And if you can't follow this to be honest you shouldn't be rooting your phone.

If it's just the apk install you are stuck on it's "adb install <some apk>" or just downloading the file and opening it on your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
Security updates are a very real issue. Plenty of people just don't take them seriously, i'm a bit more towards paranoid because i have something of an infosec background but it's also something that people should take seriously as mobile becomes more and more prevalent and our devices have nearly the power of a laptop computer. We have enough power to run ddos in the background or any type of botnet and really not notice. That or just your average logger that comes packaged in some Xposed module which people for some reason blindly trust when that store is not vetted in any way. It's the perfect vector to pwn a phone. Install with root permission something that performs a desired task users want and then run whatever else you want piggy back.

It is good to see the cat/mouse of root on a modern device but i'm not a new school to this scene either. I went back to stock as well, this device and it's software are much more mature than the reasons root was need in the last 3-5yrs and the official applications are much more refined than anything most users can pull off(no disrespect to people contributing to the hobby). I keep posting this stuff because i know nobody reads back more than a day and i hope people realize even with tweaks this is not a stock experience. It's a battery and performance compromise for root experience and people taking all the risk with their personal communication devices should know this rather than only hearing the opposing side that root is great for adaway or wanam or colored status bars.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Strike11249:
If it's just the apk install you are stuck on it's "adb install <some apk>" or just downloading the file and opening it on your phone.[/QUOTE]

Ya wow that is all I was stuck on. For some reason I thought it would be more difficult than that. Appreicate the help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] djh816:
This is absolutely false.. The ONLY thing you are changing by using the ENG boot is the kernel itself. And this is a PE1 compatible kernel, just ENG so it can run unsigned code and properly handle superuser. Yes running various things in rooted environment (like kernel adiutor versus the stock/OP supplied fix kernel settings) and xposed framework with modules can affect battery life and performance but I personally am getting greater than stock Antutu benchmarks due to the lack of bloat and identical battery life as I was on stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mchief298:
I should have worded my last post better. Security updates are vital nowadays where exploits are becoming more and more dangerous.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
Have you gotten north of 130k antutu? Color me impressed if so. I couldn't get any amount of i/o kernel tweaking to yield north of 70. Also, even though it's a PE1 compatible kernel that doesn't say much. With normal constraints it behaves like an unwieldy child generating heat randomly and inconsistent performance in my experience. Also, are you a heavy user? Do you or would you normally get 6-8hrs of screen time doing reddit/web/email etc?

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no worry, it's just a chat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
Is anyone on a rooted 935A stock? Can you post the build.prop please.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] cuezaireekaa:
I got a 138k on AnTuTu when rooted and it was still sluggish in UI, and battery went bye bye, and heat..need I say? I've given it a chance as well and weighed my options and I like the speed I have unrooted. Honestly to each their own, it's just good for ppl to hear both sides and makeup their minds for themselves. I really wanted to use root. I'm no noob and had it running about as good as it's gonna get and I was almost satisfied until I started using many different apps and then I realized the big difference. Plus recording video in 4k is near impossible without taking cool down breaks. And I'm talking a 10min vudeo granted it was outside, but only 85ish deg outside, and my phone was almost 90deg Celsius!!

Forgot to quote [MENTION=4903942]byte9[/MENTION]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] motiam4:
please any help,I can't find a fix here ,what I did wrong,when I flash the stock again I got the baseband back but I need root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] markwebb:
So I think I missed: the v15 zip fix changes the kernel but what are the default values it adhere to in I/O, etc. I used the zip but installed kernel adiutor to monitor and changed values to interactive, deadline and reno. Should I just uninstall adiutor and reflash zip or change those values to the default zip values?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] joseph0042:
I flashed stock but my boot logo still shows the custom lock at startup. Anyone have an idea of how to fix? I thought the stock firmware would flash the stock kernal and it should be the same as original.

Edit. Gone after reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] brycegreen:
After some careful deliberation I have decided to stay stock for the time being. I was going to root "just because" but the lack of OTAs and performance/battery unknowns are too much right now. When I think about it all I would be using is Xposed, Debloat, Adblocker, firewall, and boost mode with Greenify, but I'm happy with how the device is performing stock Debloated with package disabler and Greenify keeping the battery in check. I'm getting 138k benchmark scores in Antutu which is better than I ever have before. If the fix also fixed the adoptable storage for SD cards I would be more enticed, but there is also a workaround for that unrooted.

I'm sure I will get bored and root and tweak the hell out of it but things are zippy and smooth in stock, I'm happy. If anyone can convince me otherwise, please try as maybe I'm missing something as to why I would go this route.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ykjae:
I have a software update available notification with root.. I thought we wasn't getting those notifications

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] makane716:
Right? WTF!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Soooperstar:
Freeze this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ykjae:
I mean i knew that but thought it wasn't going to be a prob on this engroot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] SanguiniusWept:
I get that some people don't like the root method, or they don't like the performance of their rooted device. That's cool. I'm not about to say that their opinion of their own experience is incorrect. But this is a thread about rooting the S7. It's about how to do it and the advantages to doing so.

If you're not interested, why not saunter off to a different thread, maybe something that only has to do with stock devices? That way, you're happy that you have a stock device and can do the things it's allowed to do, and we're happy to not have to read the same post over and over saying that root on this device is bad even though there are multiple people saying that they have increased performance and battery life after root.

Of course, this is just an idea, one meant to make as many people as happy as possible. Such a proposition is inherently impossible, though, so please feel free to flame this totally valid opinion of mine as though it doesn't have any merit at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] LeftyGR:
You'll still get it. What's not completely certain is if the update will fail because system is modified, or if it will succeed and you'll be back to stock or have bootloops.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Soooperstar:
I don't get anything. I disabled everything, and if you by any chance accepted the download, you can go to data/fota and delete the file out of that folder
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] infinitesteps:
Pokemon Go and Rooted S7

Sorry it is slightly off-topic. I couldn't install Pokemon Go from the Play Store on my rooted S7. I received a "Can't install app" message from the Play Store. To solve this, I used adb shell to run lsof to find the temporary location of the apk that Google Play uses. Then I copied it to my sdcard. You have to copy it quickly after the download completes but before the installation fails. The temporary directory is named something like: /mnt/expand/8d0c4ddc...481ff460a774/app/vmdl98...7.tmp

$ adb shell

# mkdir /sdcard/Download/tmp

(start Play Store installation from device UI)

# lsof |grep -i nianticlabs

(repeat until you see output, find and copy the vmdl tmp directory path)

# cp -r [temporary vmdl tmp path] /sdcard/Download/tmp

(using a file manager locate the tmp directory you just copied and install the base.apk file)

The Pokemon Go application doesn't seem to try to detect root at runtime. So it appears that once it is installed it will run with root. However, I know nothing about PokemonGo and am installing it for my kids. I caught my first one just now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] SanguiniusWept:
Weird. I installed it just fine from the playstore and haven't had any issues whatsoever (aside, of course, from the multiple issues seen by everyone who plays). I wonder what caused your problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Ridl3y:
Ever since I rooted and flashed these mods, I'm having issues receiving texts. I'll go hours without getting anything and then realize that they just weren't coming through. I'm really not sure what to do at this point, but this is a big deal for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Soooperstar:
What carrier?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] SanguiniusWept:
Have you checked to see if your messaging app is still set as the default? There can be an issue with Titanium Backup that causes it to become the default messaging app if you use it to back up your messages. As you might be able to guess, TiBu isn't a messaging app, so while it's set to the default, any messages you might receive just disappear into the ether. On my S5, TiBu would assume default status whenever I rebooted. It seems to only do so on my S7 if I back up my messages.

However, if TiBu is the default, and you open your actual messaging app, you should get the prompt to make the messaging app the default, so you probably would have looked into this by this point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Ridl3y:
Verizon. Not even the stock messaging app is getting them. I know cause I'm working with a friend to try and get it up and running.

This just started happening ever since I flashed the Verizon 15 mod. It messed my phone connection up bad.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ykjae:
Happened to me.. Just reflash it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Ridl3y:
This is the 3rd or 4th time I had to reflash 15. bah :(

I know he says nothing was changed from 14 to 15, but I'm seeing a difference and wish I could get my hands on the older version.

I appreciate that he's helping out other people with their certain models, but this is the Verizon page and I feel like this whole thing started to go downhill once he mixed all of them up into one flashable mod.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] THATTON:
I just realized that my phone auto corrected debloat and fixes to "reboot and fixes". I did flash the debloat and fixes but it did not debloat anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jhasty01:
Only root with v15 debloat Verizon. Not doing so bad. Starting to personally debloat further now. Need to figure out why Android OS is raping battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] King Midas:
I had that issue as well. I tried reflashing the fixes but nothing seemed to help it. My phone also got hot as hell during this time. I ended up just going back to stock it was so bad, YMMV though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] davidisflash:
I installed the xposed module to disable the high volume warning when you want to set volume higher. I enable the module, restarted, and still see it. This is over Bluetooth. Any ideas? I want to script tasker to set Bluetooth volume at 80 percent upon connection, but that notification is blocking this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] TugBoatTed:
I used the option in Wanam and it didn't work for me either. Outside of AdAway, I'm not getting a ton of benefit from root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] makane716:
No heat problems here having flashed the fix only script. Battery is fine on stand by. Seems to drain a bit faster than normal when in use. It seems to be running quite well all things considered.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
Why use a module? Once you say 'OK' it shouldn't come back at all until reboot. You only have to say OK once per reboot and it doesn't show up.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
Android System usage is a known issue across pretty much all Galaxy S7's and S7E's, stock or not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
Its not been that way since the May update for many. That said there is so much sh%t under Android System its not hard to cause it to end up top.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Stevez48:
All of a sudden i can't communicate to google servers, and a slew of things... Factory reset, and still can't connect to play store gmail etc... I was able to down load a theme and connect to the Samsung server. My $G is lit up and have 4 of 5 bars. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] davidisflash:
Understood, but that's not really a solution.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] byte9:
It kind of is. Wanam stuff always works on like 80% of things. And something like this that's not persistent at least its not some other thing like borked systemui colors when you're trying to theme and you can at least get it out of your face for the vast majority.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] King Midas:
I understand that, but I'm talking 20-25% battery usage vs. the usual 10-16 I'm experiencing now.