yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Thats the issue I had previously and why I got in the habit of just using external tools. Did the rom zip perform an actual system wipe?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] jtash01:
I watched the FF window and it failed to mount the \system at the begining and at the end but there were no errors in between. Also, think i need to remove the 2 dm dowload and the securitylog apks so it doesn't try to reactivate since EZ Package disabler would not be working on reboot after flashing the rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] kalico17:
Anyone? Boot loops and no cell service?

I followed the guide to a T. Doesn't even let me install recovery...

I came from an S3, to an S5 to a Nexus6 to this phone.. im not new to rooting.. lol what am I missing? ? Anyone? Please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
What build are you on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] fgr:
Returned my Note 7 last night and got the S7 Edge instead. Thought I'd try rooting real quick. Basically the same scenario as you. Ended up flashing back to PE1 and I let it update to PH7 again. It was getting late and I needed to have a phone for work today.

Going to leave it stock for a couple of days until I have some time to mess with it.

I'll be interested in how you come out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Im running PG1 rooted at the moment. Still have issues with PH7. Still trying to figure out a solution, but like you I'm limited to needing a working phone for work lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] golpeen420:
So I also returned my note 7 for an s7 edge. It also came with PH7 out of the box. So what I'm reading is I need to Odin flash back to PG1 and then follow these steps to root? Just trying to get a little clarification before attempting this. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Yes odin back to PG1 then follow the directions and your good to go. The directions are spot on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] golpeen420:
Well I guess the silver lining in losing my note is that I get root back. Thanks, gonna attempt this now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] kalico17:
I am currently on PG9

im assuming when i was on SM-G935P vs SM-G935U i was PG7.

so odin back to PG1 and go from there and ill be all set?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
I would assume so. I dont know about the U version. You should be able to go back PG1 and be good
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] golpeen420:
One last question, will this trip Knox and prevent me from ever using mst again? I've read that somewhere and just want to know what I'm risking if I do this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
It shouldnt. I havent tripped knox yet and ive flashed all kinds of stupid stuff. But this root in itself should not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] golpeen420:
So if I wanted to use Samsung pay again I'd just have to flash back to an unrooted stock image?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
Correct.... I've done it many times
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Exactly. Just odin back to stock firmware and your good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] golpeen420:
Awesome, thanks for the quick replies guys

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Sorry to keep asking questions, but do you know where I can get a stock PG1 tar? Been looking and can't find one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=312978532265361694

Try that if the link isnt any good look on androidfilehost under my user name.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] _edge_:
Hi guys! I just switch my note 7 to s7 edge. I'm eager to root it. Just an inquiry, can i use an Imac to root my s7 edge?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
If odin works on an imac i dont see why not? I know adb does right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] _edge_:
Sadly, i don't have an idea. My first time using imac.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Well i guess theres one way to find out. Install adb and try installing odin. If odin works you should be good. The actual root process is througg adb. You just need the odin for the eng kernel and to fix anything if something goes wrong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] _edge_:
Ok. I'll give it a try. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] itsmattgw:
UPDATE: after several weeks of using my root s7 edge with no issues, it appears the battery is now draining faster than it was. By 3PM I would typically be at 60% where now it will be around 20%.

Not sure what triggered this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] LeftyGR:
Could be an app that updated. I've seen Google Play Services wreak havoc on non rooted battery life.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] danweb66:
Google snapdragon battery guru apk. Download install and you will see great improvement it learns from you. Its a pretty badass little app. You can control a lot from the app to maximize battery life.

Also fstrim scheduled every reboot. Or once a week helped also.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] fgr:
Been running stock PH7 for a couple of days now. Tonight I decided to try rooting again. Took my time and all went well.

Working great so far. Installed Titanium, deleted a bunch of bloat, installed Adaway and all my other usual programs.

We'll see how it goes for the next few days.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
I also recommend downloading L Speed from the Playstore and using their battery optimization setting to get a better battery life. I was experiencing the same battery drainage issues for a while before I tried that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] JG96EVO:
Hey, just wondering if u had to take any kind of special steps for it to activate and have everything working properly? Or nothing special outside of the OP?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Androidwarrior:
I had to downgrade from the note 7, I'm on ph7. Can i root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
You can root, but you may have an activation issue. Give it a try, if you lose activation just odin PG1 and youll be able to root just fine. I posted a link to PG1 a lil ways back up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] fgr:
Actually I had to flash back to stock. It appeared that everything was working correctly, but then discovered that I couldn't send texts. I could receive them, but not send them. Weird. There may be other things that didn't work, I'm not sure.

Haven't tried PG1 yet, I do need a working phone. Maybe this weekend, but I'm pretty happy with it stock also. May just leave it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] JG96EVO:
Oh ok, just wondering. I'm on PG1 stock rooted with some debloating I did with xposed and that's working pretty good for me, just wanted to update to the newest firmware then re-root if it was working with PH7.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] puppet950:
Rooted with wrong firmware

Hi i rooted with the wrong firmware i'm so stupid and shouldve looked first. the firmware i used was the one on the guide PE1 but mine was PH7. i can no longer make calls althought my LTE does work. is there a fix to this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
With ph7 unfortunately not that i have found. You can odin back to pg1 and root and everything will be fine or odin back to stock ph7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] puppet950:
it's odd because my phone number changed on my SIM card from my original one to 000-000-0921

i tried my SIM on another phone and it says it can't be activated. is this something i should be concerned about?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Not that i know of. I had the same issues and as soon as i odined a stock firmware, it activated like normal. And i have to say i yried ph7 ALOT over a weekend. I just couldnt get it to keep activation. It would try to activate, i could make one 5 sec call before it rebooted on me and I lost activation.

If you odin any of the stock firmware, go through the activation before trying to root it and you should be set.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] markstibbyspot:
Hey guys, I have not rooted the s7 edge and been reading the forum. Reference the activation problems, there is a dialer code that will reset the network settings to reactivate. I did it on my wife's note 4, when I changed her apn settings and it refused to reactivate after switching phones. I googled the dialer code to reset the network and it worked fine. I wonder if it will work with the issues here, i guess I'll find out over the weekends
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
I've rooted several times without any activation issues and dialer codes no longer work after root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
The activation issue only occurs on PH7. It will activate then reboot and youll have to repeat the process ad infinium. Of course this is just from my personal experience. There is no rev lock on PH7 so you can odin back to p-whatever your preference. I am using PG1 with good results thus far.

If there is a solution to the PH7 issue great I'll be more then happy to try it this weekend, but dialer codes dont work, and neither the handsfree or the manual has worked for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
Actually you can Odin back from PH7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Yeah, sorry if i got confusing there, you are correct. You can odin PH7 or PG1 or whatever. I meant to say theres nothing stopping you from going back to older firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
Well, it's about time the next update comes around. This time it's in the form of a debloater script. After a lot of soft bricks I finally have modified [MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION]'s debloater script to work with the Sprint variant. Before, it would delete apps that we absolutely had to have for the sprint rom not to cause bootloops and/or softbricks. Now, my phone seems to be running a lot faster with the bloatware gone. I still have a few things I need testing out and would like to ask a few of you to volunteer. If you post here normally and would like to volunteer please send me a PM. I would like to get this next update debloater script up within the next day or two. Thanks everyone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] itsmattgw:
UPDATE TO BATTERY DRAIN ISSUE: My phone started draining battery too fast after about 3-4 weeks of using it (rooted) with no issues. I resolved my issue by going to :

SETTINGS/SYSTEM UPDATE/ and turning off "Download updates automatically".

I thought this was already disabled but it wasn't. My guess is that every few weeks this goes out to check for updates, but since we have that package disabled it keeps trying and trying and trying which causes battery drain.

My battery life is now like it was right after I rooted (normal).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
Also, use L Speed and it's battery optimizer. Definitely works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] sunmybun:
So i've basically successfully rooted with data and phone working. Everything is good except that I dont have CA (carrier aggregation). I searched this thread and saw posts from june but I havent seem any solution. I went to ##data# menu to enable the CA. Phone reboots but it is still the same. By checking *#0011# menu at a B41 tower. It says CA is disabled. This goes for also on B25 towers (recently there are second B25 carriers so there are CA on B25 now).

There is no point of using this phone when CA is disabled.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
I could definitely tell you that CA is enabled by default on this device even after rooting. I'm on B41^2 as we speak actually. If you're not getting B41'2 it's probably because either the tower is not updated to CA yet or the signal is too weak where you're at. I recommend you downloading SignalCheck Lite from the Playstore to actually find out what your true signal is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] sunmybun:
I bought the signalcheck pro last year so i do see the second carrier but if it is enabled. You will see CA - not config on the LTE engineering page but it says CA - disabled.

Ive had the note 5 and the note 7 so i know when CA is live at a tower or not
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] N3Cr0 Cr0W:
It looks disabled in the engineering page because of the parts of the system that checks the status is disabled by our rooting process. It is enabled.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
Yup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] sunmybun:
ill trust your word on it.

but just in case, I did extra steps to secure my CA to be enabled

I went into the service mode, and changed the lte 3gpp release version

from lte 3gpp rel 10

to lte 3gpp rel/ca control

I know that the lte rel 10 have lte-a (ca) already baked in.

But it just makes me feel better to see the lte engineering screen with both the first and second carriers such as b41 20mhz + b41 20mhz, b25 5mhz + b25 5mhz, etc

thanks for the information though, you guys were helpful~ :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
Can someone tell me where the link is for the PG1 file is. I'm on PH7 and want to go back to PG1 so I don't have the activation issue. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
Post 869
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
In the instructions it says to "flash the engineer boot.img" but i do not see the boot.img file in any of the things i have downloaded. Also when I run the root.bat file i get this over and over again "error: more than one device and emulator - waiting for device -"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] dhonzik:
These are the Engineering Boot images depending on which phone you have

G935A: http://d-h.st/kDWz (S7 Edge)

G930A:http://d-h.st/o3hm (S7)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
when I run the su root.bat file i get "error: more than one device and emulator - waiting for device -" over and over again. Any idea on how to fix it? Also when trying to access adb shell it gives me the same kinda of error.

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Restarted my laptop and tried again and it worked

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Was I supposed to lose all my data after rooting? Because I didn't really lose anything other than a couple of apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] golpeen420:
Should I flash the debloat zip if I've already been rooted for a bit and have removed and disabled some things on my own already? Or will that cause conflict?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
It should be fine. It shouldn't cause any issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] golpeen420:
Worked like a charm, thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] ned4spd8874:
So it's been over a month, has anyone got this figured out? I'm getting conflicting results here and on the web when trying to get an answer.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] themisterwilson:
If you haven't heard of a workaround; there isn't one ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
I'm still experiencing allot of lag even after disabling system update and all that. Im using greenify to keep some apps hibernated to save my ram and im using package disabler pro to disable other things like amazon stuff. Also my wifi credentials are still getting erased after reboots even after changing the thing in buildprop to false.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DSR_1106:
Flash the "fix zip v15" from Verizon root thread It works on all US carriershttp://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/guide-fine-tuning-performance-battery-t3417804/page19..... This is for s7 edge also
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
I don't think it actually got changed to false if you're still losing WiFi credentials.

This is actually the zip that I've linked to in step 8.

If you take a look at the 10/26 updated you shouldn't have a lot smoother experience after.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
I have already flashed the fix and my credentials are fine now. Still getting allot of lag and i mean allot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] colormedroid:
Which fix did you flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
The fix on step 8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] foxrider99:
Hey guys, i keep getting a "no pit patition" error in odin when trying to downgrade my firmware. Ive tried to look up what could cause it but so far what ive tried hasnt worked. Any ideas on how to fix?

And sometimes it will start to go through but then say write failed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
Sounds like your pit is corrupted. Try this.

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/dev-galaxy-s7-edge-pit-files-t3424451
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] foxrider99:
Thank you. ill want to use this in odin as im trying to downgrade correct? With the older firmware?

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So i will want to use this with odin as im trying to downgrade with the older firmware, correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
You are trying to downgrade from what to what firmware?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] foxrider99:
I am trying to downgrade from PH7 to PG1 OR PE1

I hope its obvious . For rooting haha. I was told ph7 was not working to well for everyone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
Lol yea just try the PIT file. I would try PF2 being thats where the PIT file was pulled from. I'm rooted on PF2 now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] foxrider99:
Okay cool. Ill get those files downloaded and give it a shot. Ill update you after work. Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] LeftyGR:
Historically, the partition has never changed on any device. So the .pit for 935p will work regardless of revision # or android version.

If a device partition table changes with an update, you'll know it because it will wipe ev-ree-thang!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] beachbumsurfs:
Need help. My phone got stuck on splash screen couldn't shut it off. Went to best buy and samsung rep updated me to new firmware G935PVPS4APJ2. Tried to root it took the AP for root and the ran the Root.bat but couldnt get DATA. Even after the build prop changes and the disabled pro fixes which worked in the past. So tried to odin back to older firmware and now get errors on odin and on phone. Currently stuck please help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
What firmware did you try to roll back to? What errors? Try redownloading the firmware and trying again...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] foxrider99:
Thank you. Everything worked great. I got it rooted. Appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
Awesome...... Glad to hear that it worked for you

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Oh ok cool, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] beachbumsurfs:
Best Buy updated me to G935PVPS4APJ2 stock. I then tried to root using the root method on SM-G935P Root - Updated 10/25/2016. I managed to root, as well as apply the root.bat. But then i couldn't get data nor phone calls working using both methods. at this point I rebooted and tried both the G935PVPU2APD3 and G935PVPU2APH7 stock. I will try again tonight after work and post the actual error message on Odin when it fails and also what the phone says.

This is the error I get on the Phone

SV REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 4 > Binary 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
That looks like a revision lock. If so, in my experience it would not have flashed in odin. You did flash all four files in odin correct? If so, i would try redownloading the firmware and checking the md5 to make sure its a good download. If not, use all four files. Dont use the one that says home.

Also, in my experience PG1 is the latest firmware that I can root and activate. PH7 has the same issue with activation that you are experiencing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Androidwarrior:
Let me know if your able to root on APJ2 and have everything working. I will try once it's confirmed. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
I downgraded from PH7 to PG1 and then rooted PG1. I just reset my phone and now im getting the activation problem that I was trying to avoid on PH7. Also after the reset i realized I was never getting text messages while rooted, so i was wondering how do I fix the activation error. Hands free activation keeps popping up trying to retry but I just close it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] scrappy610:
With PG1 just follow the exact instructions on the op. Make sure you flashed all four PG1 files in odin (just covering bases I can think of). For me, it activated with hands free the first time, then I disabled the activation, flashed the zip, everything worked.

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With PG1 just follow the exact instructions on the op. Make sure you flashed all four PG1 files in odin (just covering bases I can think of). For me, it activated with hands free the first time, then I disabled the activation, flashed the zip, everything worked.

Also, wipe it first. Then go through the rooting options. Not sure what wiping will mess up. I know youll lose root. So Id wioe first then do the root process.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DetoxVenom:
Can someone share the new apj2 firmware for the s7 edge, thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Soooperstar:
Not out yet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DetoxVenom:
Thanks I thought as much, bust was curious to find out on account of rumors.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] galaxyhero:
Another monthly security update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] markstibbyspot:
Does google wifi hotspot work with this?