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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] KPMcClave:
Root, I just can't quit you.

I'm a very big fan of blacked out apps. Root allows me many more options for that. So, I rooted again yesterday after trying it a while back and ultimately reflashing the U firmware and skipping root.

So far, it is running more smoothly from the outset this time, it seems. Battery looks to be draining too fast again, but I've also been doing a lot. I'll be more patient and see if things settle down with battery drain.

My reason for this post, though. I am in the same state as far as OS updates are concerned as I was the first time I rooted. There seems to be no way to force an update check (only to have them downloaded automatically...whch I have a hunch they never will). When I was just running the U unrooted, I got the latest update with the August security release OTA. Now it's reverted to the May security release. If it matters, I only rooted with the latest U, and didn't wipe or reflash the U firmware. I also flashed the 2 Verizon fixes.

Currently showing Baseband PG9, but Build PEH.

Is there a way to fix this, or do any updates now require flashing?

Here's a screenshot in case this is not the norm...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] DBCAB:
Did you get this figured out? You should be able to get the phone into download mode then flash an official stock version of Verizons software, the actual one not the U version, Of course I have no idea what state your phone is in at the moment can you provide more information maybe? So people here can provide more advice, cant really be more specific if we don't know whats wrong , what exactly is the phone doing right now is it stuck on boot screen does it not turn on at all is it charged etc. ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] looney2388:
I'm running U firmware. My baseband shows PG9 but build number shows PEH. Latest security patch is level is May. I connected my phone to my PC and ran smart switch. It showed PEH and it's up to date. Do I need to flash the PG9 firmware stuff again or what?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] DBCAB:
Dude that's unusual looking to me I flashed the U firmware then let it OTA update cause I want to keep stock mine reports as a SM 935U same baseband but my build number is also PG9 and my security patch is August 1st 2016 the PG9 should be the most up to date so no clue why would say that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] looney2388:
Yeah I just realized that it's still reporting it as G935V. I'm gonna backup everything and run it again probably tomorrow or this weekend.

OP has the new PG9 which I already downloaded.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] joeh2184:
I was able to load the stock firmware with the June 1st security patch and get it going. there is still a few issues i am having. I booted into recovery, and it went but not before it showed the android guy laying down and a orange triangle with a exclamation point in it. Also, when I went to my gallery with that was on the SD card all the photos are Grayed out with a exclamation point in it and when i download photos from google photos, if they were not taken from my phone they will not download at all. just get a gray box and it tries to sent me to a HTML link. I have not re rooted yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] DBCAB:
If you can get the phone into recovery I would do a factory reset or at least clear the cache and see if it fixes it either that or check for an update and see if the ota still works , and will fix the issues, I started this whole flashing process on the PG9 firm so I know you can still flash the U and start over if necessary, course I didn't root I just like the phone without all that bloat , and the unlocked is supposed to get updates sooner , only time will tell if that is correct either way having no bloat and a warranty is good by me:o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] joeh2184:
I still have it on the the update with the June 1st security patch because i have the Injustice theme on it and have the theme store disabled so it does not go away after 5 min. If i take the update i will lose that because they fixed that in the recent updates. :( Other than the 2 issues i gave I have not had anything else. Phone is great and KNOX wasn't tripped! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] CVertigo1:
I've been trying to track down the inability to use Device Administrators in settings. Every time I try to enable or disable a Device Admin, Settings force closes. This has only occurred since I've rooted and ROM'd my phone. I went back to stock and all worked well. I believe I have narrowed it down to being caused by something in 1 of these 2 zips. Has anyone else run into this issue? Any input [MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION] or [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] DBCAB:
If you have the photos backed up delete them from Sd card then place them back on from the backup I had a similar issue on my Samsung tablet and it fixed the gallery the pictures somehow got corrupted and replacing worked just make sure u got all backed up first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] KPMcClave:
I assume when you rooted you also flashed the two Verizon fixes? My OS numbers are as yours (see my recent post upthread).

In my case, I'm wondering how (or more likely if) we can get updates in this state, or if we'll have to flash firmware every time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jrkruse:
What rom did it happen on? I believe it may have been a problem on my deodexed roms I think dpm.jar was getting deodexed and combined with dpmapi.jar which is not present on S7 phone but the. I the next release of echoe rom I fixed it and it seems to work no problems now. I sent you a PM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] CVertigo1:
This was on the factory U firmware with both of those fixes implemented. It also happened on the PlayStore ROM. At first I thought it was something pulled out of the PlayStore ROM, but the same thing occurred on the odexed U firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] looney2388:
Yeah as you say we're flashing the Verizon fixes which are PEH on top of the PG9 firmware so it changes it and my phone shows as G935V instead of G935U. The Verizon fix needs to be updated to be a PG9 fix. Well at least you saved me time and a headache. Looks like I won't be needing to back up and flash any firmware with Odin for the moment.

This thread is pretty much about the same thing and mentions flashing the two fixes with one of them being the PEH Verizon fix:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy...s-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039/page191
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bxcovi:
download page is down for maintenance... just when i got the courage to flash it into my vzw 935v lol dang it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] BoboBrazil:
Same here lol Does anyone have a mirror for the files?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bxcovi:
server back up!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] BoboBrazil:
Flashed, was really easy! If I'm on T-Mobile and I want to go to the T-Mobile version of the rom, what's the best way to go about that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] nahtnam:
As I've said before, I wouldn't recommend it. If you still want to do it, grab the firmware from here: http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/stock-firmware-thread-t3331528 and use odin to flash the files. I believe you should flash CSC instead of HOME_CSC but I'm not 100% sure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] BoboBrazil:
Yep, saw that Verizon got a new update updating bootloader also, might fix your issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] nahtnam:
Oh really?? That's cool. Now I can flash Verizon back if I want to get a warranty replacement. Still waiting for U to update tho.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] looney2388:
Can someone who is rooted and running U firmware PG9 with the s7 edge fix tell me if you can do manual updates through about device?

What is specifically that the s7 edge v15 zip provides and what the Verizon fix provides?

I know the wifi issue and volte gets fixed.

I'm thinking of flashing U firmware PG9 again running it rooted with only the s7 edge fix zip but as long as both build number and baseband show PG9. And if you can do manual updates through about device. I'm it's only the Verizon fix that makes it show one as PEH and doesn't let me do manual updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] mugsy77:
Has anybody tried going back to older Sammy firmware from PG9? I want to make sure it's not locked like PH1 firmware is, as someone mentioned they are unable to go back to older firmware on Verizon firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] BoboBrazil:
Yep, I'd guess they will all move to v4 bootloader soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] geoff5093:
I flashed my S7 Edge with the US Unlocked firmware so I could use it on T-Mobile, and recently I sold it on Swappa and advertised it as running the unlocked firmware so it could be used on any carrier. The buyer is using it on Verizon, and said he can't get Verizon Cloud to work, and isn't getting voicemail notifications. Is there anyway to get this to work short of flashing the stock Verizon firmware?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] DBCAB:
Ok this might be a stupid question , but cant he just download the Verizon cloud app from the play store? I mean i don't know about auto back ups to it, but the app is there , and he is on Verizon you would think it would work right ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] geoff5093:
That's what I'm wondering, he said he was talking to the Verizon support and they couldn't get it working. I'm wondering if it requires certain Verizon rom files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] mademan420:
I flashed the U firmware on to my VZW S7E last night and after seeing your post, I thought i'd give it a try. Well, the Verizon Cloud app will install but it wont allow me to sign in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] geoff5093:
Thanks for verifying that. Last thing I want is the buyer to get upset and return it, now I wish I flashed it back to Verizon but I figured it could be more valuable being 100% unlocked for any carrier. I just assume people use their phone for voice and data, and don't need Verizon specific apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] mademan420:
yeah for this exact reason, I started asking prior to shipping if they want it as is(modified) or totally back to stock. Had a sale I had to refund, but luckily I was able to resell it at a slightly higher rate so I didnt lose any money. Maybe he's adventurous and will flash it back to stock himself. Try sending him the step by step guide on how to do it. It's worth a try...:fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] geoff5093:
I think I lucked out, I convinced him to use Google Contacts and he either imported his old flip phone contacts via CSV or used the web interface to add them manually.

I hate how Verizon pushes their proprietary crap to keep people locked into their service and phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Chowezy:
So... I just got my s7 edge yesterday and it has the July '16 update on it.. Does this break knox or anything?

Because I'm trying to decide if i should unlock and root using this guide or http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/how-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039

And... is this stable? I read around a few threads saying that root wasn't as stable and had a lot of issues but also read in the comments that most of the issues has been fixed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] mugsy77:
Anybody on PG9 that has gone back to older Sammy U firmware? Also, do you still need Doze on PG9?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] mademan420:
VoLTE seems to be hit or miss on this firmware. I was in areas today where VoLTE always worked on the VZW firmwares, on this one it only seems to work maybe half the time. Usually it would work immediately after a reboot, but sometime later it would stop again, then start again without a reboot. Anyone else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] KPMcClave:
When you say he isn't getting voicemail notifications, I assume he means via VVM? One of the 2 Vzw fixes in the OP corrects an issue with not being able to use VVM on just the U firmware with Vzw. What you get without that flashed fix is a gobbledygook text message when you receive a voicemail.

I don't use Verizon Cloud, but I figure maybe one of those fixes in the OP may fix that issue, too (maybe as a byproduct of fixing something else since it isn't specifically menitoned).

I just installed Verizon Cloud and tested it by backing up my call log. It successfully backed up 287 calls. I have the 2 Verizon fixes in the OP flashed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
PH1 Update DO NOT TRY

Last night I tried too install the U firmware Verizon updated the Bootloader to v4 with the anti rollback you are not able install the U firmware I tried and failed this sucked if and when the U gets the v4 bootloader I have hopes to try again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] meblah741:
You updated to PG or PH?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] daniel4653:
Can we root the 935U firmware without triggering the Knox flag?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
I updated to the ph1 and I ended up with no os
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] FoxyDrew:
Yes but once the U firmware gets an update including bootloader v4 (which it will eventually) this method should work again,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] daniel4653:
Anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] :
Yes you can, just don't update to PF1 or you won't be able to flash the stock U firmware. Root will not trip KNOX.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
That is my hope I'm sick of all this bloat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] daniel4653:
Thanks for answering
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] topaz330:
Anyone having ussues with the play store? I keep getting error 495 only on certain apps and no documented fix has worked. Not sure if this was a 935U Issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] van48:
Hi Guys,

I attempted to load the U firmware on my S7 Edge and it failed and soft bricked my phone. I had to reinstall the Verizon firmware to get it up and running. Is there something that is preventing me to go to the U version? Pretty pissed at Verizon bloatware and want to get rid of it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] looney2388:
Read the last couple of pages.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] van48:
Went back 5 pages and I'm assuming since I am on PH1 baseband that I'm stuck for now? I'm not a pro by any means and going at this by reading between the lines.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] looney2388:
Yup. From what I've been reading the last couple of pages. If you are on the latest Verizon firmware, then you have v4 bootloader. The newest U firmware has yet to be updated. But when it does then it will have the v4 bootloader. So you need to play the waiting game until U firmware has v4 bootloader. I flashed my Verizon phone with the U firmware almost 2 months ago with the 2 fix zip files and will never go back to Verizon firmware cus of the bloat. I'm waiting for the new U firmware as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] axne1:
I'm on the U firmware and am using the app package disabler to freeze the bloatware. Just wondering if there's anything I should un-freeze to receive updates whenever they become available?

I have a good feeling the update is coming soon as I am seeing other carriers have been updated recently.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] mugsy77:
When new update is available, I would enabled all packages before updating OTA.

When you go to Settings and then About device, what happens when you click Download updates manually? You should see it scan and check what you have and what's out there. Then you will know it's working. If it does nothing, make sure com.wssyncmldm (Software Update) package is enabled. There are probably others, too, but this is what I disable personally.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] blaze0303:
Thanks a lot for this, phone is so much better now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] ForgiveN1:
Stuck Phone

I've followed your instructions to a "T"...

now my phone is unusable... can you please help??

upon rebooting and restarting in android recovery mode it says:

MMB29M.G935VVRU2APE1

Verizon/hero2qltevzw/hero2qltevzw

6.0.1/MMB29M/G935VVRU2APE1

user/release-keys

Supported API: 3

dm-verity verification failed...

E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)

PLEASE HELP..

even doing a wipe cache and factory reset won't do anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] chongtang:
Hello. Can I use my 935V on Sprint after I have this firmware installed? Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Icebluemale30:
ok someone told me about this firmware in the t-mobile forums now this maybe a dumb question but can i flash this safely on to my T-MOBILE SM-G935T without a problem ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] tsitalon1:
Anyone try this with "Totalwireless" as your provider?

I recently moved to TW, but since they use Vzw towers and tech, I don't think it would be an issue. I don't think TW offers HD calliing so I wouldn't care about that really.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] daweeze02:
Can you unroot without losing everything or you have to do odin all over?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] BoboBrazil:
So did Samsung forget about this phone? What happened to September updates?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
I'm not sure I know that I soft bricked my edge after the last update to the 4v bootloader my wife had a replacement cause she broke hers so I flashed the U firmware and seen a august update I'm going to do the same to mine I'm not looking for root just want rid of all the Verizon bloat when my replacement gets here hopefully not updated to the 4v
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] GigaSPX:
They're probably putting all their resources and man power to resolving the Note 7 dilemma.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] BoboBrazil:
Verizon and T-Mobile got September security update patches. Haven't checked to see if AT&T or Sprint versions did. Just saying...Also Note 7 issue is already fixed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] GigaSPX:
I think carrier specific updates are solely up to the carrier's software development team to do their own finishing touches and updates. There's a whole process with it and it's why my previous phone was a huge hassle with Verizon. It took over a year and a half for it to get lollipop when marshmallow getting released for all other flagship phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
I have a feeling that the next update will be the 7.1 updat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] KPMcClave:
Likely so. The last (only) update was behind the curve, too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kaganmit:
If i'll flash SM-935U to my Verizon S7 Edge (SM-935V), could i use in Turkish language after than? I mean is this sm-935u rom has Turkish language option? Could somebody check for me please?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] daniel4653:
Not there
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] kaganmit:
Thank you daniel4653. Do you know are there any way to make Turkish language?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] akytro:
Just curious to know....... Since we did flash SM-935U Firmware. Can we flash any other U ROM that's available and push the "fixes" and be good to go?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] psychatog64:
can someone post a link to a working 935u firmware download tried 3 now and all dont work thank you in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] jal3223:
Is tethering already enabled for unlimited data users out of the box on the U-firmware without root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bickfordman:
Are you on the latest Verizon firmware ph1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] psychatog64:
No I'm on old firmware
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
Today my wife got a update on the 935U firmware to the September security patch does anyone know if they updated the bootloader to the 4v??? How would I know?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] t_house:
The new U firmware out today is PI3.

Sent from my Rooted SM-G935V running International Firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] axne1:
No doubt! I just updated. I also can confirm that it has the Sept security update. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
I'm not positive but can it be confirmed that it is 4v bootloader. I don't know how to check that. On Verizon's last update they change the boot loader did Samsung do the same with the unlocked version
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bxcovi:
I hope it has the new bootloader so I can go back to 935U. I don't like this bloat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
Me too but I have not been able to find a zip w/ the new firmware and have to goto work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bxcovi:
im downloading mine from sammobile website. ill give it a go and see what happens! i hope it goes well!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
Kk I have mine downloading but will not be able to flash till tomorrow morning please let me know if it works
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bxcovi:
ill let you know how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bxcovi:
IT WORKS! I NOW HAVE API3 which says in the about phone in settings that it is the 935u with September Update!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] Rich7591110:
Awesome ty VM I'll be doing mine as soon as I can
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] :
I'll have the new PI3 here shortly, it's uploading now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] cabegol:
It works for me as well. Perfect!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bickfordman:
And that was coming from the new Verizon with new bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] bxcovi:
Yeah it was.

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Yup works like a charm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] lahegry:
Does the next radio app work now on the new u firmware? It didn't before so just wondering.

sent from my customized S7 Edge
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] raduque:
I asked this in another thread, but I'll ask it here too, just in case: Is rooting forced when you flash the U firmware?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] nahtnam:
No it is not. I am using the U firmware without root or mods.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] raduque:
Thank you

What all is broken? I know VoLTE and Wifi Calling, neither of which I actually care about.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Dis] nahtnam:
No it doesnt work. The FM Tuner is locked.

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Nothing seems to be broken. Wifi calling works for me, and I'm on T-Mobile.