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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] rp3:
And Qualcomm S7 root is reversible so you can try it and, if you don't like it, restore the non-rooted state with Samsung Pay.

Other thoughts (on how I use root):

App settings: this allows you to set DPI (and other settings) per app. This way, I can run the phone at 400 dpi but have the camera and other apps run at their native DPI full screen

Amplify/Greenify can do wonders to your battery by controlling how often certain programs call home.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] mdonnelly1127:
Anyone know if update that came out today kills root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] xocomaox:
I'm pretty sure it does not as the idea behind this root method is that you are not rooting the kernel that this firmware update comes with, but the engineering one. Since you are only allowed to flash "official" firmwares, this update would not block it.

You're not exploiting the carrier's stuff, but an engineering kernel that is legal to flash tot he phone without rejection. If that makes sense.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] mdonnelly1127:
It does lol thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Razzzzer:
i love having root but I actually use SamPay allot so unfortunately root doesn't give me anything i want more than SamPay. Hopefully something like rootcloak will allow SamPay to work soon??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] snake2332:
Is Samsung Pay more useful than Android Pay, which I believe works with root? I don't really care about either app because my bank is always behind the times and still can't be used in Apple Pay or Android Pay (I just tried again and still not supported by my bank).

You guys pretty much hit all the reasons that I like root, especially all the Xposed modules to do things like keep YouTube playing with screen off and recording phone calls, and just having control over the operating system in general. I couldn't imagine if Windows was locked down like Android, yet 99% of people just accept being restricted on their mobile devices. I've always tinkered with computers though so having less than root or admin access to stuff is maddening. I'm glad that I'm a domain admin at work and not just another pleeb user, haha.

I wouldn't necessarily count on root helping your battery life a ton, though. I've done lots of crap to try and help, yet it still consumes 2 or 3% an hour in standby, just as it did when it was full of bloat with tons of wake locks. That's with AOD on and Bluetooth enabled and connected to my Gear S2 though, which are bigger battery hogs than the little tweaks that I've done with Greenify, Amplify, and Titanium app-freezing.

A couple other things I want root for are Tasker & FolderMount, though the latter has caused me to Odin my phone back to life twice in an attempt to make it work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] markrulesallnow:
Android Pay does not work with root iirc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] GigaSPX:
IMO, I feel like I have faster battery drainage with root than without, and I'm on the U firmware right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] turbosrrgood:
I would say that if you don't know if/why you want root, then you probably don't want it. Particularly in the case of the s7e for VZ. There really isn't anything in the way of custom ROMs or mods yet. I also don't think battery life and performance are any better with root, and in fact I believe it could be the opposite. One of the most common things I hear is people wanting to remove bloat, although the effect of that can mostly be accomplished through an app like package disabler.

Having said that I rooted simply because I wanted to. I like knowing that I can do whatever I'd like on my device. While I have yet to find any critical functionality that being rooted on the S7E gives me that I didn't have without it...I like playing around with things like tasker, and editing the build.prop file.

I've had Titanium backup for a long time, and I certainly like being able to use that again.

I'd like to see a native tethering mod, but since I have Foxfi that's simply a matter of convenience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] farfromovin:
I used to be all about root until the Note 5. That phone was fast enough and good enough battery that I didn't need to break samsung pay forever to get root. Then I had a Nexus 6p, rooted immediately but no ROMS were as dependable as stock so I stayed stock and used Android Pay. Now I jump ship to VZW where we seem to get the lock down more often than not, and I really don't care.

Keep it stock, enjoy monthly security updates and Samsung Pay. Just use Samsung browser adaway for Internet ads, and Package Disabler Pro if you'd care to slim down any apps that aren't easily disabled without it. Root causes more headache than its worth for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] Razzzzer:
Sam pay has the magnetic strip "transmit".... you can hold the phone up to [most] any swipe type card reader and it will work. The plunger type ones don't work (like what you find at gas stations). That is the best feature IMHO as merchants don't need any additional hardware (like NFC readers). It certainly allows my wallet to be thinner ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] geoff5093:
Just curious, but why are you going from 12V > 110V > 5V using an inefficient and large inverter, when you can just get a 12V USB adapter?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] coopmaster:
wow im amazed at how many views this thread has gotten. Honestly i have gone these couple weeks without root and the one thing that i miss is just being able to do whatever i want. ie when an app asks for root privileges it just feels so good. plus i really like removing the crappy Verizon stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] snake2332:
Because I need the power-inverter for my laptop, and I didn't want to run the power cable for the inverter directly to the battery, so I ran it to the 12V outlet. I rarely use the laptop though, so it's kind of a waste. Luckily, the power-inverter powers the USB ports without being switched on - the little fan in that bastard is pretty loud, even in my fairly loud car.

---------- Post added at 10:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 AM ----------

Nice! I didn't know that and am apparently too lazy to just look it up. I can't wait for the day I can ditch my wallet completely, but I'm not quite there yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] dasrd00d:
So is the N7 in the OEM head unit spot? How'd you wire into your speakers? I have a '14 WRX and would LOVE this whole setup. Sadly, I don't have open tune software...or ODB2 connector ha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] snake2332:
Ya the N7 is in the double-din opening where the OEM stereo would go. I have a single-din clock-delete mod, if you want to call it that, so my head-unit is up there on top of the dash.

The N7 connects to it via bluetooth. My phone also connects to the head-unit via bluetooth. I had an Alpine HU before and it didn't handle 2 simultaneous BT connections very well, but this newer Sony handles it perfectly.

I have new Kicker component speakers and rear speakers new-in-box still from Christmas (thanks Santa, hehe), and haven't installed them yet. I actually think the WRX speakers are decent and I am being lazy. Eventually, I will install the Kickers and hopefully fix the stupid windows that roll up too far and rub whenever you open and close the front doors. I know that installing speakers is kind of a pain since there isn't much depth, but I do have some plastic spacers. In my last WRX, an '04, I made spacers out of wood, which worked fine.

This dude did it right, if you ask me, in his 2013: https://www.reddit.com/r/subaru/comments/2ubyhm/removable_nexus_7_head_unit_install_2013_wrx/

Sorry for hi-jacking this thread with WRX / Nexus 7 talk!

Attempting to link imgur images...not sure why they won't display....gave up and added URL's to them:

N7 + clock-delete: [http://i.imgur.com/s2pgYxF.jpg]

Reppin' Android, dirty car with water spots from sprinkler: [http://i.imgur.com/j52oHIE.jpg]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] ronschuck:
rooted, back to stock.. 7-9 times.. root hurts battery performance big time.. The benefits of root are not worth the battery or performance loss in my opinion..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] raduque:
I'll see your Nexused wrx and raise you an F150 with a Dell Venue 8 Pro in the dash. I don't have any pictures, though. I wired the charger into a 12v USB charger that was hard-wired to a switched hot fuse. The audio output went from the headphone jack to a switch then to the amp and from there to the speakers/sub. No headunit involved. For calls, I had a Bluetooth adaptor that was connected to the switch so in-call audio would come out the speakers. I can't for the life of me remember the device I used to switch audio between the tablet and BT adaptor.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] snake2332:
Haha, nice. I was looking into the Venue 8 Pro for a while, but don't think the WRX quite has room for it. No headunit at all, eh? I have been using SiriusXM a lot lately, so my Nexus just sits there running Torque and not much else. Fun stuff though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] raduque:
Yep, I actually have no need for a headunit as I don't listen to terrestrial radio, and satellite is just as bad these days. I pulled all that stuff out of that truck almost two years ago when I gave it to my dad - I threw in a basic Sony single-din for him, as he's not very technically inclined, lol. He still has my amped Fosgates and Kicker Comp 10 though.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benjamin_L:
Is there a way to fix sudden signal drops? Sometimes the signal bar is completely empty just to be almost full a second later. Appears to be random? Is this a known bug?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpectedme094:
It might be a bug in your Rom or due to Signal problem in your area.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benjamin_L:
Was the same on stock
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Hi all,

I am a newbie and don't know much. So please bear with me.

I was trying to root my Galaxy S5(SM-G900H) by using the tutorial given on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696537 but the process did not go as planned as keep struck on recovery.img on odin3.10 so I googled and found that changing USB port will help so I take out the battery changed the port and try again but this time I soft-bricked the phone as odin struck on cache.img and now when i try to start my phone I get Firmware upgrade encountered. So now I again googled and found about unified toolkit and install it on my windows 10 ,now when i choose option 6 (i.e. flash stock boot image to your device) it says waiting for usb debugging to be enabled ,now I remember I turn USB debugging on but it is still struck here. Now what should I do? My parents gave this phone just a week ago and I am in deep trouble.

P.S.-I am only able go into the download mode not recovery mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Boot into Download Mode and use Odin to install the original firmware. Might require a factory reset after if still bootlooping. Here is a link to 6.0.1 from Sri Lanka https://mega.nz/#!YMAFhR4a!pZmf7OEWgzDzET1FLGsAOQ5XyVlvE8y4pJfB8KDNbMI . Any region firmware should work for the F model. If you want your specific one then check sammobile.com. I just linked to the other because it is a much faster download.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Problem encountred while installing original firmware

I tried to use Odin to install original firmware , I started the process but Odin got struck on sboot.bin (Also I read somewhere that whole process does not take more than 10 minutes). So please help me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Which firmware did you try?

You might be able to use Kies to recover your device as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
I downloaded it from http://www.teamandroiders.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900h-stock-rom-firmware/ with PDA: I9500XXUBOL2. I want to know one more thing as I am in India so should I use INU or INS?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Oh geez...no wonder it isn't working. i9500 = S4. Really gotta be careful with that kind of thing.

INU is for unlocked from the factory

INS is for phones from a carrier

Either one should work. As mentioned, with the G900h, any firmware should work that is for that model, no matter the region. Use the one I posted and change the language or grab the one for India from sammobile.com though it'll take an hour or 2.

Edit: I see that it was just mislabeled as i9500, but the download says g900h after all.

Were you on 5.1.1 or 5.0 before you started this process?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Well I downloaded another one from http://firmwarefile.com/samsung-sm-g900h the second one, before it all started I was on 5.0 and the link you give does not work anymore. Anyway I tried with the firmware with upper link. And Odin is struck with sboot.bin for more than an hour. And have no idea what's going on? So what should I do?

Also someone suggested to use Pit. Should I use it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
No, don't use the pit. Try the newer firmware for 6.0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
So I downloaded the 3rd link from http://firmwarefile.com/samsung-sm-g900h for newer version and try Odin 11.2 with it. I try two times to flash the firmware first time it struck on sboot.bin and second time it just showed fails(I used Odin with administrative rights this time) .Please see the attached images. Please tell me what should I do now. I want to repair it ASAP.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Not sure. This is pretty standard stuff. Have used Odin 1000 times and haven't had that much trouble with it. Sorry.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
I think I should mention that the firmware I used was INS not INU and if you have a genuine link for version 6 for INU with fast download speed, please share it (different than sammobile because it has only fast speed only for premium users). Should I use PIT or try something else than Odin. Anything that might help please tell me. I have got this phone just a week ago and my parents are not gonna give me a new one so please help me.

I keep encountering sboot.bin error ,maybe there is a way to resolve it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
I'd just try to load TWRP and a custom rom at this point.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Actually I have no idea what TWRP is so any link or anything that can help without ruining the situtation.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-t3224562
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
I want to know one more thing on the above link there is a custom firmware and there is a custom ROM with bootloader and all. So should I flash custom firmware or use the instructions given on thread to flash custom ROM?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
The custom rom does not include bootloader and modem. You will need to flash via Odin if you were not on the same firmware as the software is based off of. I would flash them anyway, to be safe. You can skip the root part as it is not need. Follow the instruction in post 2 for stock rom users minus the root part. Make sure to boot directly back into TWRP recovery before it attempts to boot. You can load rom on SD card and any additional add-ons you want. Plenty of youtube guides on how to use Odin to flash TWRP and such.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Finally seen some progress, thank you very much. I successfully flashed TWRP recovery, but I got a couple of questions. Firstly I should flash ROM from recovery mode and then go to download mode to flash boot-loader and Modem files right? Should I flash ROM from SD card? And if this custom ROM causes problem is there a way to get to stock ROM? And is this custom ROM rooted or I have to root it via CF-Auto root or try anything else?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Rom might work without bootloader and modem. Just depends on your previous firmware. I would try and flash it though as it was recommended. Rom flash from SD card or internal. Either way should work. You will be able to go back to stock if you can find a firmware that works. It is already rooted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Thank you very much.phone is working again with custom ROM.just one more thing if I upgrade from custom ROM what will happen?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
:good::highfive::victory:

It should work to reflash the original firmware through Odin. Just get the one that matches your baseband version.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
So will I lose root?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Yes, you'll need to reroot afterwards. You can also use TWRP to install a stock based rom that already includes root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Where can I find stock based ROM that is rooted?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
C'mon bro... You're at the biggest Android phone forum in the world... Did you think to check the forum specifically dedicated to your phone here? There's at least a dozen different ones available.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcoder:
Okk

I will check. Thnx again.
[General Topics] Flapjack:
Is there any version that will work with Direct Push, or are the only things that sync are Inbox, Tasks, Calendar, and Contacts?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chew99:
I have soft bricked my S3 and need help to revert it back to stock 4.3. It gets stuck on the boot screen (samsung logo) and never gets past. I do not know how to do it though so any help would be massively appreciated.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean Aero:
For quite some time I've had the HTC m7 and along the way I fooled around with it installing a custom rom.

(android revolution HD 32.0? too long ago, can't remember clearly).

Since I did not bother to keep the custom ROM up to date, I decide that the phone should be restored to it's original Stock ROM (t-mobile) and make use of OTA update.

With all the guides out there as well as the videos on Youtube I seemed to got quite far up to the point that version 4.4.2 was successfully installed by OTA.

The current situation is that the phone prompts for an OTA update (6.14.111.2) Android 4.4.3.

After downloading I try to install this update, but the update fails. I typed the error message from a screenshot below it just flashes for 2 seconds before reboot it has the dead android with the red error triangle:

Error message during update:

ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.4.3

E: Invalid command argument

E: Invalid command argument

Finding update package...

E: unknown volume for path [INTERNALSDCARD:0/Download/OTA_M7_UL_K443_SENSE60_MR_TMO_DE-6.14.111.2-5.16.111.4_R_release_387055.zip]

E: Can't mount INTERNALSDCARD:0/Download/OTA_M7_UL_K443_SENSE60_MR_TMO_DE-6.14.111.2-5.16.111.4_R_release_387055.zip

Installation aborted.

Rebooting...

Below is the current software information:

Android Version:

4.4.2

HTC Sense Version

6.0

Software number

5.16.111.4

HTC SDK API level

6.20

The fastboot getvar all info:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 5.16.111.4

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000

(bootloader) cidnum: T-MOB101

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4294mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-0e1af350

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

The fastboot show the following message on top:

*** TAMPERED ***

*** UNLOCKED ***

What I would like to achieve is have this phone running on latest version of android, with an as clean as possible install.

Having the Google Play Edition would be a plus, but not mandatory.

I am looking for a step by step solution on how to achieve this considering the current state of the phone.

Provider is t-mobile, residence Netherlands, but prefer the English language on hardware devices.

Hopefully someone is willing and able to help and teach me a thing or two along the way. :highfive:

Cheers,

Sean Aero
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
I would simply update the firmware to 6.14.111.2 so your phone is ready to accept a 7.xx.111.x RUU and then flash the latest RUU (and final version) for T-MOB which is 7.18.111.51

Download these 3 files and save them in your adb/fastboot folder on your computer:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960688467 (RUU)

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591023225178175 (6.14.111.2 firmware)

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24341993505161791 (htc_fastboot.exe - this version is mandatory to flash 7.xx.xxx.x RUU)

First you'll have to re-lock your bootloade

r (you can only flash firmware and ruu when the bootloader is locked/re-locked on a S-ON phone):

fastboot oem lock

reboot in bootloader and make sure the first line says ***RELOCKED***

then update the firmware:

fastboot oem rebootRUU

Your phone will reboot in RUU mode. a black screen with silver HTC logo, this is where you can flash firmware and ruu:

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader

Once rebooted in bootloader, make sure your "OS-" line is now showing 6.14.111.2 instead of 5.16.111.4, if yes go back in RUU mode and

flash the RUU:

fastboot oem rebootRUU
htc_fastboot flash zip PN07IMG_M7_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_TMO_DE_7.18.111.51_Radio_4T.35.3218.16_10.33Q.1718.01L_release_459058_signed.zip
fastboot reboot

And now your phone will reboot to the updated OS. :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean Aero:
Followed your instructions, worked perfectly! Phone is now updated and running on android 5.0.2. :victory:

Thanks for taking the time to help me out.
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] RockStar2005:
I hear some people complaining about the frame of the XP being plastic. But I watched a video review and the reviewer (pro) said that Sony did that so to improve signal strength. They still made it look nice, so if doing that makes my calls' signal strength stronger, then I'm all for it! Ppl have to remember this IS a phone. lol
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] HellRoot:
Makes pretty good sense. I am all in for mixing