yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] DroidJP:
Wait. So you can't tap show system apps??
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
I can see system apps. Its just that that specific sys app I can't disable cuz the disable option is greyed out.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
There's a fix for that. It's a marshmallow thing. Hang I and I'll look it up.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/help/marshmallow-rom-titanium-backup-sd-card-t3397024

It's universal. Pay no mind to the device forum. I was looking for a neatly explained fix.

Personally, I use an otg sd card reader and have a universal tibkup folder for apps only. When I was using nexus devices only (5/6/7 LTE), all backups went to either system apps or user apps so everything was the same .

Yes, I'm that kind of geek.

-sent using this app on this device.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
Is there a way to remove TWRP and supersu without removing apps and custom settings?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
Odin stock recovery should just flash over top and remove root/twrp

sent from the interwebs on dis here device using m'fanger....
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
But will this remove all my apps and custom settings as if it were a factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
Not unless you check the wipe partitions section

-sent using this app on this device.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
I see. So all my data and custom settings are safe as long as I don't wipe anything.

Now I want to know how I can install Xposed for the J700T. I've seen a webpage with links to download Xposed installer for ARM and x86. I don't know what that means. So where can I download the specific installer for J700T?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
If you want xposed you have to be root.

I believe this device will be arm and sdk 23. I don't normally use xposed so I would have to look it up.

-sent using this app on this device.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
Yes I'm still rooted. I got the J700T. I need yo be sure which Exposed installer to use. I don't want to mess upy phone with the wrong one.

I'd appreciate it if you would let me know. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
Yeah rooting on this phone definitely drains the battery. I can confirm this.

I strongly suggest that you guys not root the phone if you don't want battery drain.

Its about time I remove root and TWRP. Battery is far more important than that.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] DroidJP:
What is càusing the battery drain?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] casper604:
I don't have any problems with battery drain.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
There is something amiss with your setup. Something is causing the drain.

Once I root (on any device) I remove unnecessary apps (carrier mainly) and that alone gets more of my ram and puts a dent in background battery drain. I then taken it a step further by using apps like greenify to put a stranglehold on apps like fb and Twitter.

I boosted the battery life on a Blu pure xl by at least 50% because since I'm root, I discovered that the GPS was set to Africa as home region.

-sent using this app on this device.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
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Yeah the root.

Removing unneeded apps and greenifying for batt drain aren't necessary in the J700T. I once had 64 hours of batt on a single charge on my J700T unrooted.

Seriously, I really appreciate your help in trying to help me. But I wish to remove TWRP and root. Battery is far more important to me.

That being the case, I'd appreciate it if you could lay out the steps in how to remove all rooting and TWRP from my phone. Do let me know and I thank you for it.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] DroidJP:
I just saw a new version of twrp that supports EFS backup. But it's only for Nexus phones. Oh well lol
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
I fail to see an obvious reason why a properly configured root in and of itself would significantly affect battery cycle durations.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] DroidJP:
Did you remove some stuff from the rom?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] yahanna:
Well the results speak for themselves. Rooting drains the battery. It may not be a significant drain but its a drain thats noticable nonetheless.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] casper604:
I think you may be confused. If you want to fully unroot there are plenty of threads on how to do so. This is not the place for that topic. Please take it elswhere.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] diptenkrom:
found this to answer the question... here you go :)

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-note5/themes-apps/mod-remove-rcs-service-volte-icon-t3362336

flashed it on my phone and it didn't break anything

EDIT - the icons came back... would be nice if i could get rid of them... and the annoying popup that tells me that an unauthorized change had occured.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] casper604:
You can hibernate the app that gives the unauthorized action warning. Should stop it from popping up. Worked for me so far.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] :
This thread is for Twrp v3 not un rooting and freezing apps etc. Please keep this thread on track and posts your other questions in Q&A. We don't want to have to clean the thread again

Regards

Moderation Team
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] KennyG123:
Final warning to keep this thread about TWRP ONLY!

This thread is for installing the custom recovery and issues installing or using it

Any questions about root or battery drains belong in Q&A

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
TWRP reverts on J700T (doesn't actually install)

OK, I'm stumped. I've installed TWRP and rooted numerous devices in the past. When I use ODIN to flash recovery.tar.md5 with the phone in download mode, all appears successful (of course I have device OEM unlock set). ODIN says PASS.

However, when I go back to enter recovery, the phone does the usual "Installing system update" for a number of seconds, then says "no command", and then I'm back in what appears to be the STOCK recovery.

Any suggestions? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
Hi , i think that you can put the supersu zip on your internel storage too , you can give it a try to see if it will work or not
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
This is weird , try to redownload the recovery again and extract it to a new location , if still no work backup your kernel and flash my kernel then try flashing twrp again
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Will do. Are there any significant differences between the stock Samsung 6.0.1 and your kernel that I should know about? What is your recommended procedure for backing up my current kernel (keeping in mind that this phone is not rooted yet). Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
If you have stock firmware then you should get your boot.img by extracting it , it's only a permissive kernel to allow recovery boot and root
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
I'll give it a try. So all the T-M specific features like Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE are available in your kernel build? Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] bromerrill:
I have been trying to follow the instructions concerning setting up TWRP in my SM J700T but I don't think I ever cleared the SeAndroid Not Enforcing error after flashing an incompatible rom. I got a rom to go back to stock, and it worked sort of- but the error message still appears, but the root checker apps say I have root. But I can't do backup and restores without a number of errors. So could you lay out for me how to get back to the correct state so I can use this kernel, get root, install TWRP and complete backups and restores. Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Subsequent attempt recovery flash success, and SU flash without issues. I also used a slightly earlier version of ODIN to flash recovery but I don't know if that made any difference (there were no error messages with either version, and both claimed PASS). I did not need to use your kernel.

In any case, up and running on my J700T. My great appreciation for your excellent work! Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
If you installed this kernel, twrp, and flashed supersu, you should be root.

Seandroid not enforcing will show due to permissive kernel. No stopping that.

Samsung encryption prevents us from a traditional backup.

-sent from this device using this app....
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] bromerrill:
Now I can't boot. Getting the Custom Binary Blocked by FRP. Is there any firmware to resolve this for the SM J700T?

I found what I think is a ROM, size 2,858,851 KB, named J700TUVU1APD2_J700TTMB1APD2_J700TUVU1APD2_HOME.tar.md5 . What does anyone think about using this to resolve the Can't Boot issue??
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
1. Did you oem unlock in developer options?

2. Do you have frp enabled in your Google account?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Recovery of J700T from "Device storage corrupt you must factory reset" error

I may have cross-posted. My apologies if so! Time to talk to the XDA brain trust before I make matters worse. I had rooted my J700T and all was well, also using link2sd. Unfortunately, I made a fatal error by attempting to use FolderMount (rather than creating the links myself), ending up in the Samsung "/data corrupt you must factory reset" error. Also unfortunately, when I earlier flashed TWRP (and then flashed SuperSU via TWRP) I did not choose to wipe the phone at that point to give /data & /system access, so I can't access them through TWRP's adb access. The "reset phone" option on the "you must factory reset" page fails of course, since it tries to boot into recovery which is TWRP not stock. I tried to do a typical TWRP wipe (I can still boot into TWRP of course, and into the download screen), but the result is that when the phone is started normally it continuously loops with the Galaxy J7 splash screen on and off at about seven second intervals (only stopped by pulling the battery).

So the question is, what's the best way to proceed? I saw another page here with the four ODIN files to flash back to stock, but the dropbox account is suspended due to overuse. Ideally, something I could do through TWRP would be even better, and this time I'd like to do the full reset and turn off the crypto so that in the future TWRP has full access to the internal phone data, not just the SD card.

Any guidance would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
[MENTION=320018]uta8111[/MENTION]

Go to sammobile to download firmware.

Odin back to stock

Start root process over again

Format data this time (the error saying you must factory reset will most likely show up again because Knox will flag the kernel and root) just freeze all Knox items in titanium backup.

-sent from this device using this app....
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
To confirm:

ODIN back to stock (ALL four files?)

Reinstall Titanium Backup (I'm a long time user)

Freeze everything Knox related

Flash TWRP

Root via TWRP with format data enabled

... and then rebuild the configuration

Correct? Thanks!

---------- Post added at 07:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:35 PM ----------

I just realized I'm confused about when Knox kicks in. Obviously I have to root before I can use Titanium Backup to freeze the Knox apps. At what point is the Knox factory reset message going to come up again and how do I avoid getting back into the same hole I'm in now? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
[MENTION=320018]uta8111[/MENTION]

Odin to stock with just 1 file (should see j700t in name somewhere)

Odin kernel

Odin twrp

Reboot to twrp

Click wipe then look for format data. Click that then type yes.

Back out to First twrp screen (use your back button is fine)

Install supersu zip

Reboot

Setup phone

ignore Knox warnings

Install titanium backup

Freeze Knox stuff and adapt.tmobile (whatever it says I'm drawing a blank)

Reboot and presto chango

You are root and (kinda) Knox Free
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Got it. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
No problem.

sent from this device on this app....
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Back up and running! Took the opportunity to install the version of TWRP with the OTG fix. Discovered that the OEM unlock was already enabled (actually, it momentarily went to disabled while I was checking it but I returned it to enabled which I assume is the desired setting for future use). That tmobile app that needed to be frozen turned out apparently to be: com.tmobile.pr.adapt.

Oddly, the restored firmware seems to have a few items it it that the original phone as shipped either didn't have or that I didn't notice. In any case, I'm getting the configuration back up to snuff now.

The only continuing oddity is that even though I did the data wipe from within TWRP before installing supersu, TWRP still can't see the /data partition. Or rather, when TWRP is running, there is a /data, but it's empty. The TWRP mount command won't let me tick /data to mount. On the other hand, I can mount /system from within TWRP and it's as it should be. Also, using adb when the phone is running normally I can access the correct /data and everything else. Given that I did wipe, it's odd that /data is not accessible when only TWRP in running. Any clues? But not a big deal, hopefully I'll never need that functionality.

Again, thank you (and everyone else here) very much !
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
[MENTION=320018]uta8111[/MENTION]

The partition issues are still being worked out. Even teamwin said samsung encryption isn't fully supported yet.

Good deal you're back up and running.

-sent from this device using this app....
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Glad to know I probably didn't make a mistake this time! I can certainly live with it the way it is. Thanks again! XDA rocks!
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Well, if it can go wrong, it does. I had the phone pretty well configured, loaded up, lots of stuff moved to various partitions of the external SD card, when I made the mistake of disabling then reenabling USB debugging. I've done this before because I have an app that won't run with it enabled (Time Warner Cable), but this time apparently the OEM lock got enabled again somehow, because I'm getting custom firmware blocked by FRP lock on normal and recovery boot attempts. Lovely. Not sure how that got flipped if that's the cause. I can still get into Download mode, have to pull the battery to get out.

Is there any way around this other than ODIN flashing the stock firmware again, reloading TWRP, and proceeding from there?

One saving grace, I made a full apps+system Titanium backup early today, which covers all my work except for the last few hours. Presumably I can do a full restore of apps+system to mostly get back to where I was. I assume Titanium will load everything back into internal memory again irrespective of some being on the external SD card earlier, but I think everything should fit in a single batch.

Is there anything I'm missing here that would make this easier or harder? Thanks!

---------- Post added at 09:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:57 PM ----------

I should add that I also created an update.zip file in Titanium from that dump of apps+system (again, parts of which were moved to the external SD card exFAT and ext2 partition). Can that update.zip be flashed directly from TWRP? Thanks.

---------- Post added at 09:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 PM ----------

This also appears relevant: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2187868 (TWRP and update.zip)
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] uta8111:
Back up, and easier than I expected. I ODIN flashed the stock ROM without difficulty and discovered that my data was almost entirely intact -- a bunch of apps were missing (mostly Google ones, and some others) but lots were still there and functional as well. I went into developer tools and turned off the OEM lock and then was able to flash TWRP as well and re-root. I also see how this got messed up in the first place. Last night I had intended to turn off USB debugging for an app that requires it, but accidentally turned off development mode, which had the side-effect of re-enabling the OEM lock. The rest, as they say, is history.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] smallspud68:
Ultimate noob questions, but could someone explain how to install super su using tarp, every time I try it says that data is not minted or something, I tried to backup and it would not let me and it would not even let me wipe data
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
[MENTION=320018]uta8111[/MENTION]

Sorry I have been swamped at work and neglected to check xda. Glad you got it back up.

---------- Post added at 10:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 PM ----------

Put super su on external SD card and flash from there in twrp
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] smallspud68:
I tried that and it appeared to be stuck on the t mobile logo
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] OriginalShinken1:
So not booting at all?

sent from this device using this app....
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] smallspud68:
No noise, I waited a bit and it seemed it would not boot, about how long is it supposed to take after you flash super su the first time?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] smallspud68:
Never mind I fixed it

---------- Post added at 08:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 AM ----------

I both forgot to let it finish booting, and I did not format data
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
I just rooted my samsung J700T through the instructions on this thread. But after I rooted it I tried installing Xposed but I dont see it on my phone. Any thoughts on this?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
Which xposed version u are trying to install ?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
I'm trying to install this Xposed file:

xposed-v86.1-sdk23-arm-custom-build-by-wanam-20160904.zip

But I think I should install this one, right?

xposed-v86.1-sdk23-arm64-custom-build-by-wanam-20160904.zip

Also.... How do I create a Nandroid for this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] WhiteWolf:
Dude will it work on J7 Prime ? It has same chipset...
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
No it's not the same chipset Exynos 7870 but you can try at your own risk but it's better to try with j700f not j700t
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
No you should use the first one as j700t uses 32bit rom
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] WhiteWolf:
ya sorry should have posted in the other twrp thread... :)
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
But I did try the first one. I rebooted into TWRP recovery, chose that file, rebooted the phone and it didnt install. Why isnt it installing???
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
hmm..idk try to use flashify to flash
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
So just install flashify and through it install Xposed? Is there anything I should be aware of before doing this to prevent a brick?

----- EDIT ------

I found an updated version here:

xposed-v86.1-sdk23-arm-custom-build-by-wanam-20160904.zip

Is this the one I should install instead?

And can someone please tell me how to make an Nanadroid.. I'd appreciate it.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
Could someone please answer my last question?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] smallspud68:
How do I create a Nandroid for this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] messi2050:
you need to disable the system/data partitions encryption before doing this
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] smallspud68:
thanks:victory:
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
I'm somewhat of a noob. Could you tell me how to do this exactly?
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] ashyx:
Forced encyption patch

Was passing through this foum and noticed the issues many were having issues with forced encryption preventing internal storage from being mounted with TWRP and being unable to make android backups.

I created the patch below to fix the issue. This should work on your device also.

BOOT IMAGE PATCHER

Boot image patcher to remove DM-verity and Forced encryption.

INSTALL:

1. Make a backup of your boot partitition with TWRP. (you can restore this if you ever want to go back to using encryption)

2. Flash the zip below with TWRP.

no-verity-no-encrypt_ashyx

(NOTE: IF YOU INTEND TO ROOT THEN FLASH THIS AFTER SUPERSU.)

3. FORMAT the DATA partion by using the FORMAT DATA button under the WIPE options

(NOTE: THIS WIPES ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA, SO ANYTHING YOU NEED BACK IT UP FIRST!)

4. Check DATA is now mountable

5. Reboot to TWRP. Check DATA is still mountable.

This patcher was originally built by jcadduono not me, so props to him, I just modified it to work for this device and it also removes the SEANDROID ENFORCING message.

Some feedback would be appreciated.

.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] !Led*Eyes!:
Is this one updated from the one [MENTION=4929843]messi2050[/MENTION] has in the OP? Cause that one does nothing lol.. Well as soon as you reboot the /data is nolonger mountable i sould say
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] ashyx:
Yes, it's a modified version.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] !Led*Eyes!:
Cool.. Were working on an lg curently if you are interested in helping at all we are so close. It boots twrp but there is sonething in fstab keeping it from mounting partitions. I think your skillset coukd be helpful. PM me if interested!
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] ashyx:
I haven't had much experience with LG devices so not sure I'd be of any use.

I could have a look over the device tree and the recovery log though.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
Will this create a perfect backup? Has anyone tried this?

Also its amazing how messi keeps you hanging for an answer you asked him.

Anyway guys, let me know if this creates perfect backups.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] ashyx:
Once DATA is mountable it can be backed up like any other partition.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] glenalm:
You said before to make a backup of the boot partition through TWRP. Is there an option in TWRP to do this? I didn't notice it.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] ashyx:
Just tap the BACKUP button then select the partition you wish to back up.

This is fairly standard stuff as far as custom recovery is concerned.
[Samsung Galaxy J700T & J700T1 ROMs, Kernels, Recov] !Led*Eyes!:
Which question would that be?