yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] OvrDriVE:
i can. i didn't d/l any of em, i guess i could and see whats up with them

question which one should i grab?

all 3 930's look the same. and are korean. the 9300 is chinese

they are not engineering. no su binary. they are also using a different board then ours.

ro.product.board=universal8890

theres.

ro.product.board=msm8996

ours.

i would definately not flash this as you may very well brick your device.

there is no emmc mbn file either. and there is a userdata image along with the system image in the ap tar. which contains 4 folders folders, with 1 named property and inside of it is persist.sys.userdata_flashed and no clue what that is.

anyway. that should curb anyone's curiosity as to whether theres is indeed a snapdragon varient. it may have an sd820 chip. but that board is different and i seriously doubt any of there firmware would work on ours

just out of morbid curiosity i am gonna grab the 9300 version and see what the differences are. see if it is closer to ours or not

quick note, that korean 930s version doesn't contain anywhere near the ammount of files ours does in the ap, bl, cp or even the csc. we would need someone with one of those phones to see if the bootloader is locked and if it isn't then we would need to see if that would even work on our phones. i ain't brave enuff to sacrifice my device either to find out

that 9300 chinese version looks to have the same files as our firmware.

ok. the 9300 china firmware is indeed a snapdragon varient.

ro.product.board=msm8996

it even has the emmc mbn file.(whatever that is)

it however does not have the su binary so it is not the userdebug version and i would be willing to bet it is bootloader locked like ours

anyway. there you go, korean version, don't flash it. china version looks to be same as the 930 snapdragon versions. again would i flash it. no.

anyway. for those that care there you go
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
Yes I think the 9300 Chinese version is the one to look at. I think the assumption is that it would be unlocked since it is outside the states.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
It's really no use. I tried everything and without the ability to install a kernel you really can't get everything to work. Even adb dd'ing the boot.img doesn't do anything until you reboot your device and once you do you will get hit with a blue screen with a "This phone has been flashed with unauthorized software & is locked". Call your mobile operator for additional support." message. While on the sprint leaked firmware some things will not work since it's a firmware that isn't finished and samsung music will not work, some settings, and other apps. Even when i flashed the tmo deodexed build Samsung calender and a few other things will break because of the Sprint userdebug kernel. As i was on the leaked sprint firmware and was removing some bloat and installing various tmobile apks and jar files i opened up a command prompt and did the usual adb commands to adb shell/su a few things and then all of a sudden i ran into the setgid failed: operation not permitted." message! I'm guessing something in a modified .apk or .jar file in system/framework have new security checks in them in a smali on the note 7. Remember the modification to disable signature checks for installed apks? Could be something very similar to that, but having to do with setgid permissions.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] OvrDriVE:
welp this is the one i grabbed.

N9300ZCU1APGJ_N9300CHC1APGJ_CHC

and it does indeed have the same if not very similar files to ours. whether or not it is unlocked or not is to be seen and tested by someone braver then i. i don't mind ripping it all apart but not willing to fry my phone either. as i have to have a phone and this is my only phone.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
I'm just curious why would someone want to flash chinese firmware onto their t-mobile device?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] OvrDriVE:
actually i can chime in on the mod to remove signature checking. i built a rom for someone with a 930f yesterday. with a few basic mods. the first mod i did was of course to use the known method to remove signature checking as this is usually the first thing you do anyway. heres where it got weird. i modded 2 files, services of course and systemui. when he flashed the new files, the mods all worked fine except now playstore would give a -505 error upon installing anything which it did not do prior to those 2 modded files. now nothing i did should have affected playstore in anyway whatsoever. 9 updates later i figured it out and fixed it. all the mods i did were fine except 1. the signature check removal mod, once i removed it and restored the original method and added the original samsung sigs to services and systemui. playstore was suddenly fixed. so i know for a fact there are new ways of screwing things up that samsung has introduced in several places

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you never know what someone will try to get an unlocked bootloader. people do crazy stuff all the time so
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] chipworkz:
I think the thought process of the Chinese model is if it was unlocked and has the same hardware as the T-Mobile phone, it might be a way to see what those differences are and be a step in the right direction. As you and others have pointed out though, it all ties in to the Kernel so if we don't get engineering files specifically for our device, it may be of no use anyway.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
So it sounds like we will have to live with a locked up n930t. I think I'm gonna return it and opt for a n930f. Unfortunately this may be the last Samsung phone I buy. Shame as they have great hw.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ice5192:
to your comment, Samsung is not doing this to us it's the generation of security and the enforcement companies want IE Knox as the IT director in the company I work for my IT team wont allow devices with our BYOD to work unless it has enterprise grade security. Take into account how many blackhat hackers and how many events have occurred we feel that pain as the end user becuase security is being beefed up. We lose most of our ability to root devices properly due to heighten security measures in the mobile industry.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] OvrDriVE:
who knows. the only people that truely know for sure are the ones currently working hard in there spare time to try and unlock this thing for us. freeza, jovy just to name 2. and i am sure they are collaborating on what each has learned. we really do need to give them time to try and figure out a bypass for this. it could take a week or a year. we don't really know. but if your not willing to give them time to work there magic then i say switch. the note 7 stock is not really all that bad. yes do i want root of course. it lets me do specific things that i can't do or run otherwise. but it really is not a deal breaker. at the moment the sprint firmware is working fine for me. and i can live with it as is. but i am also willing to let the devs working on this have all the time they need. because with them it may very well happen. however without them. it definately won't happen. so guys give them time to work. this is not a simple thing.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] douger1957:
^This. Every word of it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Gandalf:
These^ every word of nearly every other post are utterly useless and contribute nothing to this. Stahp!!!!

I'm trying to pay attention here and get this working. Having to sift through 10 pages of garbage is extremely demotivating
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] conmonks:
I see what you're saying. Maybe in the near future, XDA could implement some tag functionality so when searching the thread forum it shows relevant helpful posts only.

Users can add one of the following two tags to sift through posts

#Dev | #Gen
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] mrjaydee82:
We are working on some stuff... hopefully this will get us somewhere..surge was able to set enforcing to permissive now we are trying some other things on a theory
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] alfadog77:
you guys are absolutely wild, no matter how hard OEMS try, devs always find some form of an entry.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
Every day we are getting closer and closer and developers helping each other out to get this thing figured out is something I've been waiting to see for a long time.

UPDATE FOR T-MOBILE VARIANT USERS

If anyone wants to get the VOLTE icon on your device's statusbar while using the leaked sprint firmware after you have acquired root, the only thing you will have to do is download Flashfire from the google play store and then flash my SPRINT_TO_T-MOBILE_CONVERTER.zip by going to the following link here - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24686679545611325. Once it's installed head to Settings -> Connections -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names, press the three dot menu button and click on Reset To Default. You should now have the volte icon at the top and you will have all the correct csc code files for your T-Mobile device.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] CB620:
So Volte is functional?

If so I'm about to jump out of bed and flash back to Sprint FW!!!!

You guys are awesome.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] twe90kid:
So VoLTE has been solved and working.. the only thing left is Wifi Calling?

Do you think this would work on international variants running on tmobile network? (in case I decide to buy international variant because of unlocked bootloader)
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] oka1:
From the Moderator -oka1

To all in this Thread .......... PLEASE .......

........Stop Filling the Thread with Diatribe........

No one cares that you are frustrated, No one cares that you think it is wrong or unfair that the bootloader is locked .......... No one CARES .......

........Please ..... ONLY- post things that help solve the puzzle to acquiring Root....... Nothing else ........

IF you need to Vent...... Write to Dear Abby or Dr Phil ......... Seriously ...........

Thanks, ~~~ oka1
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] OvrDriVE:
does not work. all it does here is crash the phone app. it constantly vibrates and freezes up. phone crashes and i have enuff time to click on 1 thing. it also removes the mobile networks from connection settings so i can't even get into it to reset it
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
I have done it plenty of times while testing the device while being on the leaked Sprint firmware and it has worked everytime. I installed the sprint firmware through odin, gained device root on adb, and then flashed the zip file using Flashfire and i didn't get any crashes on the phone app after it was flashed. If anything once you get the Sprint firmware installed again and rooted try removing all the files in the VODB folder and see if it works once you flash it again. This is the same procedure i used to get the volte icon at the top.

EDIT: Link updated to fix the constant phone app fc problem. Go to the following link - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68471837&postcount=677
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ted77usa:
I can confirmed too .... com.android processor ...... SystemUi ....all FC'ed. and also just constantly vibrates..... now go back to Odin sprint userdebug.

EDIT 1:

So deleting VODB folder first or just flash updated zip file? I'll flash your zip again after I get root again..... and see what happen.

EDIT 2:

404 Not Found and also do i need to add TMO APN first or u added into you csc.zip?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
Ok guys i have updated the link and got everything working [MENTION=4835387]OvrDriVE[/MENTION] have tested it out through a PM and it was also working for him too go to my post here - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68471837&postcount=677 and all should be good this will convert sprint to t-mobile with added specific tmobile apks and files. Most likely i will post a guide with other things i have worked on by the weekend to make things easier for you t-mobile users. :good:
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdman4000:
If you ever mess up and want samsung pay back. Just call customer care, tell them your phone is over heating and causing the screen to flash and black out. Even after doing a factory reset. You will pay 5.00 and have a new phone i the mail next day.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ethanscooter:
Actually, I believe it's locked but Samsung has made a little app that allows you to unlock the bootloader.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdman4000:
Please dont ever use the word "MINES" u less your speaking of explosives. Sorry, it's just a Pet peeve of mine. Same as "let me ax you a question ". I'm not an English pro by any means, but those are the two worst usages ever.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ethanscooter:
Any fix on certain issues with the engineering software (like not being able to download gear VR apps as they fail)?

Theres also issues downloading and installing any Samsung apps like good lock (there's a new version out) or updating shealth.

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Yes, I can also confirm this is working. Just flashed it.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] BadBoiViet:
First, I want to say thank you to all the devs putting their hard work and effort for us to achieve root. We do appreciate it.

Second, with the sprint to tmobile converter, does it fix the Bluetooth issue(Every time reboot, have to re-pair devices)?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] douger1957:
Root is still a precarious proposition. The best you can do is try it and report to the developers your results so they can add to the list of stuff they need to fix or check one more thing off the bucket list. That's probably not the answer you want to hear but I believe it is the most honest answer available.

Until they can develop a finished product, anyone who roots is a beta tester and needs to be prepared to invest the time required.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] toastido:
Or, flash stock back as stated many times.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahfreedom:
Does this help restore the proper band support for the T-Mobile variant? After rooting and adding the APN, I sometimes get no signal in areas I would usually at least have band 12.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdman4000:
Once knox is tripped you can not untrip it. And you will not get samsung pay back. As stated many times.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] toastido:
If you could read, you'd realize that KNOX IS ONLY TRIPPED WHEN FLASHING AN UNSIGNED KERNEL OR RECOVERY -- *NOT* by rooting. As stated many times.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdman4000:
Is that not the common practice of achieving root? Not only method, but most common?

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Like by flashing in odin.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] DanRyb:
We're flashing a userdebug build built and signed by Samsung. It's not tripping Knox. We have no method of unlocking the bootloader at this time. Unlocking the bootloader will trip Knox. Rooting by flashing Samsung's own firmware does not. So there's no need for Customer Care or a new phone at this time. Just flash back to the stock T-Mobile firmware that's been posted.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] lmatth13:
[MENTION=4454815]jovy23[/MENTION] thank you so much for your efforts and other contributing dev. Looking forward to your guide for T-mobile users
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] raw2000j:
Thx Devs very impressed with your work thusfar great job hats off to you guys :)
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Surge1223:
Hah you think that's bad, I don't even read back through pages because 9/10 times its just an idiotic conversation about people having theories about this and chat, sometimes even developers will build hype. The problem is I've been around for long enough to know, that unless you can back up what you're saying with code, chances are you just want thanks.

Everytime someone posts saying "Oh that's above my pay grade" or "that's beyond my abilities to understand" part of my xda community spirit dies.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] bajasur:
Hey guys

After reading the last several pages, I am seeing some good development talk from a few folks and a lot of chitter chatter in between.

This makes it very difficult for people trying to work on things together to be able to sift through the pages and look for new development.

Please refrain from posting in this thread unless you are actively working towards a solution or have comments about something being tested.

I'm not saying you can't talk in here, but I've seen a lot of dead horses beaten as of late

Thanks
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] stealthee:
OMG you and the others like you need to stop just posting this garbage. This root does not trip KNOX. Step away from the keyboard.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Gandalf:
[MENTION=4454815]jovy23[/MENTION] how exactly did you go about figuring the files that needed to be included in your "converter" zip?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdman4000:
the original statement I made about sending your phone back after tripping Knoxx was a general statement because I seen a lot of people worried about tripping Knoxx. It wasn't directed at this method specifically. My follow up statements did show my lack of knowledge, as I am not a developer.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] messiahfreedom:
This is a legitimate question, right? It is related to this rooting process and it questions a recent update to the overall situation. And I really need to know.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] raynol:
Thanks to all the developers for made that root mod very appreciative ?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdman4000:
I don't care about tripping Knoxx . The info was for others who ARE WORRIED. But like the other guys said this method does not trip Knoxx. I actually cant wait to trip Knoxx, because that will mean hopefully I will be flashing a custom ROM from these great (some times big headed) Devs. lol
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
THREAD CLEANED

Please keep this in mind when posting:
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
I checked to see what files sprint doesn't have by comparing both deodexed system partitions from tmobile and sprint.

I just modified the googlepackageinstaller.apk and platform.xml for the screen overlay and sd card fix.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Gandalf:
You didn't replace any files, just added the diff?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] raynol:
I use the engine on my s7edge rooted many times and flashing roms and Knox still 0x0.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
Not sure this is right thread for the question, but I am wondering if/when TMO comes out with new modem/radio, will we be able to use it on current rooted build? Just curious.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] omf05:
No, It will require a fresh new exploit or leak software.

One of the problems going forward :(
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdman4000:
Yeah, im not that good. I only use Odin to flash the one touch type root/recovery methods and it has tripped Knoxx on me in the past. Maybe I know even less than I thought, but I think this is getting to become off topic.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
I did both the difference and replaced some files. The only things i replaced are the lib rils, googlepackageinstaller, build.prop, apn-conf.xml, and platform.xml that's all i believe.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] twe90kid:
sorrry to ask again, but from another thread, people are claiming that the zip you created previously was to add the volte icon. volte does not actually work?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Gandalf:
Try replacing anything "ims*" or "RCS*" as well, especially in /vendor and /system/vendor

This issue was common on Nexus 6 when they were releasing carrier-specific builds
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
Its not just the icon. Many files were added. This zip can be flashed after rooting, eliminating the need to manually add tmo apn's..but I have verified volte is NOT working. I have a feeling a few more tweaks, and jovy23 will have it working.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ted77usa:
I can confirmed that Volte work with [MENTION=5380468]jovi23[/MENTION] zip..... but for some reason I lost root after flashing the zip.... maybe because he added system/xbin/busybox or something I'm not sure but I'll try re root it again and test one more time.. .. unless see if you guys also lose root after flashing his zip..... I got setgid failed like he said too.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ethanscooter:
If someone is somehow able to make and flash an actual T-Mobile based prerooted rom with FlashFire from Sprint firmware then we could use that because good lock and gear VR apps would probably work on that.

(Also, all other Samsung apps would probably be able to update too since they can't on the engineering firmware).
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] jovy23:
Once im done doing further testing i will release a few things all in one shot with a guide.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] thatotherguy..:
I can help test if needed
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
This is strange. I never lost root flashing the zip. I do get a volte icon, but once a call connects, I drop to 4g. Are you testing a new file???
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] twe90kid:
His icons shows wifi while in call..
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ted77usa:
http://bigstory.ap.org/76aec880325b...id_app&utm_medium=messages&utm_campaign=share

Like my buddy @galaxyuser88 told me this morning

"The reason these phones are burning up, is because all the security checks it has to do and if something fails , the phone self destructs"

[emoji106] ..... joke of the day.....LoL
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] thegameksk:
Anyone having signal problems after flashing? I'm getting between 0 and 2 bars. Even outside where i used to get full signal.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Root-Maniac:
+1 started after i rooted. That could be because we dont have band 12 currently on sprint firmware???
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
I have no issues with signal. Currently rooted, and used the tmo.zip. B12 working fine here also. VOLTE?? Thats a no though.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] thegameksk:
Everything was fine when at first. I flashed the tmo zip and now im having signal issues. Places where I got full signal including outside on my S7 edge I now get between 0-3 bars.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
[MENTION=4454815]jovy23[/MENTION] Are you gonna return your N7 right away? Or keep working on what your doing for a few days? Just curious. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] ted77usa:
Keeping mine for development purpose now until Samsung have the replacement ship out maybe couple weeks or month[emoji4] hopefully we achieve something before then.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] suzook:
Maybe take a few risky chances too???:D Ill test if you need. Im keeping mine for a while.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Guides, News, & Discussion] Root-Maniac:
I'm thinking the same, it's a good time to test some sh!t out since we all know we will get a new phone either way...

I'm down for the cause anybody need any testing let me know :)