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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
That's probably because it is supposed to be sideloaded via ADB. I posted instructions some pages back, works fine for most people but some have reported problems during the sideloading. I think most likely this is because people have not got their adb set up correctly by starting with driver signature verification disabled and then getting to work, but I'm not casting aspersions.

For myself, I am extremely torn over this one. I absolutely love the smoothness, battery life, resolution config and easy hotspot of Nougat on the S7A but not having root has really started to annoy me!

Was trying to listen to music via youtube music yesterday and every 2nd song I am getting long video advertisements; a problem I did not have with root and xposed...

There's also the issue of not being able to bind my hardware keys reliably, and lacking a big chunk of functionality in greenify without root or xposed and a handful of other things that I expect to be able to do daily and simply can't without root. I don't fully understand why we can't get root working on 7.0 since the version we currently have has not updated the bootloader version at this point. Unfortunatley, I don't really know where to start.

On the other hand, the previous poster is right about a certain clunkyness that exists when using the engineering boot to get root. If you have applied the governer and kernel settings correctly, turned off animations and dialed in a few other things it is pretty good, but still lags from time to time. Booting into 7.0 for the first time after a couple of weeks with the engineering kernel, it was pretty obvious that I had just gotten used to it; 7.0 is buttery-smooth.

I don't know what to do. To be honest the 2 things that annoy me the most without root are not being able to reliably launch flashlight when the screen is off and getting constant youtube ads and other ads.

I would absolutely LOVE to see what I can do with rooted 7.0 because even without root, the battery life is superb. The image below was with totally normal use for me, not doing anything to conserve power: bluetooth watch connected the entire time, casual browsing @ work etc. I think I ended up with about 6 hours screen on time during this 3+ days without charge.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] berniesteven:
Thanks, [MENTION=3592403]bandario[/MENTION]. I read where someone had installed via sdcard and I thought I would try. Guess I gotta go borrow a pc.

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] miniminus:
[MENTION=3592403]bandario[/MENTION] .. even thou i have root, i too mainly wantd it for adfree ... but i was using AdGuard when not rooted, and it did a very good job ! ..

only ads that slipped through on youtube was the initial ad. and that wasnt everytime. but none after that ....

(if you install it clear youtube cache etc) or you can get a hacked youtube app ? as thats the ONLY app that adguard couldnt filter properly (well the initial ad that is) all ads in other apps are gone :)

only thing i was really wanting root for was to try software hacks to get GearVR working ! But i still just cannot seem to get it going anyhows !

so i will be going nougat very soon, its just the whole factory reset AGAIN !.. busts my balls reinstalling everything each time :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] rlav93:
For anyone having trouble getting to pl4, I updated to 7.0 through my SD card instead of sideloading through ABD. I may have done some unnecessary steps but I have working 7.0 and if you don't, listen up.. If you have ROOT or anything disabled I would just go ahead and reflash to pl2 (you can find this on the 1st page of thread). Make sure you use modified Odin and the Samsung drivers found here: (http://galaxys7root.com/galaxy-s7-s...ot-attt-mobilesprintverizon-galaxy-s7s7-edge/) After re-flashing to pl2, I skipped through the setup (gonna flash anyway why waste time) went to settings, about device and tapped on build number till activating dev options. Went to dev options and enabled OEM unlock and USB debugging. Now for your SD. Download the pl2 to pl4 using free download manager. (http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/) and insert the following URL: (https://xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agent...2-to-U2BPL4-UP). I added .zip to the pl2 to pl4 file and transferred it to my SD card. Set phone to reboot mode (holding power, home and volume up) went to update from sd, found the folder i put the file in and flashed. It takes about 15 minutes. Bam! You have 7.0

This is exactly how i got 7.0 and my SD card didn't get wiped for those who have been asking. Hope this helps :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Quick update I was able to get back to PI2 and then I copied the PI2-PL4 file to my SD card renaming it to firmware.zip. Then I rebooted into recovery and selected install zip file from SD card and let it do it's thing. It takes a little while to finish so just leave it alone and let it finish. Been running it since middle of last week and without any glitches at all! Thanks to Bandario for confirming that it can be loaded via SD and recovery. I am sure that root will be figured out soon Bandario if all that you say is true it should be easy. But I won't be going back to rooted again my phone was just not close to usable after rooting and for the few things I need root for I'll just keep my long lasting battery and smooth fast UI.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] railinandnailin:
extreme lag and battery usage - device control no help

I rooted my G891a and did all the usual stuff that I loved to do with all my other rooted phones. Thanks for everything with that. The only problem I have is the lag and battery usage. I did what the OP recommended with Device Control Root, but it does not lock the frequencies for the CPU, so when I leave the app it just goes back to being very very slow and the phone locks up a lot when texting or using snapchat or even just random times. It really sucks and its making me debate just unrooting. If I unroot from say SuperSU, does it fix the lag or do i need to flash stock boot.img?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] ted presley:
If you don't need root, best option is odin back to latest rom (PI2) and sideload android 7 (PL4) which is smother than.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] joluiguad:
SuperSU problem

Device ATT Pl2

I really need some help,

I have installed tar and cmd -supersu with success, but i had problems updating the binary for SuperSU, so i decided to update it through Playstore. OK i got passed that, so i went back and tried to install SuperSU, but i got stopped by knox. It tried to disable knox but it failed.

I tried to disable knox through App Manager Settings and ForceStop = failed

Tried Android Terminal [commandline: su pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid] = failed

RootExplorer and Titianum is out of the question because i have not root

I tried Page 23 method, where you go to Supersu option, clean+switch and install Superuser which helps to bypass the update issue = failed

tired to install supersu v2.76 apk, which had the same result = failed

so now what?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] RenarsL:
Even in Download managers I got the Forbidden Error. Why's that?

Tried on Android - Super download manager and this on PC Free download manager

Any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
Start over from PI2 firmware and do not update the superSU binary. Just disable the notifications.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Yu-Ra:
is it possible to create custom rom for s7a?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] txtofl:
I have the same issue. Look under guides, news, updates section and Ota updates thread has downloadable links
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
As long as Qualcomm secure boot is enabled, you can make but not use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Everyone trying download updates from phone, try this app worked here.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superdm

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] joluiguad:
thanks

thank you. i flashed the Pl2, and start it over. Supersu is working perfect. Managed to disable knox [freeze] with Titinaum backup :D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] railinandnailin:
Hi, I am trying to currently update to Nougat 7.0 PL4 update. I currently have rooted PL1 and as i try to sideload ABD the update i get -dm-verification failed..- when i enter recovery and if i try to update via ABD i get -Update from external storage is disabled-

How do i fix this? Should i odin a stock rom and try again? Where can i find a fresh PL1 .tar?

Also could i zip the update and run from Flashfire? or flash an update file to restore my rom to stock? Links and or info would be great thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Get Pi2 in op it's full restore with odin. Then get update Pi2 to Pl4 to update to Noguat & side load update. I stay away from pit file as if it's not right size it might soft brick phone.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] railinandnailin:
Thanks a lot. Im going to try now. When i extract .rar file into folder, do i flash all of them in the AP section of odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Each file is label for each section.

Ap goes in ap

Bl goes in bl

Csc goes on csc

Cp goes in cp.

Might should read up on Odin for using.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Listen you obviously haven't read all the posts. I tried the side load with adb and it failed miserably then Bandario confirmed you can load the Nougat update from recovery via zip file from SD card.

1. Return to stock PI2

2. Download the PI2-PL4 update file in this thread sorry don't remember the actual location but it is between pg. 35 and pg. 40 I think.

3. Rename the update file to update.zip and copy it to your SD card.

4. Reboot phone into recovery

5. Select install update from SD card

6. Find update.zip on the SD card and select it and run it

Be patient it takes a while leave it alone and let it finish then open the phone and setup your new Nougat loaded phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
So I am having trouble guys - I am using Free Download Manager on my PC and using this link (or any other link with PI2 to PL4) is still saying forbidden even using the manager. I plan to do what BlackBerry did on the previous post rename it to update.zip and install through the recovery for simplicity sake.

What gives?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Try post number 514.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] miniminus:
if not here ...

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/

has them all :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Perfect, I'll add links on the first post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] wdahm5916:
Can i use the .tar file on my phone that's running 6.0.1? and I'm assuming that the unlockg891aboot.tar is replacing the engboot in the guide correct? was going to dive into rooting it until i saw your post and figured i should double check and verify.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
It'll root anything under 7.0.0. or anything under PL4. Just follow the guide in the first post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bconejobs:
Defiantly Working Root

Loool on the 17th bootloop I wished I hadn't skipped through these instructions. Oh rooting
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
What Firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bconejobs:
P12

My biggest problem was keeping track of the file dls.

Have a RAR app handy and put the fw files some safe so if you bootloop you can always start fresh. Some of the codes for the firmware seemed a little shady. But once FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS it was pretty straight forward. ATT G891A

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Anyone know of an app or xposed module that will get me the ol DATA ON OFF pulldown toggle for the g891a. I can't seem to find one that let's me edit the ui

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Also as tempting as it may be, be careful with SU. It's not the most recent version so updating may cause some problems
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
This saved my life, thanks man! Downloaded, installed, and running Nougat! Running smooth as butter and I can already tell battery life will be better than rooted with 3 different battery apps (xposed).

It's really great so far compared to Marshmallow!

I can't imagine how rockin N would be rooted - we have to find a way! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
[MENTION=7946048]activefan01[/MENTION]

Any luck?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
I am willing to buy an unlocked At&t Galaxy S7 active to use it worldwide, will any method here such as rooting or flashing roms will affect the unlock status of this phone?

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Link of pl2 to pl4 not working, forbidden
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
No, I'm in Australia and neither rooting or flashing anything in this thread has affected my ability to connect to the network.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Whenever I try the links here for PI2 to PL4, it gives me forbidden using android adm pro!!

I had S4 e330s once on lollipop rooted with xposed installed and all necessary modules. I cannot imagine my life without those two.

Do you prefer yourself official nougat on rooted Marshmellow on the active ?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
All available firmwares, updates, and SuperSU packages are now available in the first post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
Nougat is amazing but I am seriously missing root. Not sure what to do still, hope someone can break this bastard wide open!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Thank you for your continuous support
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
(This should've been a quote response to the post informing me about the SuperSU update, not sure what happened lol)

Thanks! I added it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] berniesteven:
Loving the sweet taste of Nougat!

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Is it better to update through Adb sideload or official recovery?? And how to do adb sideload update?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
If you're referring to SuperSu, it has to be done while rooting. Afterwards it can't be updated.

Ie: instead of using 2.74, you would use 2.76.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Not talking about SuperSU, I meant normal update from MM TO Nougat. I saw many posts claiming that update can be achieved by 2 methods, either sideload with adb or official recovery and flash update from extcard. However, i was asking which is better?

How adb sideload is done?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] berniesteven:
I updated via recovery. Install from SD card.

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
If you don't know how to use ADB then use recovery and SD card.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
I did it through recovery and it was super EZ. Look at BlackBerryNoMore's post a couple pages back that is a great quick and dirty step by step to easily update through recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Jimmyvb98:
So, it looks like the official Nougat update is on it's way:

http://www.gsmarena.com/nougatpowered_samsung_galaxy_s7_active_gets_wifi_certified-news-23012.php

At the bottom of the page, they say:

"This comes nearly a month after a Galaxy S7 active running Android 7.0 Nougat was spotted on popular benchmarking website GFXBench."

Did any of you benchmarked it with GFXBench? XD
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Isn't it rolled up yet !!!

then what is "nougat update PL4" that is available here?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Something that isn't released yet. It's on the servers, but not sent out officially.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] albaneasy123:
Heyy, I'm rooted via the file that was provided by active fan. I's like to upgrade to Nouget and every time I try to update via sd card it says "externa upgrade disabled". I'm guessing this has something to do with the root. I would like to try to un root and then upgrade the latest stock firmware to Nouget. How would I go about un-roooting? thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
Flash back to PI2 (OP instructions) - update PI2 to PL4 (OP as well). GL!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] albaneasy123:
Flash back to pl2 using odin?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
Yes pi2 using Odin, then put the update zip on your sdcard and rename it to update.zip then install from recovery
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] albaneasy123:
The password isn't wroking for the file
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Baphomettis:
which file?

in your instructions you say to download a file instead of the one provided by the site with the rooting instructions but there are a couple which one should it replace? thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
engboot for S7 and S7 Edge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] joluiguad:
Can someone help me with a system file apk

**problem fixed**
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
The files relevant to each step are linked in the actual step text. The download link area is just for reference or for fixes/tweaks after you root. I think I misunderstood your question. I did, however, re-write the tutorial specifically for the Galaxy S7 Active models. Hope that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Can you please share the problem and solution. It could be helpful if anyone else encounters something similar.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
He had deleted his settings APK and was trying to extract it from one of the rom files, getting crc errors.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] T.C:
Unroot

Is there a method to unroot?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jembot:
Flash the stock firmware. You can use the API2 firmware posted in the OP. Make sure you have installed Samsung USB drivers and have basic knowledge of Flashing or ROM upgrade.

1. Unzip the firmware, it has multiple files inside for AP, CP, BL, CSC and PIT

2. Put your device into download mode. Turn off device, once off, press-and-hold these buttons at the same time: POWER+HOME+DOWN

3. A message prompt will ask you if you want to CONTINUE or RESTART, choose to continue (i think that option is the down button)

4. On your PC, launch "Modified ODIN". It can also be downloaded in the OP. Use that one specifically.

***Do not use other ODIN versions!***

5. Connect USB to PC and your device. You should see a reaction from Modified ODIN showing an active COMx PORT detected. Do nit change anything on the ODIN UI, leave the default settings as it is

6. In ODIN, there are buttons having BL, AP, CP, CSC. You need to use all of this to ensure clean return to stock ROM. See next step

7. Click BL, select the file that starts with "BL". Use the archive that you unzipped in STEP 1. The file will be loaded in ODIN, do not touch anything yet

8. Click AP, select the file that starts with "AP". Similar procedure as with step 7.

9. Do similar steps for the remaining buttons: CP and CSC.

10. You DO NOT need to flash the PIT file in the archive, just ignore it. It is dangerous as it is the PARTITION TABLE INFORMATION. You could mess up your internal storage etc. It is for advanced users.

11. Once all are loaded up in ODIN, click START

12. A progress bar will appear on your device, DO NOT disconnect the USB cable, else you will brick it. Let it finish. Operation might take around 15 to 20 minutes. Be patient

13. Once it completes, device will automatically restart. Let it do its thing, do not interrupt.

First boot always takes some time because it rebuilds everything. Boot up might take 15-20 minutes again--Device will just show the logo while it boots up. BE PATIENT.

14. The device setup should show up once it finishes booting. You now have API2 stock ROM.

Btw, you can easily upgrade to Nougat from this firmware version (recommended). Just use the RECOVERY+SDCard method, much simpler, safer and faster.

Also, to those wondering if your SIM/Network UNLOCK state will change by flashing the stock firmware, it should not change--it will stay unlocked if it is already unlocked "the proper/legit way".

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] T.C:
Unroot

Thank you for this, I Downloaded the firmware but when I tried to extract the file it needed a password. I saw that the OP had given the password so I copied and pasted it...upon extraction I get a message that says file corrupt or password incorrect. Any help would be appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
What'd passwd u entered?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] T.C:
g891aucs2api2_full_fsfd
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
That Lloyd right.

G891AUCS2API2_FULL_FSFD

Try copy & paste this one. Might case sentisve.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] T.C:
I get the same response...file is corrupt or password is incorrect...I may try downloading the file again. Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Md5 was in one post. See if u fine it. & check md5 in next download

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] T.C:
Thank you but for some odd reason all the files just popped up...I appreciate all your help!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jembot:
Make sure the extracted files are not corrupt. Else you will end up with a bricked device. Always check archive file size and MD5.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] T.C:
I got it working, thanks for your help. So, the recovery + SD card....I can do this unrooted? Nevermind...figured it out...you rock!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jembot:
Awesome :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Rj42894:
Thank you everyone who has made this possible. I knew it couldn't be that foreign as this phone is sisters with the s7 and s7e. I had success using the modified Odin and renaming the .Tar file. May make a full video or write up to help with the confusion. I'll be updating to Nougat soon, but as of right now everything is working flawlessly. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
I installed the nougat update PL4 but I am not happy without rooting and Xposed. Would it be possible to return to PI2 MM through odin?

And if so does rooting affect much this device since its not stable yet! I saw in op mentioned that device performance and speed will be affected, can any one say how much it is affected?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
Read the thread. Everything you've asked has been covered in depth. You can get around 95% of it but the engineering kernel is still kind of janky.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] sreza4:
I personally uprooted my phone cause it sucks up battery and there aren't any good roms out yet.