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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
1. If you have an AT&T US model phone, it would be good to update it. As far as I know, no one has rooted PE.

2. Have you ever used Odin? If the answer is no, PM me and I will try to make you a set of instuctions in Spanish. ( using translator)

3. You do have to use the modified Odin. It works. And it will work for restoring to PI if you need to.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Try signing up and installing Snapchat beta. Instructions can be found HERE.

I've found that the Beta version is a bit more lenient on "unauthorized changes to your phone". I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times with xposed already installed and it works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] darkdragone:
Has anyone used this to remove some of the bloatware from AT&T, I'm wondering what apps can be removed without causing a soft brick.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
I have removed quite a bit so far, including the OTA update manager. I'll build a list when I'm done.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
So I would like to know if anyone else is experiencing increased lag and poor battery life after following all of the instructions in the first post? I am noticing my battery is draining at an accelerated rate since rooting last Thursday. But even more annoying is the fact that the phone is just a total dog now performance wise. I mean BAD! For those of you that answer NO and are not seeing issues did you all reset to factory?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] darkdragone:
Awesome, most of the stuff I wish to remove is just AT&T's stuff and probably Samsung Pay. Now if only I could use Android Pay, unfortunately Magisk soft bricks phone and suhide wont install/doesn't work. Also turning off SU and rebooting doesn't work either.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] dogg94:
I was experiencing what you are talking about after rooting. I did not factory reset. I experienced this until I did some of the kernel changes someone posted. It seems between that and letting it settle it is working much smoother. I will say I don't believe it is as snappy as stock (yet). So I am patiently awaiting a revised kernel.

Edit: The settings were Flatwolf's Post 168.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Thanks Dogg94 just wanted to be sure I wasn't the only one who was having issues and wasn't exactly happy with my phone after rooting it.

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Has anyone tried this kernel tweaking app? It gets pretty high ratings in Google Play.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grarak.kerneladiutor
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] ted presley:
Yes, I used that app for my LG G4 to disable some CPUs.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Testing Kernel Toolkit now. Here little of screen on time since early this am.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Edubaires:
Thank you very much for your time swpointer.

If you use Odin many times, on other celular , s3, s4, s3 mini, s4 active, etc.

My problem would be that when entering the link of the original post, and want to download the modified odin, it returns me to the page and I can not download it.

And my second problem, would be with which method update my s7 active? , Because being in Argentina, does not server OTA.

Can you use kies to upgrade? Or can I update it with odin (modified) and the firmwares they left in the original post?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
I didn't factory reset either when I rooted. My battery is draining a little faster than usual but not an astronomical difference or anything. I did have lag but I used Device control and changed everything mentioned in the OP and it seems to run just like it did before.

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Thanks a bunch. I was just about to ask the same question as I couldn't find any information regarding what could be removed on the other AT&T S7 forums either. I think I have a pretty good idea but don't want to risk screwing anything up.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Here modified odin.

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5873d8e4b8e39/ModifiedODIN.zip

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
I just used modified Odin and the firmwares from the first page. My only other thought, would be to make sure you still have the carrier unlock code, if they gave you one. Not sure if flashing the firmware would do something to that or not. Someone else here may know.

As far as sending you back to the page, I'm not sure what you mean. I downloaded with Firefox on my computer, and each time it opened a new tab. Maybe it did it automatically and they are in your download folder.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Thanks FTAWolf for the mini tutorial just finished doing it and I am now rocking an S7Active minus those ugly damn icons!

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Now lets move on to the next aggravating thing that drives me out of my mind. When I wake up in the morning I unplug my phone from the charger and I have to swipe to get rid of this PIA blue charging screen. Anybody know how I can axe this incredibly annoying unnecessary screen???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Understandable. I'll have it soon, but kinda swamped right now. :)

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I've never seen it....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
And another thing I just remembered. Everytime I go to use my phone and input my passcode it will randomly open up to the dialer screen or the Activity Screen.............WTF is going on with that???? Has done it since brand new????

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I found it. Speed charge there was a setting that allowed me to turn it off. But I would rather just get rid of the screen that goes with that functionality and keep the speed charging.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Sounds like a hardware issue, to be honest. For example, a partially smushed physical button or a partially unseated touch screen ribbon. Aside from hardware issues or a virus, applications should never be opening themselves. The only benign cause would be that maybe you have some type of gestures enabled and you don't realize it or a case on your phone that is pressing the activity button a little to tightly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
All great ideas Notsominigun and I thank you for them. But my phone has never been abused and has always been in an Otterbox case and worn on my belt. I will see if I can make a video that shows it happening. But it is very random and intermittent. Always is one of two apps though that are opened upon unlocking. Dialer or Activity Zone screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] miniminus:
blackberrynomore.. do you have the activity set to open even when locked ?? .. as if the button gets pressed when locked (as it probably would if its on you belt etc)..

then when you go to look at phone it will already be open ..

what do you have set as the other key presses for the activity presses ?? could be that too ! ..

Annoyingly ive just developed a fault, and every 10 secs it crashs with

"Unforunatly, the process com.android. phone has stopped"

was about to root etc, so little glad it did it before i did, as would blame that ..

have been messing with trying to get GearVR working .. im hoping its summit to do with that !? ..

grrrrr
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
update sorry for panicking. Its working perfectly now i had to reinstall stock firmware then do the process a second time.

<3
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] BiteApple:
The root process went perfectly smooth. Thanks for finding this exploit. I thought it would never happen:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
No rush, just glad someone who is smarter than me is taking the time to share the info.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] BiteApple:
Could someone tell me in detail on how to remove the hurricane sign and vo LTE sign ? There are some people who soft brick there phones doing so .

Because im confused on step 2 and 6
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
Follow the post exactly but what I had to do once you get into the file. Was name the old file imsservice.apk.bat and rename the downloaded file imsservice.apk before moving into in to the imsservice file and set the permission to the new file to 0644. Then reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
More than likely you need to set the correct apn settings for your carrier. DO you have an unlocked version or an AT&T branded one? What carrier are you trying to use?

Try this guide for finding and setting your apn settings. Once you do this, reboot and try to make a call/text again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
After a couple of days and and full charges overnight, I can also say that my battery life is definitely not what it was prior to rooting. It's not absolutely terrible but I definitely notice a difference.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Use the FX file explorer in the play store and follow the instructions carefully. I updated them to be a bit more clear. Check the first post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Fair warning, there is another AT&T OTA Update. Has anyone tried updating after root? Does it require re-rooting? Currently on PK2.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] amspady20:
Update on Jan. 10

Has anyone else recieved an update notification from AT&T? If possible, is there a way to completely disable that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Freeze. Are disable.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] amspady20:
Re:

What if I am unable to freeze because I don't have the full version of Titanium Backup? Could I make a backup and then uninstall? Also, what if the update has already been downloaded?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] BiteApple:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
No worries! I'm glad you managed to figure it out, please let us know if you need any other help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
There are other free apps that will disable apps the way titanium backup freezes them. I used an app called device control and disabled it. I don't know what taking that OTA will do while rooted but if you are on PK2 it is the OTA for PL1,which is the build I was on when I went through the root process.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
I can vouch for Device Control. It is the same program I use to set the CPU frequencies and such. I have it listed in the original post.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Today I unplugged my phone at 8:30 am. and left for work. I used my phone literally for less than 10 min. all day and when I went to leave work I opened the phone to call the wife and I had 17% battery left........ WTF??? There is definitely something amiss with this root procedure because before rooting my battery would have still been around 85% or better after sitting all day not being used.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
There's app are Cpu hanging @ high load. That's causing that much drain while u not using it. It might be with sound file from notifications are something else. Here I found that one my wav files & multiple notification coming in @ same time. After few hours that Cpu would hang @ Max. So I made few changes to just use system sounds instead. That's seemed to help here. Plus I got cpu monitor app that I glance @ every once in while to keep check.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
I hear what you are saying FTAWolf but why would it happen only after I rooted? Didn't have any issues prior to rooting? How do I find the offending application?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Does kernel app u using have option to boot with set number seconds ? For app to kick in.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
I was having problems with this same crap. After a lot of messing around I decided to try a different Kernel app than Trickster MOD and the other one on the OP.

I just downloaded Kernel Adituor about 8 hours ago and not only do I like this app best of all of them, but I am no longer having this problem. Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
I'm using Kernel Toolkit. Like it better then any of one's I've tried so far.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
Help please

My ui and settings wont start. how to fix?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
That's not much to go on. What had u done before it started messing up?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
Suggested settings? I'll have to checked it out! I'm on PK2 - you?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
changing ui color with xposed. then i rebooted and it started doing this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
U try clearing cache. But sounds like u be doing a restore & root over.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
yes its working again thanks i thought i restored it before coming here and wasting your time but the files were corrupted so i had to redownload and then restore. thanks a lot
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Can you tell us what package you were trying to install via xposed? I'd like to start a App/Tweak blacklist.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Think post #305 what ur looking for.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] raze5115:
Yes you have to go back to stock to do ota update then re root the phone which I'll mess with later today as it's now 4:10am where I live & I've been up all night & desperately need some sleep?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Well I got to work just now and checked my phone and had a strange notification I have never seen before??? I will attach a screenshot and hopefully someone can tell me what it is? If I tap on it nothing happens? The notification is for PNS.....?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Yes I seen it couple times. Not sure what it is.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Stands for Push Notification System... it's a result of bad programming by the developer. I had it pop up once a month ago, before I rooted. I think it was pocket trains that caused mine, but not sure.

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The OTA failed on mine while on rooted PK2. I restored my phone so I could get PL1, then rerooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Apps I have safely removed without crashing something else... Not done yet.

PS. Just because it can be removed, doesn't mean you should. :)

Oops. I meant to remove S Launcher from the list. It causes EMS system notifications to fail. Ie.: Amber Alerts.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Duly noted. Thanks for trying. Did you notice an significant differences after updating? Performance/features?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
It was security patches. No new features or performance upgrades.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
New baseband are modem? Notice any difference in signal?

Just trying figure out if it's worth restoring & upgrade.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
No differences in signal or connections. I did it simply to test rooting it. If you ask me it's not worth the time, unless you just want to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
Is there really much difference between the firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Nope
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jembot:
Looking to get this device soon. What is the difference between SM-G891A and SM-G891? Is the one with "A" the latest version?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
In order to change the UI color via xposed, I imagine they used a module of some type? What module was used?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
"a" stands for AT&T
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
I was using gravity box and xblast tools
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Any chance you know which one caused the issue?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
gravity box [mm]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
Gravitybox and Xblasttools are both incompatible with the S7A.

Gravitybox puts you through about 3 seperate dialogs which tells you it will break samsung phones. Xblasttools is just plain unstable.

Try using the module 'Flat Style Bar Indicators' and 'XtouchWiz' - you should be able to do what you need with those.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
I can confirm that 'Flat Style Bar Indicators' works great.

I have updated the first post with device bricking modules.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
no I used them at the same time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Jimmyvb98:
Now I have a question too. At the moment, I'm an S6 Active owner, but I'm planning on buying a S7 Active soon. However, I'm living in the Netherlands, which is out of the U.S.

Some folks were able to hunt down the update servers address, so the updates can be downloaded manually and flashed through sideloading, look at the two posts below how they got the adresses.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66653073&postcount=365

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66653935&postcount=366

As you can see on this forum (https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/galaxy-s6-active/downloading-flashing-att-galaxy-s6-t3260744), the update links are given in the description, the newest one is "https://xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agents/48698/1488/SS-G890AUCS5CPI4-to-U5CPK3-UP".

It should be possible to do the same thing for the S7 Active, right? In the case of the S6 Active, the update files for MM were found 2 months before the release, and there are still unreleased builds online which can be downloaded if you know the right URL. So it would be nice if someone with an S7 Active could check their server address.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
Hello, all! I wanted to report a problem.

I followed the steps exactly as they are listed on the OP to remove the VOlte and RCS Icons - and I have soft bricked my phone on 3 different occasions now. First off, in FX file explorer - I never found the specific option in the 3-dot menu to change permissions (there's nothing obvious in there that I can see). So then I tried doing this with the normal file explorer I use (Root Browser) and long pressed the "system" folder and clicked permissions, and checked "read" and "write" under "owner" - left everything else unchecked and hit OK. A message pops up saying the permission change was not successful - and my phone soft bricks.

Can someone please explain in more detail why this is happening, or list the specific steps with a specific app to achieve removing these annoying icons? This is the last step to complete my "perfect" root!!!

Good News: I can confirm that making a FlashFire backup, and later restoring it after rerooting works beautifully on the S7 Active! Therefore.... Once you get your phone all setup the way you want it - run a FlashFire backup and if you ever soft-brick the phone just flash back to the stock firmware, go through the root process over again, then flashfire restore to get all settings/apps back easily. Great app and eliminates the need for Nandroid through recovery! No its not as convenient due to having to reroot... but it saves a ton of time once rerooted!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] miniminus:
i tried looking into this before, getting the links manually, but never found that manual code (*#8736364#)...

using that i couldnt find the same details (server IP etc) but i did find an address :)

manual code -> settings(DMconnectionsetting) -> Cingular -> Edit -> info panel :) server address https://xdm.wireless.att.com:443/oma

with a user id(imei i think), and a password field full of ****

and under ATTLABA tab.. https//xdmua.wireless.labs.att.com:443/oma .. with the same user id, and pass etc ....

EDIT ! ... found the info for the link for direct IP etc .. its under "result", but only filled in once it auth and found a update ! so someone in the US, and on AT&T would have it ! ...

(a blank set pop up briefly)

not sure if this is helpful to anyone ? ..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Jimmyvb98:
That's true, I forgot to mention it. It only works after an update has been installed OTA, otherwise it will just be blank. Can someone who updated to one of the most recent versions check it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] khaliullov:
OTA updates

Found via bruteforce updates:

xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agents/48838/1488/SS-G891AUCS2API2-to-U2APK2 (409 Mb)

xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agents/48838/1488/SS-G891AUCU2APK2-to-S2APL1-UP (44.7M)

downloadable via curl.

By the way, 14/88 and SS are used by Nazi. So AT&T developers are Nazi? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Fx works just fine.

Long press file

Select option "Security"

There u have options to change permission..

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
Sorry, what is the command for curl to get the files in the required format?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Didn't find anything on Noguat ?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
So I have to do this for the APK, but also the system file? Long press system > security > set read and write?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] ted presley:
Would you like to help sharing via Google drive? I want to update my rom but I can't download from the link above (maybe my network problem :confused:).

Thank you. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] khaliullov:
Hello, I can't post links, because I am newborn here.

My mirror to OTA's:

v1. cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCU1APE7-to-U1APG7-UP.zip (270M) (G891AUCU1APE7 -> G891AUCU1APG7)

v2. cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCU1APG7-to-S1APH1-UP.zip (60.6M) (G891AUCU1APG7 -> G891AUCS1APH1)

v3. cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCS1APH1-to-S2API2.zip (46.5M) (G891AUCS1APH1 -> G891AUCS2API2)

v4. cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCS2API2-to-U2APK2.zip (409 M) (G891AUCS2API2 -> G891AUCU2APK2)

v5. cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCU2APK2-to-S2APL1-UP.zip (44.7M) (G891AUCU2APK2 -> G891AUCS2APL1)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] yylaji:
Thank you,i am a newbie, would you please tell me

1,how to use it?

2,v2 G891AUCU1APG7-to-S1APH1-UP.zip is up to ap12?

Regards?