yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
For those who wants MobileData & HotSpot quick toggle

use the app "CSC features expert" from play store and go all the way down till you find "Config Def Quick Setting Item" variable with a list of all the quick setting toggles. So add the word ",MobileData,WifiHotspot" REMEMBER THE COMMA! and the letters are case sensitive then

reset the settings (Settings->backup and reset->reset settings). Do this after the first reboot and the data toggle should be there.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Can anyone confirm? Doesn't work on my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Have you reset settings??

its working on my Active MM
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
The problem is there is no "Config Def Quick Setting Item", anything similar, or anything even containing references to any of the toggle names. So I can't change or add the values.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
DO NOT SEARCH, because you will not find it. you have to scroll to the end manually then you will find it near the end

---------- Post added at 05:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:38 PM ----------

I have a problem with device control that after boot all the settings are reset to default even if I saved settings and all!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] freddierice:
Yin-Yang. Your phone is more vulnerable to attack. This is good for you (trying to root your phone) and for the hacker (also trying to root your phone).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] khaliullov:
Calculate Init Offset

Hello, freddierice!

Thank you for your great work of rooting S7 Active!

I've tried it today, but have no luck. I am also having firmware with 1st May security patches and possible that's why your exploit is not working as you said in your article.

Could you please explain how to calculate offset of main loop function in init?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Edubaires:
Thank you very much for helping us ... try using the method that I left on the link but I was not lucky, what would suit me? Wait for a way out to rooting the patch on May 1 or upgrade via kies to the September patch and root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] freddierice:
This is a temp root. Unless you are developing a permanent root, this won't help you.

That being said, this exploit should work on the May security patch with an appropriate INIT_OFFSET.

The /init file is readable by root, even with SELinux intact. Escalate to root, then extract it to somewhere useful. Reverse engineer the binary to find the offset of the bootchart_sample function in the file. Use that offset as the variable INIT_OFFSET and the exploit should work.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Edubaires:
Again I thank you for helping us and answering us, regarding what was said above, maybe it was misunderstood, because of the Google translator.

1) Unfortunately I am not developer and I have limited knowledge, is there any form or tutorial I can follow to work for the May 1 patch?

2) If there is not, should I upgrade to the September patch for its method to work?

3) and if any of the above methods work, and can temporarily root, can I uninstall factory applications and make applications like greenify or xposed work correctly?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] freddierice:
3) no.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] brigord:
Please keep up the good work.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Steps

Is there anyone who can provide a concise list of exactly what is needed to even work towards a root for this phone?

For example:

We need data set A

We need access to files B,C, E

We need firmware F and Bootloader G

Etc.

If anyone can provide something like that I will update the first post and start trying to find or assemble those things.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] ipclark1:
Thank you very much for your help here. I sincerely mean that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jal3223:
Awesome work man. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. Does this tethered root work on the other S7/S7 edge variants as far as you can tell? I can provide files from the Verizon s7 edge of they would be of any help. We have root using the engboot kernel but it kills performance and battery life.

Also, in order to get SU permissions active, could the OS shell be rebooted and the tethered root still be active?

In my case, all I'm looking to do is hide the status bar in apps (to prevent burn in). I feel like I could totally live with a tethered root personally. I'll totally send you some financial love if you can help this happen.

Thanks again for the work you have put in!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] amspady20:
A good start

I was looking around for more information on this topic and I stumbled upon something. Unfortunately, I can't link to it because I don't have enough "thanks" or whatever, but you can find it by Googling: freddierice trident github I also am somewhat competent with Ubuntu Linux and have been setting up the Android NDK. Thanks, and have a good one.

Edit: Ignore this, I didn't see pages 4-5
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] gazorp:
With this tethered root, could I change the hosts file without tripping knox or would this cause a signature problem? All I want to do is block ads!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] activefan01:
ok I got it rooted but where are all the custom roms for the s7 active at or will one for the s7 or s7 edge work?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jessy1979:
How did u root it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] activefan01:
unlocked bootloader and did the root.bat from a s7 guide i found on here
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
You unlocked an S7 active bootloader? How did you go about doing that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] activefan01:
I did that in download mode flashing a file to it but that didnt root it i had to do the root.bat file to get root after i flashed the file
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] activefan01:
thats the screenshots of what build im on if that helps
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] CocaFoca:
Is this real..? And if it is, could you link us the thread or explain how you did it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] activefan01:
yea its real it wasnt hard Ill root yours if you dont believe me
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Found it! Thanks.

Did the device control problem start after you did this?

It typically wont save settings unless you turn on, "Reapply On Boot" in the Device Control settings.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
No it has nothing to do with CSC expert features because it modifies systemui while device control modify kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
I'm sure this has been covered but there is so much different stuff going on in this thread that I'm not quite sure what to do. I'm on PL1 rooted but it's starting to get more buggy as time goes by and root just isn't worth it any longer. What is the easiest way to get 7.0 on this phone. I've seen a few different processes but reading through this thread gets quite confusing at times.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Sammguy:
Do you have busybox installed?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
Yes, free version
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jembot:
1. Flash stock API2 firmware via Modified ODIN. See my post several pages back for the exact steps (if you need it)

2. Upgrade from stock API2 using RECOVERY+SDCARD method: Copy the API2-to-PL4 firmware update ZIP file to your microSD (see OP for download link)

3. Boot to RECOVERY: turn off device, press+hold the following buttons until the device powers on: POWER+HOME+ VOL UP

4. Select menu item in Recovery screen that says something like: Update firmware by loading the firmware file from SDcard

5. Select the API-to-PL4 firmware you copied earlier to your sdcard. Once you select the file, it will start the flashing process

6. Device will update itself, do not interrupt. Takes around 15-20mins or so. Be patient. Device will stay stuck on logo mostly, then will show the device setup screen when done updating

Nougat is worth the upgrade even if no root. Im using it now.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] xOG Benny:
The file doesn't download as a zip. Won't pull up in ODIN
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Have some bugs though
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] jembot:
Add ".zip" extension to file name. You can confirm this if after adding the zip extension, you can view the contents of the file.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Have any one tried this rooting method !!

http://samfirm.net/threads/kernel-root-galaxy-s7-active-g891a-full-supersu-2-78.128/

Is it same kernel mentioned in OP??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Good find, but strange. Both .tar files are identical size and are constrained to the same version of firmware. It is quite possible that they are identical. Interestingly they are using a v2.78 of SuperSU which might be worth looking into.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Kernel in the op is horrible, I hope this one is better.

Lag is unbearable, are you planning to try it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
On pl1 & root. I think kernel smooth out little better. But then again I was using different program for are to control the kernel. Thinking very seriously of going back to mm for root.

Sent from SM-G891A using BWS Tapatalk v6.4.3
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
You are right, there are fairly significant lag spikes, battery life is pretty bad, and it is not exactly stable. However, its good enough, with the right tweaks. As curious as I am, this is my daily driver and my only phone. So, I'm not really looking to jump on unknowns. By necessity, I can't be the test dummy.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
I compared both kernels using hex and they are identical except for some bytes which I believe neglectable. However I tracked down the source and guess what?? Chinese developer is already thanking you in his post for your kernel.http://choimobile.vn/threads/root-galaxy-s7-active-g891a-full-root-g891a-supersu-2-78.69534/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Lol, I feel kind of bad because activefan01 provided it. However it would appear that they got 2.78 SuperSU working. If anyone can confirm I'll update the tutorial and downloads.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
I stumbled over this amazing threadhttps://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/how-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039/post67605246#post67605246Have you tried the fixes there ?? seems promising and instructions there are remarkable as well, I will give it a try after checking startup scripts for conflict and will let you know.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
I flashed one of the fixes and I gotta say my phone has greatly improved interms of battery and performance. the fix is a collection of startup scripts that include build.brop and cpu and thermal tweaks and imsservice replacement which run everytime at startup. I will try debloating and other patches and will revert back with the final fixes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] T.C:
Hope this helps.

Cheers![/QUOTE]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Helps what?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
you should do the following before flashing the fix: open the SuperSU app (installed during the root process) and tap on Settings. Half-way down under Security, tap on "Enable su during boot". This option will ensure that startup scripts that are installed during this process get to do their job correctly.

flash this patch zip using flashfire which will fix several issues with the phone (CPU lag issues, poor battery performance, phone becoming too hot, Wi-Fi not saving passwords, hotspot/tethering not working, VoLTE icon appearing, searching for service issues, MMS not working, unauthorized security nag notification, etc.

BE SURE TO ENABLE READ WRITE PERMISSION WHILE FLASHING THROUGH FLASHFIRE.

Follow this guide as well to have a smooth battery saving boosted phone. https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/guide-post-root-common-bugs-fixes-t3427600

all credit go to [MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
Hmmm.... just got to Nougat and already tempted to go back to MM with Root....

If anyone else uses this update zip and can confirm that there is a marked difference in speed/snappiness of the phone as compared with the previoisly laggy root without this - I'll probably make the jump.

As the OP said I've got too much going on to be the guinea pig at the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] TTisino:
Hey guys need some help

:confused:can anyone tell me whats wrong with my phone, i have everything rooted but the update zip wont show in flashfire. Says custom binary is unknown. Plz help, i would like to test the fixes
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Anyone got pk2 to pl1 seems links in early post in thread aren't working.. Its just 40 meg file.

No one got that 44 Meg update on mm?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] khaliullov:
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/BGy7/gKs4xzhRE/SS-G891AUCU2APK2-to-S2APL1-UP.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
You can't update with flashfire

My bad, thought you were doing something else. Oops
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
It seems be 2.76 after pushing. Beside's it doesn't have all out put to screen while pushing. Like v2 76 that's posted in op.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Links in the first post are fixed. For some reason a couple of them had an extra "https://" tacked on the end.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
For all who wants a smooth boosted phone to fix most of rooting problems and bugs, Please check my post https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70852568&postcount=601

Tried myself and results are amazing
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] grover1:
firmware...

So looking at the firmware version on my active i have

G891AUCS2AQA1

I'm not seeing that in the current list on the first post. Is my firmware version able to be rooted or do I need to wait for an update to the root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
ODD. A quick google search for that returns literally nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] grover1:
Here is a screenshot
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
However, it would appear there is a QA1 and a QA7 update available at our favorite Russian mail repository. I'll post links in the first post later tonight.

As for the matter of rooting them, no clue.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
I think u be fine to root qa1 it still should be bootloader v2. Full Odin restore we got is v2 bootloader. Also the qa7 Noguat for our device is still v2 bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Guess that's not bad for rooted phone. 1st day with battery recalibration. With L Speed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] grover1:
Ya maybe but I think I would rather wait for confirmation on that lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] landio:
WTF

Ok this is getting really annoying! The stupid supposed to be .tar file is a .md5 file and odin keeps giving me a freaking .md5 binary error. I tried to go to my file controller and went to advanced to uncheck my show full name for file or something like that and that still didn't freaking work. Can someone please help me?! I would post a link but it won't let me becasue i need to reply 10 times
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Rename file are remove .md5
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] landio:
Thank you. Now my phone is stuck in a "boot loop" i did what the forum said hold volume down home button and power button then quickly go to up button and wipe and.... you get the point. Do I need to re-install it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] landio:
F...

I'm stuck in a bootloop after I rooted my phone. I did the factory reset wipe data/cache and yet still nothing for 2 hours now. What do I need to do?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] snake14777:
Is root or downgrade path for QA1 confirmed yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] JDBarlow:
I would like to know too ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Why don't u try volume up, home button, power button. Then wipe data, cache. See if maybe that let it boot up.

Sent from SM-G891A Using MultiCam Black Tapatalk & MultiCam Sand theme.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] landio:
I figured everything out onw thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] grover1:
anything on QA1?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] activefan01:
Ok back to getting rooted boot again on 7.0 I ended up using my phone as a test dummy and bricked it no download mode or anything so now I got a new one in so gonna pick up where I left off been a while since I updated everyone figured I'd post an update of what I'm doing I'm using gnu tools to build a boot.img that is pre-rooted unsecure and has usb debugging enabled etc.. used mainly for frp bypassing but we use it for root and it worked before seems to be what is needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
How to add usb mass storage drivers and samsung gadget drivers into MM Engineered kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] mjbeuke:
That's awesome man! Good luck and thanks for charging down the hill for us all - I'll keep my fingers crossed that we get Nougat with root
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] sjmcdo3:
sub'd for QA1...

I'm half tempted to try it myself but I don't want to regret it!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] chparmley:
Is there a way to go from QA1 to nougat unrooted? or to root QA1? I have been looking around but not found much info.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
U have be on pl1 to load noguat qa7.

Qa1 is still mm so it should be able root it. As it still bootloader v2. Also qa7 still bootloader v2, but there no root for qa7 @ this time for S7 Active.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bluepad246:
Hey, So I tried to root my phone with the latest firmware `G891AUCS2AQA1’ but it did not work. I was stuck in a boot loop, tried all the recommended methods to restore/unboot/etc. but not luck. Therefore, I concluded it will not work and was stuck with a boot loop phone with that firmware.

Then I download the firmware file in your page “PI2 Firmware Download” and restored it through ODIN, thankfully it worked. Then kept updating it and stopped at `G891AUCS2APL1’. So I decided to retry the root method and it WORKED =D. I have a rooted phone under `G891AUCS2APL1’ firmware, fully function after fixing the few hiccups, after using it in the beginning, it was really laggy/sluggish at first but after usage and setting up to how I want it, it ran like a champ.

So overall, don’t root if you have “QA1” (yet) because it won’t work. You can downgrade your firmware but at your own risk, understand how to do it before attempting anything.

Rooting with “PL1” is fully functional and works like a charm.

All and all, Thank you so much for all your hard work and look forward for your future releases.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Active
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] raze5115:
Yes but you have to go all the way back down to pi2 then all the way back up to pl4 unrooted.

Basically download the pi2 Rom from this thread here

Then use odin to flash it

Then download the update zip that lets you go from pi2 to pl4

Then place it on root of your sdcard

Then go to your stock recovery by holding down power, home, and volume up buttons all at once until you see a little android guy

Then choose flash update from sdcard option

Then choose the zip file you just placed on your sdcard

Finally hit yes to confirm and let the phone do the rest until you get to the setup screen (it will probably take about 10 minutes to complete after confirming)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] sjmcdo3:
So just for verification, rooting my AT&T S7 Active will allow it to be 'unlocked' where I could use my Du (Abu Dhabi) sim card without providing a unlock code ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] miniminus:
can it ! news to me ! ...

what is the procedure, once rooted, to unlock 'SIMLOCK' ??

i didnt think this was possible ?? ...

also as im posting ..

Just updated from PG7 rooted, to PI2, via Odin, then with Zip files on memorycard all the way up to PL4 :) Nougat ! ...

Battery life is AMAZING! .. if phones in a normal locked mode (screen off, with "always on display" on) then its about 10% per day !!! where is was about 20-30%ish ...

everything is MUCH more snappier, and smooooooth, Always on display now has ALL the nificifaion working .. all the little changes in OS are great

Only bad thing is, something must of changed with the themes as not many are showing up, especially not my fav i was using :( and i just cannot find one i like !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
Though I am still missing root (Much respect to ActiveFan for working on it!! ), this is what stops me going back to 6.0.1 rooted.

Battery life on stock Nougat is just spectacular, and as you said it is buttery smooth.

I don't mess around with my phone too much during the day unless I'm talking on it or on a tea break etc and I am EASILY getting 4 days out of it without even trying. Just spectacular. Best phone I've ever had.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
I meant if it's unlocked, it will remain the same unlocked status but if it's already locked I don't think it will be unlocked
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Discovered that applying the fixes only is not enough to fade away the lag. You should every boot adjust your CPU big and little cores and your Governor even if you set to be applied in boot. Unfortunately it's because of the engineered kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Mosa_Miches:
Any update on the 7.0 root? I have a daydream vr headset and I'd love to play around with it since the active doesn't fit in the gear vr
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
Guys, after many trials and combination with different battery optimization tools, kernel tools, entropy tools, patches, guides, mods and tweaks. Phone was killing me from lagging and freezing. Finally, decided to live with stock life. Its too fast and smooth

YOU ARE MISSING A LOT
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] sjmcdo3:
Is it really that laggy when applying the fixes compared to stock life?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
You won't believe the difference. Kernel used for rooting is horrible. Performance was like my old S4, while on stock i have S7
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
As much as I wish it wasn't true (because I actually have to have my phone rooted, for a variety of reasons), he is right. The difference is night and day.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] slimshouki:
List all your reasons, may be we can figure out some workarounds together