yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Zlatomip:
That's awesome! Now, who is familiar with Linux... can dump boot.img and kernel.img from the phone...

I found that it's here:

cd dev/block/platform/soc/624000.usfshc/by-name/

dd if=/dev/block/sda6 of=/sdcard/efs.img

dd if=/dev/block/sdd10 of=/sdcard/aboot.img

dd if=/dev/block/sda13 of=/sdcard/fota.img

dd if=/dev/block/sda16 of=/sdcard/modem.img

dd if=/dev/block/sda17 of=/sdcard/boot.img

dd if=/dev/block/sda18 of=/sdcard/recovery.img

I don't know, will these comands work in linux?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bugity:
Not sure if it worked

Hello,

I successfully used odin to flash the kernel and afterwards I ran the root.bat and that ran until completion and my phone restarted. Now i do have the unlocked lock when I boot and it appears rooted except when i run Titanium or root checker it says root not successful. Also i have not updated it because the instructions said not to but Super Su does ask me to update the root binary when i open the app. Any ideas why root appears not to be working?

EDIT: It required a factory reset and then everything started working properly. Thanks you to anyone with suggestions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Awesome, Thank you Both. Worked perfect without the boot loop or restore. Thanks to the Dev as well.

Was gonna post a pic but not enough posts....

i.imgur.com/QM7fwkO.png
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Perhaps re-run the root.bat and supersu install steps/ make sure to edit the build prop, install busy box, and freeze the security agent right after rooting. Update the supersu app, but not the binary. If all else fails, do a fresh firmware flash and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Did Root Checker ask for SU permissions?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NavyYNCS:
Rooted PI2!

Successfully rooted my S7 Active at PI2. I haven't yet installed the CPU governor to control lag (none seen yet), but I will after I read again which is most recommended.

Now for the questions...

1. I am on Cricket. How and should I update to PK2? I know there's a way somewhere in Settings for me to have it update.

2. I would like to block automatic firmware updates. The last time I did this was on my S5 Active. Is the process the same?

3. Have we come up with a consensus on the best CPU governor?

4. I've installed Xposed and Xtether. Is the only way for us to enable Wifi Tethering is by going into settings, under the connections tab, and Mobile Hotspot and Tethering? My S5 had a toggle in the notifications bar.

5. ROMs. Is there any hope for custom ROMs???

Finally, I have to give a shout-out to NotSoMiniGun, ActiveFan, and all of the others on this thread to find us ROOOOOOT!!!! :o :D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
I was one of those skeptics you mentioned above and I wanted to apologize for doubting your method being legit when you first posted it. It just looked suspect that you offered to root people's devices for them instead of just laying out the process for everyone. Also, being a brand new account added to it. I've seen scams like that over the years on here but I was clearly wrong in this instance and I'm sorry for that.

That being said, thank you very much for your work that made this great phone even better. I honestly thought I'd never see this phone rooted. I'm actually looking forward to work tomorrow because that's when I'll be able to root this bad boy.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Has anyone been hit with an OTA after rooting? I rooted last night and received an OTA update notification about 20 minutes ago.

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Did you use the SuperSU from the tutorial or the one from Chainfire's site?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] berniesteven:
I was ready to root and got the update before I could. Not sure if I should try now or not.

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Wow, that sucks. Let us know if you decide to try it. I'm keeping my Wi-Fi off for the time being.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
OTA "shouldn't hurt it", Im on the newest firmware, so I know its root-able. One of 3 things are likely to happen:

1. Phone updates, works fine. (Probably not)

2. Phone updates, requires you to rerun the root.bat (most likely)

3. Phone updates, gets messed up. Just reflash, let it OTA first, then root again. (Annoying, but definitely works)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Unfortunately my phone updated last night OTA. I had been keeping from doing it until I tried this but it went and updated all by itself..........ARGHHHHHH! So now I am on MMB29M.G891AUCS2APL1. Going to probably try this later today but really apprehensive to be honest? Also I downloaded the repair image but cannot unzip the PI2 image as it asks for a password did I miss something? Never mind I just went back and re-read the original post and saw that the password is right after the link.......DUH!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] berniesteven:
Are you on PL1? I know on the s5 active, every update had a different kernel. Soo, I'm wondering if the boot.tar is compatible. Thanks.

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
So nobody has yet tried installing this on their phone with the new OTA PL1 update? I am really concerned that trying this on PL1 which my phone took automatically last night is going to bork my phone?????
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] CocaFoca:
Honestly, I doubt they patched it already. Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't it take quite some time for them to finalize updates? If I had to guess it's safe, but that's just my two cents.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Well I was going to be the guinea pig and try it on PL1 unfortunately I keep getting an MD5 error from Odin Modified and I have downloaded the file several times on several different machines??? Anyone have a good working unlock file???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Rename & Remove ".md5" from the filename.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
I was wondering if that was what I needed to do? Thanks will give that a try.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
I just finished reading TWRP'S build guide, so I'm going to try building it this weekend. Hopefully it goes well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Well I went ahead and did the Root procedure and it seemed to go off without any major problems. I did notice that after I rebooted the WiFi didn't remember it's settings? I did do the build.prop change? Also there an additional icon in my notification panel that I am not familiar with? What is it and how do I get rid of it? And lastly the phone seems slow and laggy for sure especially when opening the phone up and I have to input my passcode? I did do the Governor tweaks and the GPU Rendering anything else I can do to speed this thing up? I did forget to say that my phone is on PL1 OTA update firmware as of last night so it works on this newest OTA firmware being pushed out now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Answer for the icon is on about page 15. Awesome that it works on PL1.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] berniesteven:
Thanks for being the Guinea pig! I'll do it tonight!

Se​nt fr​om my SM-G891A

* Peace
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Have you had any luck getting rid of the icon in the notification panel that looks like a comment bubble? Don't even know what that icon is never had it before doing this root procedure?

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Alright so I did a little searching on the Potato Hurricane Icon...........LOL and found a Reddit post: "I was told in XDA that it is enhanced LTE. After I rooted my ATT S7 Edge it appeared. Apparently you can go into Settings>Mobile Networks>Mobile Data and untick Enhanced LTE and it will go away." This does get rid of that horrible icon but it also disables Enhanced LTE. So what am I missing if I disable enhanced LTE???
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
my firmware is H1 this worked great
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] bandario:
I believed enhanced LTE uses a higher quality codec for voice connections. The audio quality in-call is enhanced with this setting enabled and it is noticeable.

There is a guide linked somewhere back in this thread on how to get rid of the icons and leave this enabled...it is one of the problems associated with using the engineering kernel, along with the sluggishness you have noticed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
I asked in the other root thread in the development forum but that thread isn't as active as this one. For everyone who has successfully rooted have you had to factory reset and if so does it wipe your SD card as well?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
I didn't have to reset mine. But have factory reset this phone before, and it never wiped the external sd.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
I have tried all of the methods for removing the RCS and VoLTE icons listed on XDA. Non of them work for our phone. The file structure is slightly different and I'm, admittedly, not familiar enough with Odex/Deodexing stuff to unpack and repack the necessary files to fix it. The IMSSettings.apk(or imsettings.apk, can't remember) and SystemUI.apk hold those icons, located in /system/apps and system/privapps. If you find another way or understand the odex/deodexing mess, please let me know.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
So I tried a few things last night.

1 used the clean up option to remove SuperSU. It worked good. Assuming you could then install a different root manager. ( didn't get that chance )

2 used Flashfire to flash systemless SuperSU. It failed misserably. Soft bricked phone. ( still secure boot after root )

3 used Odin to go back to Pi. Worked, then OTA to PL.

Gonna reroot, and play more tonight with #1.

:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
May I make a request? Would you be willing to try to install Magisk on your next root attempt? Also, Could you try a newer SuperSu binary?

Thanks for exploring all the random options!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
I'm not sure what magisk is but I'll read up on it. And yes on the second one.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] afifreek420:
this worked for my s7 active and its on the newest update... intalled trickster and is fast now thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Gamechamps:
I flashed the S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes_V15.zip from the thread Verizon S7E Root Issues Thread (with fixes) with FlashFire to try and get rid of the RCS and VoLTE icons. The VoLTE sometimes comes back, though usually just on the lockscreen, and the RCS hasn't popped back at all. There is a fix just for this issue on the thread, but I just tried the zip.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
I got just immservie file & used file Manger to rename other one. & copied this one & changed permission & all seems good after reboot.

RCS & VoLTE are gone here.

Sent using SM-G891A & MultiCam Black Tapatalk.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Can you be a little more specific about the steps you took? Last time I tried this, I soft bricked my phone. I'd really like to do it right this time. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
In /system/priv-app/imsservice

Rename file imsservice.apk.bak

Copy file imsservice.apk u just download.

Then set permission to 644.

Reboot for changes.

Sent using SM-G891A & MultiCam Black Tapatalk.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
did any one else notice there phone become slower after rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Believe that very first post explained this along with what to do to correct it.

Sent using SM-G891A & MultiCam Black Tapatalk.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Well I followed all the steps in the first post and my phone is now even slower laggier than it was prior to rooting. The other thing is the battery seems to be draining at a much faster rate than before rooting. Where did the file that we flashed come from and was it coded specifically for our phone? If it was then it needs more work for sure. I may just flash back to PI2 and OTA just so my phone isn't a major dog. Not blaming anyone but this just sucks and has made my phone worse not better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Did u read this page.

http://galaxys7root.com/galaxy-s7-s...-attt-mobilesprintverizon-galaxy-s7s7-edge/3/

Sent using SM-G891A & MultiCam Black Tapatalk.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Blackberrynomore:
Listen FTAWolf no disrespect this isn't my first android rodeo. Been rooting and customizing my phones for many years and learned along the way to READ everything more than once. That website is part of the page 1 instructions and I followed it to the end. I have done everything per those instructions as well as what is in the first post. My phone isn't as fast nor is the battery lasting like it was before the root. Maybe it takes a complete factory reset/clear cache and then reset everything up from scratch to get it back to normal I don't know. I just loathe the thought of resetting and having to reinstall everything from scratch again. But that may be my only recourse if I want to stay rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
strange problem I installed busybox and trickstar and when I restarted phone I lost root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
With SuperSU I chose the option to clean up for switch again. Installed CWM SuperUser. It wouldn't update the binaries, but would manage root just fine. Removed it and grabbed and installed SuperSu 2.79 from the play store. First it recommended I disable Knox and it succeeded. That's when the warnings quit popping up. then it requested to update the binaries. It ran a while, then restarted, then didn't ask to update them anymore. That being said it never said it was successful. ( that I seen )

Update: It doesn't update, just doesn't, ask anymore

Magisk looked like it might be pretty good, so I tried it and it bricked.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] tim121283:
Installing trickster mod makes it faster just set to boot interactive...Im ready for a twrp that would be awesome!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Jimmyvb98:
Have you finished the building?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Not yet, have several things to do today. Gonna start working on it tonight.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Not sure why those would have caused you to loose root. Are there any apps listed in SuperSU's approved list.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
Nothing changed in the super su app however now also when I reboot the phone it has a padlock symbol that spins around ( not the one on first boot screen )
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] FtaWolf:
Anyone got Viper4Android working ?

Sent using SM-G891A & MultiCam Black Tapatalk.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Several people in other forums say that is due to encrypted card or device encryption.

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Rooted PL1 - 3 times with no need for system recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
How're you getting to PL2, ota?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
I Odin to PI, OTA to PK, then OTA again to PL1.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
I updated the first post with some fixes and suggestions, thanks for your continued help everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
when I odin to PI and OTA it says it is up to date?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Give it a while. It took mine about an hour.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Edubaires:
I'm using google translator.

My congratulations for your efforts, have achieved root s7 active.

I have 3 questions

1) can someone give me, step by step, with all the details (in a text or images) of as root my s7 active?

2) With this method is there any possibility of bootloop or sof-brick?

3) I agree with root with this method or wait for a more stable?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
I've been holding off on rooting but as I haven't seen any real issues with it I'm finally going to take the plunge this evening. I'm on PK2 now but have the ability to update to PL1 OTA. Has anyone found that one or the other is better to be on for the root process? In particular if one is more likely to force me to do a factory reset then I would rather be on the other build. I have everything backed up but would obviously rather not have to factory reset if at all possible.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
how can we uninstall xposed I do not see a uninstall apk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
I haven't had to do a factory reset on either one. As far as what's different between the two, I think it is just security updates.

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1. Yes

2. Yes, Murphy's Law

3. This one is pretty stable.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Edubaires:
Thank you very much for answering.

I'm going to ask 3 more things

1) where can I see the step by step tutorial as root?

2) after root everything works, or has any faults, example does not go wi fi or Bluetooth, or something ?

3) Does it affect the performance of the cell phone, battery, signal or something like that?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
1 & 2 & 3. The original post has links to everything you need. Read them all carefully, twice before starting. WiFi doesn't remember password. Phone lags a little but battery performance seems fine on its own. All fixes are covered.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
Is there anyway to uninstall exposed so I can get Snapchat to work
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
Thanks for the info. I went ahead and updated to PL1 so I wouldn't have to worry about the OTA after rooting. This is only the 2nd phone out of like 12 that I've owned that wasn't easily rootable thus all the extra questions/concerns. I miss the days of unlocked bootloaders and no waiting to get root. Having kids made the Active line something that was very attractive to me. Just hope this leads to some development in the near future.

Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] BiteApple:
How do you root without reseting the phone ? Just skip the reset part in the instructions?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] yylaji:
I am too PE7, do anyone sucess with pk2 directly?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
Just rooted on PL1 with no issues at all. No loss of data and everything seems to be running normally after adjusting all the kernel settings and such.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] EnduringGuerila:
My all stock build is still PL1 and I have applied all the updates from AT&T including the one from a few days ago. How do I get to PL2 before I root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
I don't think there is a PL2. The newest update from AT&T is the PL1 build. I think the PL2 was a typo possibly. I just did every step after I updated to the PL1 build and everything is running great. No lag or anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] tim121283:
Thanks for getting this rooted
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] pside15:
That's the security log agent notification. That's why the instructions in the OP suggest that you freeze it with titanium backup but don't install it. I don't have the pro version of titanium backup so I used device manager app to disable it, which is basically the same thing as freezing it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] tim121283:
B

Yea I just saw that after I asked I just saw do not lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Yes

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I Googled your problem and seen a zip that you can flash to remove xposed. But the problem is order of installation. Ie: install snapchat before you install xposed. I can post a link in a bit, or you can just search XDA for " removing xposed ".

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
I fixed it I logged in on my other phone and backed up data with titanium backup and restored it on this phone and it worked great
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] swpointer:
Glad to hear.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] gazorp:
I somehow lost root when trying to install ad aware through f droid? After i installed, it asked for root permissions which i granted and then after it downloaded and restart, it gave an error saying it could not get root permission. Ti Backup wont work either...

Rerunning root.bat did not work. I am flashing everything with odin again and I am going to try an get an OTA before I root this time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Edubaires:
I am using google translator

I'm about to root my s7 active, with a little fear and doubts, I read the original publication about four times ... unlike other root methods that used in other cell phones, this is new for me, and me Certain doubts arise,

I'm from Argentina and last year I've had the opportunity to go to the United States, and get the s7 active, released from home.

To live in Argentina I can not update by OTA, leaving with an old version like the one in the picture ....

[IMG="s7activeumbraned"]https://s29.postimg.org/jjqrw9z9j/Screenshot_20170108_233409.png[/IMG]

1) for root do I need to update it?

2) in case you have to update it, what methods do I have to use to achieve it? ; If I do I lose the efs?

3) try to download Modified ODIN (USE THIS ONE ONLY!) Of the page that they have left in the original publication, but always return to the same page, is it obligatory to use this modified odin or can I use another?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
Quick question, why do you think xposed is causing snapchat to not work? I have snapchat and xposed both working with no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] kjfan985:
If you install Snapchat first then exposed you can login fine. However if you have exposed installed it blocks you from logging on as it checks for it upon start up
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] addarryell:
root not found

I've done everything on here but it says that im not rooted. but i have the custom unlocked boot image and the hurricane thing
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] NotSoMiniGun:
I'm sorry you're having troubles rooting your phone, but please don't quote the entire post. It takes up way too much space. Also, if you require assistance, we will need more information. For example, what firmware are you trying to root? What exactly is telling you that you have no root? What system are you trying to root from? Can you provide any other useful information?