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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] patcal:
Finally got everything working mostly. I seem to be getting much poorer battery life. Out of 7 hours on it was awake for 5 hours. Not sure what to look for. Other than that, it seems to be working well. No lag or performance issues.

Pat
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Quickvic30:
So your battery lasted 7 hours but the screen was on for 5 hours of that time?

You have to let it settle in for a couple days and it will get better.

You should download cpu spy or any cpu monitoring app from the play store and make sure the phone is going into deep sleep while screen is off.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] patcal:
Yep. It was in my holster case for almost all of that while I was at work. I will try cpu spy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] xDark_:
Is there anyway to get Magisk running instead of SuperSU? Don't really trust it after the shady Chinese company bought out the app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Araltd:
That was ready covered in this thread.. Read back a page or two and you'll find the solution
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] quincyman1104:
Please repost so I know exactly what to do I would be forever grateful
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] KillerClaw321:
Just to clear up any confusion,You weren't supposed to click on the root.bat . It was recommended to use cmd(Commmand Prompt) to execute the root.bat
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] benbailey84:
For some reason I'm getting the su binary not updated notification. I have tried to update it and it fails.

Edit: forgot to add... Galaxy s7 g930a
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Noahmuiruri:
thanx mr artland

i thinks that's a good job well done .but will it be rooted with a third party app like Kingo root or it a signed zip coded file
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] patstar5:
After rooting my att s7 edge on MM and experiencing so much lag I'm not sure if I want to try this or not. I clean installed nougat and everything was running buttery smooth! Now it has slowed down some and lag is starting to creep back in...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] zzEvilGeniuszz:
I followed those instructions and it did not work. My phone is not activated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] sstrong00:
What's the hype? I've had a rooted Nougat S7 since the Nougat ZIP was released on SamMobile [2017-01-16].
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] sparky2029:
It's running very smooth. I thought after reading every thing that it would lag a lot but it is almost non existent. The only lag I have is when the phone boots
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TH3B0SS:
On us variants?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Nilius17:
Getting the same on T-Mo Edge
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] benbailey84:
What's weird is now it's working. Lol. Downloaded an app called supersu update fixer hit force fix and rebooted a few times and now I'm rooted. I have no idea if that's even what fixed it, but hey, not complaining!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] rlewis312010:
No exposed though :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] quincyman1104:
i have tried everything still cant get calling and texting to work everything else is fine sprint sm-g935p s7 edge please help

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keeps telling me that my phone is not activated
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] KillerClaw321:
I'm on my T-Mobile S7 and I lost the ability to call. Anyway I can fix this? I tried looking at the post a few pages ago, but it didn't work...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] quincyman1104:
How did you fix it iam lost
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] KillerClaw321:
I didn't lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Araltd:
TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING NO LAG OR MINIMAL LAG EXPERIENCE ON THIS ROOT

Are you running in FHD resolution or QHD resolution? (1080p or 2k screen size)

Did you do the OTA update to Nougat Android 7.0 or a complete fresh flash of Nougat Android 7.0 thru Odin from scratch?

Can anyone post specific details about the tweaks you performed with Kernel managers, scripts, etc.. Not just the names of the apps - actually post what you did.

Having some of this information would help the rest of the community.

THANK YOU.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] stuckintheskull:
Did you try going to settings and hitting "activate this device"?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jasons1004:
I did everything in the instructions and have no issue with calling or text after root. (hurricane in full effect even with the fix)

I am on Tmo as well...just saying it does work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Quickvic30:
I would boot recovery and wipe cache again also.

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I don't think so. Pretty sure magisk is system root but I'm not 100% sure. Haven't looked into that app for over a year but I'll check it out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] xDark_:
Appreciate it man. Magisk also has some Xposed like properties, you can flash ZIPs that act a bit like modules like the iYTBP ZIP, which is useful for people like us who miss Xposed or want make something like the FDroid app store a privileged app easily.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] DroidDogg:
Why isn't this working for me? The SuperSU is saying the binary needs to be updated. I click normal and then it asks to disable KNOX and says KNOX disable failed. I already tried clearing the cache and waiting and all that nothing.

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THIS IS WHAT FIXED IT! THANKS Can I re-enable secure startup?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] lonton:
Love your script. I only forgot to boot to recovery and wipe cache right after root. But i left the phone home and then went to gym, went back and now run butter smooth. Feel like stock kernel.

Thanks a lot man.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Quickvic30:
Your welcome! That's great to hear!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] DroidDogg:
That the ENG boot loader thing is extremely laggy even after doing all the kernel tweaks. Don't do this method guys it sucks! You'll end up going back to stock trust me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] michel5891:
This may appear to be a stupid question . Does TWRP for the Chinese Snapdragon S7 Edge (heroqltechn) work with our device? Can anyone confirm the negative or positive on this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Quickvic30:
What root.bat did you use? If you didn't use the one in my signature give that a try, no kernel app tweaks needed and many people have been thrilled with it.

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No, with locked bootloader you cannot use any aftermarket recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] xDark_:
IIRC the Hong Kong Snapdragon variant is the only one with the ability to unlock the bootloader via flashing of unsigned files in Odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mcgawn:
Please help I lost my root access by turning of all daemons by mistake. I rooted successfully before by flashing & pushing SU binary in SM-G930T running Nougat. However now when I factory reset it & flash with Odin with latest firmware and then try to install SU & the batch file it says "not user mountable in fstab" then a little after it says something like failed to install SuperSU / permission denied " it then restarts my phone and I dont see the custom unlocked logo & its not rooted however SU app is install with of course the "Binary not installed message"

I'm lost and dont know what to do please help I miss root access.

I think I should be using cmd but I have no knowledge whatsoever :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] FebryRamahdana:
Just reset your phone, then start all over again from step 5 since you're in nougat and qbc1.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mcgawn:
I factory reseted it, wiped cache partions but still not coming on. I literally installed my firmware over from scratch with Odin & reflash it then try to use the batch file to root but it keeps saying "not user mountable in fstab"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] FebryRamahdana:
try flash it all over again with odin, download qbc1 and flash all the file, then root it.

Your pc must be instal android adb.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] patcal:
The screen is not going to sleep with the screen off. Here are some shots of my last charge. Mind you I was asleep so the phone was stationary for all of this.

Edit : Seems IMSSERVICE is the biggest wakelock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mcgawn:
I have the ADB drivers. I I factory reset, flash the tar file with odin then try to root. The batch file opens so that means adb is configured but in the prompt it says not user mountable. it still restarts my phone except there isn't the unlocked sign at boot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] bamamanrtr:
Still rollin.....

Been meaning to post my results with [MENTION=5149713]Quickvic30[/MENTION]'s tweaked up root.bat process but work keeps interfering. I started to quit, but figured it wouldn't matter if my phone was rooted or not if it was shut off. I believe I rooted this thing 3 or 4 days after the #688 post. My results have been about like everybody else. Unless you had any problems, then they were totally opposite. Only issue I had is when I saw the first post on the build.prop tweaks. I was running smooth as silk. Smoother and silkier sounded even better. But the old flat top didn't see it my way. I messed with it a while, but eventually had to start over. No big deal. Beer may or may not have been involved and I'm pretty sure there was enough left for a do over. Also, if I restart my phone while I'm at home, I have to manually punch wifi code in. I mean, its tough, but I get through it. But when I come home from work, it will hook right up with wifi. Freaking weird. I'm way past trying to figure that out. Overall, battery has been great, no lags, almost scary how good its been.

I was also looking to see if there have been any issues with rooting on the BQC2 update. I havent seen any. Seems like I read something a few pages or post back about no update to bootloader. Anyway, I've got that firmware plus the BQA6 files, I think I'll go with it. It's for a friend anyway. I appreciate the effort man! Looking forward to post on unlocking bootloader!! Should be soon...right?? :cool:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] freeop:
Just to let you know, before I rooted my phone with this procedure, I updated my Nougat ATT S7 Edge with the BQC2 update. And as far as I can tell there have been no issues at all.

I received my new phone after a warranty replacement and it came with BQA6. I saw on the boards there was the March Security update available so downloaded it and installed it. Then went thru the original post of this thread and installed the EngImg. I then went thru and followed [MENTION=5149713]Quickvic30[/MENTION]'s root.bat following the directions given in post #688. After a few days, I read about the same additions to the build.prop and added them to the end of my build.prop.

So far I have not been any happier. My phone is running very smooth and I have no issues at all with heat. My battery has been averaging over 56 hours between charges and that is about 3-5 hours OST per day. Overall the phone is running I believe better than Stock and that includes MM, Nougat BQA6, and BQC2. But I have to say one thing. You have to follow the directions given with the root.bat exactly, at least I did and has worked out for the best.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jshamlet:
To be fair, the stock firmware lags like hell too, it just does it less severely and more consistently. While this phone is technically faster than my old One M8, the M8 beats the snot out of it in many ways. The first time I went back to it to use Hangouts while I was messing with my S7 was eye opening. The keyboard was a total joy to use in comparison.

Or, IOW, you are going to get lag and stuttering no matter what you do. Root just makes it a bit worse.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] branstonmorgan:
Sounds like you didn't flash the eng boot loader over stock android
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mcgawn:
Yeah figured it out last night. For some reason I completely forgot to run the Engboot. Thank you.

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Hey I got it working. I had forgot to flash the Engboot! Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
Did it on my US Cellular variant and so far I can't believe the smoothness once past the initial boot and using kernel auditor!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jasvncnt1:
Forgive the silly question. I haven't rooted in awhile. What are you guys doing after you root? As far as I know Xposed isn't ready for nougat yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] freeop:
I personally don't use Xposed that much. I did with MM and only had a few modules that I ever used, like YouTube AdBlock and one other one. So I really don't miss Xposed for the time being.

I do use TiBU not only for backing up everything but also for Freezing all the Bloatware. I also use Tasker a lot and many of the things I use it for requires root access. Greenify also works better with root. Here is a list of the things that I use with Root: BetterBatteryStats, BuildProp, CPU Spy, FlashFire, QuickReboot, and RootExplorer. All of these I use on a daily basis and without root they would not function properly.

So yes I use root for a few things on my phone and when and if Xposed does come out for Nougat, I will be able to use it for what it does.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jasvncnt1:
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Appreciate it! I actually forgot about all those apps. Now that youentioned them, I may have to take the leap.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] freeop:
I racked my brain trying to remember the other ones I used with Xposed and finally remembered. GravityBox and Boot Manager. I would love to have Xposed again just for GravityBox alone. But hopefully, it won't be too much longer. Have been following the Xposed Threads and [MENTION=4419114]rovo89[/MENTION] has said as soon as they release the source code for Nougat, it won't be long after that we may have Xposed again. I am looking forward to that day. :)

And if you do root, please read message #688 on Page 69 by [MENTION=5149713]Quickvic30[/MENTION], as it has the root.bat from [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] and re-posted by [MENTION=5149713]Quickvic30[/MENTION] that I am using and has made the difference for many people using this particular procedure.

Hope this helps and good luck...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jasvncnt1:
I can't even remember the modules I was using lol. I have been reading and rereading the thread. Seems there lots of info so want to make sure I have the correct steps before I jump in. I'll def check out that post again. Thanks for the help and all the info!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Azuma73:
Assuming this method works for Verizon G930V locked bootloader variant for sure!?!?!?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] freak69ize:
Sure does... I'm G930V
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] freeop:
BQC2 to BQD4

I watch a bunch of threads and about a week ago there was a new Security Update for the ATT S7, BQC2 to BQD4.

My question is, what happens when you apply a security update to the Rooted S7? Does it revert back to Unrooted and you have to redo the EngImg and Root.bat over? I think that is what will happen but just wanted to find out before I do anything. And it is really worth updating?

Thanks in advance...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] 124chase:
Freeop is asking a great question. It would be interesting to see what the answer is.

I rooted yesterday using the latest methods and am very happy. I had to use Powershell to run the root.bat program, as clicking on it from a windows explorer window did nothing. I am also having the issue of the WiFi password getting lost on my home WiFi. I did notice that if you turn off WiFi before rebooting your phone, and then turning it back on after it has finished booting, the WiFi password is remembered. Can anyone else confirm this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] sean19661:
Uscelluar?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
I did it on my US Cellular and it's really smooth. The battery isn't as good as stock but not as bad as root on MM
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] bamamanrtr:
I would think the security update would mess up root as well. I froze them so I could see what happens. But I've had the WiFi issues you are talking about from the get go. I did exactly what you did, but mine did not hook back up. I messed around with it for a while. Best I could do is when I came in from work, it would remember password, however, if I restarted at home, I had to manually enter it. That was on BQA6 firmware. Also, I was using adb for the root.bat file. Yesterday I rooted a friend's AT&T S7 flat top, which is what I have. He's on BQC2 firmware. Did it the exact same way, his WiFi worked like normal. Based off that and freeop's previous post, I updated mine to the BQC2, and now my WiFi is working normal. Only difference I did was double click root.bat. So, that probably is no help, but I think it does show the many little inconsisties with this root. But one thing is very consistent, it runs silky smooth and battery is a ton better. I'll take it! And my buddy text me a little while ago...he lost root access...lol. Damnit!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Quickvic30:
Good feed back guys and great to hear everyone's​ running good!

So I purchased a s8 plus so been kind of busy trying to figure out things with that device. Samsung really threw a wrench into the combo using all U model phones for every carrier and no one has been able to Odin flash a different carriers firmware as of yet.

Anyways the rooted s7 edge runs circles around the s8 when it comes to running smooth and lag ect. S8's display is amazing but I can't stand the lag.....closing the web browser is painfully full of lag lol among other random lag. We really need root like asap!

EDIT forgot to mention the security update, that's why I started this post in the first place lol. Don't you have to be unrooted to even take or accept the security update? I would think so but I could be wrong. Ore than likely you will lose root but you can just reflash the eng kernel and root.bat. BUT a guys always hates to mess with a great running phone. I'm sure the security update isn't any major anyways but some people must always be on the latest and greatest so it's your call weather you wanna take the update or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] carpboy:
Was probably me. I had stock AnTuTu of 98k, repeated several times. But then with the first root.bat I got like 140k+ initially. With all my stuff loaded it went down to about 75k.

I just ran it on my stock 935T, with a ton of stuff jammed into it, and got 95k.

I posted a bunch of #'s, they do indeed vary for no apparent reason, but some were consistent.

Edit: Just did it again, hadn't touched the phone since last run, closed everything in the MRU then cleared memory from the settings screen, it gave 106k, fwiw. Again, this is stock but fully loaded, and I mean fully.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] rdar_93:
Hello goodnight, I am sorry if I am off topic but can I have assistance in sim unlocking my S7 Edge? I got it today from my cousin and it is locked to sprint so it is SM-G935P

Any help is very appreciated thank you so much in advance
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] carpboy:
OK, so I've ventured into rooting again, what with the success others have had with the new root.bat.

I followed the instructions exactly. No kernel programs installed. On boot it was extremely sluggish, not good at all. I let it sit for 15 minutes before even touching it. AnTuTu was 89k, a lot higher than I though it would be with how laggy it was.

I then applied the build.prop edits, cleared cache and rebooted. Still very laggy, maybe a little better, score now 98k.

We'll see how it is tomorrow - I'll give it a chance, but at this moment it doesn't seem that great. Maybe it will be.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] freeop:
Just ran AnTuTu and this is what I got. Not bad I would say.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] carpboy:
The score is the same as the stock with all my stuff, but it is horrible in lag. I booted again and it is very unusable, it has been at least 10 minutes since booting.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jshamlet:
This is what is so infuriating about Samsung devices. They are very fast, often best in class fast. From a purely performance standpoint, my S7 Edge beats the ever loving snot out of my old HTC One M8.

However, my M8 beats the snot out of my S7E in terms of lag and jank. I will sometimes pick up my old M8 if I'm sitting around the house because it is more enjoyable to use for things like Hangouts This is particularly noticeable when using the onscreen keyboard, but it shows up everywhere. TouchWiz has improved greatly (I still remember it on the SII Skyrocket ::shudder:: ), but it still doesn't compare to AOSP or the lighter OEM ROMs.

Unfortunately, the engineering root, with a half-dozen debugger stubs enabled and probably text output from the kernel, adds just enough extra load to make it almost unusable if you hate lag and jank. :crying:

I went back to stock probably for the last time because I can barely tolerate the jankiness of the stock ROM. Even with QuickVic's (amazing) root mods, I was finding myself annoyed to the point of frustration with the occasional hiccups.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] djdio68:
I have US Cellular and i lost my fingerprint sensor. Odined back to stock a few times and rerooted. Even tried setting up fingerprint before rooting. But as soon as i root the fingerprint sensor is broken. Otherwise the phone runs great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] GartimusPrime:
Oh, I never noticed since I don't use it. I will try it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] tofu-:
Exactly the same story here. Reminds me of the s6 days. Glad it works for some, but unusable for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] zone23:
It would seem that the kernel gets set to performance but even after changing it my device still runs very hot and lags. I'm also guessing that it is staying awake. Just isn't worth it. Sure would like a way to patch the existing kernel but with the checks in place doesn't seem possible.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
One thing I can say.... I've been running bone stock for two months now, and I am seeing lags in Android itself. Some heat problems while doing a lot of video recording, but it seems Android has limitations unto itself without root. The phone has slowed down in two months, and clearing dalvik cache, and defragging does nothing to speed up the phone. I wish we had better choices for operating systems than Android. Seems you have to reset your phone every couple of months to keep the operating system running crisp....