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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] frankrendon:
simple unroot?

[MENTION=7523343]godpowerrr[/MENTION] - if i use odin to flash factory boot instead of the eng-root file, would it remove root without factory reset(and stop the lag)? no matter what i disable or mods i apply cant seem to stop the lag.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] THA-REAPER:
So the BQE1 security patch is out. Is anything effected here?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] quantemplation:
Actually, I'm glad I did the clean wipe. Using the new method for hotspot fixed a small issue I was having with that, and overall the device is a whole lot smoother. I was dealing with issues running multiple apps but now it's working great. The network issues are fixed as well.

I first tried flashing with home_csc to see if I could keep the apps and settings I had but that didn't work. I made good backups though so almost everything is back in order.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DAE51D:
Turns out I don't need root after all...

Well, after having rooted every phone I've owned and even this S7e (a few various times with different methods), I've just decided to succumb to non-root life. At first I thought I needed it to get all my data from my old rooted Note 4 to this S7e, but as it turns out, the Smart Switch copied pretty much everything that mattered, many of the apps turn out to be 'cloud enabled' (or at least Google backup enabled) as the data came back. There were a handful that I had to use their built in export/import. And Watchmaker I had to do a .zip with ES Explorer of the dir (to get the hidden "dot" files), and unzip back on the S7e internal SD -- it stupidly doesn't save to the external SD!

I've been using this non-rooted S7e for about 2-3 weeks now solid, including my Moto 360.2 watch and Gear IconX BT earplugs. EVERYTHING works so fast and smooth. It literally took me a few days to get used to how fast the screens scroll (it kinda made my eyes a little dizzy the screen zips up/down so fast compared to my Note 4).

I am absolutely LOVING all the banking apps (and others) that use fingerprint login! I have super strong passwords (via KeePass) and it was always annoying AF to login to them. Now they "just work" at the touch of a finger! :cool:

I'm excited to try Samsung Pay and Android Pay (they're all set up, just keep forgetting when I'm at a place that has that option as I'm so used to not being able to use them having been rooted all these years).

As part of my Sprint plan, it includes HotSpot for free, so that used to be another reason to root -- but now, it's not.

I guess the point of my post is that, I *thought* I *needed* root -- but turns out, I really don't. There is a certain weight lifted to be honest. I don't worry about getting a popup saying my UUIC (or whatever) is invalid. I don't worry that some app is going to not install or be partially crippled as it disabled features b/c of root. And honestly, the phone runs a zillion times faster, smoother, cooler than it did when rooted. :good:

[MENTION=7523343]godpowerrr[/MENTION] has done amazing things here, I just wish (as you all do I'm sure) it didn't come with such sacrifice in performance of the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] tech15:
You actually gave me some stuff to think about. As I mentioned somewhere in this long thread I was thinking of buying an unlocked S7 Edge originally on Sprint. The last rooted phone I had was a Sprint S4 720T. The phone was neat for trying out custom ROMs but man did that phone run HOT. I dealt with force closes, non compatibility etc. Got tired of it and the last few Android phones I've had I chose not to root them. The only annoying thing this time around if I end up getting this phone is that I can't get rid of the Sprint bloatware. I use Metro PCS and have no use for any of it. Does anyone here know if I can use my Metro Hotspot somehow?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] vendo232:
Hi Guys

I just bought G935P from ebay, it is SPRINT version but unlocked. I`m using it on Freedompop GSM virtual carrier.

For this carrier I need to have capabuility to setup an APN.

So my question is if I flash via ODIN this FW SM-G935PQD2 Firmware.zip would it be possible to access APN? Will I loose the GSM unlock?

thank you

V.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Nexus85:
I've rooted both this firmware (QD2) and U firmware but I recently rooted the new QE1 and I must say after deleting all apps and following the Op's instructions as well as maybe doing somethings my way as well (rebel flasher) I've had a flawless experience rooted and all minus a locked boot-loader I would give it a 9 out of 10. I have my phone running so smooth with speed swap and gov-tuner running. All apps boot up and with the modified Kernel Adiutor.

Thanks to these wonderful Dev for making this possible and my APN's are locked with the appropriate Sprint APN's in place, WiFi calling and all. Can't believe how smooth this is, AWESOME!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] jtash01:
There were definite performance improvements in the QE1 and QE2 (for SPR) firmware updates!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Great to see you stanger. I think i've flashed home_csc twice ever; it's fragile if you've been tampering often.

Need to write up a current method.

Ty!:angel:

I'm not going to respond to this in the fashion I'd like but the majority of this community is dependent on change and control. Being non rooted isn't anything good on Sprint Firmware. I'm glad you are positive with the tasking but it won't last... wait til one of their faulty security updates kick in and reverse the processing speed. If you're really trying to focus on non-root and app work ability.. go to U firmware. Pretty much everything works but minimal carrier stuff. I really appreciate your feedback and sincerity. Just get off G935P Firmware :rolleyes:

What kinda stuff bud? Its long but informative ;)

First, if you're not on metro don't bind to it. Like why lol?

What you're trying to do can be accessed with this Cutom ROM[beta], due top of the week by [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] & myself. APN accessibility will be wide and however your sim provisions, they will be editable via stock or automatically selected regardless...and i guarantee with a Kernel Aduitor or GovTuner[Being Rooted] administrating: your device won't heat up with their awesome Temperature/MHz control. Unless your abusing the processors and aren't app whoring, consistency will remain.

SM-G935P - P Firmware : Sprint Default with all the bloat you mentioned.

SM-G935U - U Firmware : Unlocked Carrier Firmware debloated and functioning broadly.

^SPR & XAS^ are the 2 firmwares associated with Sprint SM-G935U. Look up or download accordingly.

Being if you indirectly carry Sprint's Firmware, dl 'XAS SM-G935U' Stock Firmware.

If you're rooted yes. You most certainly can access/create/delete/restore any APN you like, however idk about flashing status/outcomes. Change Build.Prop settings to match Freedompop GSM virtual carriers' and make sure /system/vendor matches the csc you have sitting in /system.

Thank you. I'm still not impressed lol

Guys/Gals I am going to update this thread to most current and reliable root possible but I am no longer staying on this Firmware because its nasty. Ill be here for your questions but this thread will eventually die for me unless i need to recover.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] slapman:
Wi-Fi calling

Hi how's it going? I rooted my phone followed all steps except Kernel Adiutor. My phone is running smooth I even fully themed it with a Batman Injustice theme including bootanimarion. A question I have is if you could possibly please share how you were able to get Wi-Fi calling I haven't been able to figure it out. It be awesome if you could help me out and if you have any other tips that would be great as well. Thanks.

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I forgot to mention I'm on QE2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Nexus85:
Hey, just to answer your question I flashed stock firmware and updated to the latest firmware. I made sure to activate all services that I'd normally use like the LTE, restored apps and all 1st then let the phone sit and settle a bit. Turn on Wi-Fi calling and activate it 1st leave it on while u Run root and once u restart the phone change APN to correct sprint settings and reboot phone should have Wi-Fi calling and correct sprint APNs working and all. Whatever you do when manually debloating don't delete sprint Wi-Fi calling app or sprint hub for some reason u will lose Wi-Fi calling. I'm guessing those services depend on those apps. Hope I was able help, let me know how it goes.

I just read that your on QE2, if that is U firmware then my apologies I don't know how to get Wi-Fi calling on that firmware. I'm on the sprint firmware and I did edit the build prop to the correct sprint build prop. If it's the U firmware they may not be able to use that service since it's carrier specific I believe
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] slapman:
DUDE thanks, I did as you described I flashed stock firmware like you did and updated to the latest firmware G935P QE1. I made sure to activate all services. Restored all apps activated what needed to be activated. I got it to work. Now its time to debloat. Thanks, bro. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Nexus85:
No problem glad I was able to help, that's what Xda is for, I may need your help one day so I'm just paying it forward my friend. ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Thread has been updated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] THA-REAPER:
I keep getting md5 error! Binary is invalid when using S7Edge_Engineer_Boot.tar.md5

Nevermind figured it out. Erase the .md5 file extension. I havent rooted in a while with Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] THA-REAPER:
I just cant get this to work.

Is everyone using a full firmware image for QE1? I've been downgrading to QAA and taking the OTA updates to get to QE1.

The Nougat_S7_Edge_EngBoot.tar.md5 flashes fine, but when it boots up again the top left says Samsung instead of Sprint. I put in all the APN settings in from the first post. Calls and texts wont go through and LTE is the only thing that is working for me. Also in about this device my telephone number is incorrect. It says 000-000-8282. Changing it in voicemail settings doesn't seem to effect it. I tried the entire process over about 6 times and still cant anything but LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
So from stock QE1I was able to get everything running and acquire root, or so I thought. After editing the apns I was able to get LTE and text messages but calls would say that calls from my area code were not accepted, or my account didn't support calling at this time.

The only difference is the engboot. I was getting the md5 error as well on the new one so I just used the one you posted in the original method.

I could have very likely messed up the apns and caused that so I'm def not pointing fingers, it was just running so smooth and fast if like to be able to get it right is all. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks to OP and everyone here for all the time and amazing stuff you guys put here, for free. ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] THA-REAPER:
Walman33 did you by any chance get a sudden reboot after you flash engboot? In all of my attempts after I flash and get booted back into everything I say like 3 or 4 minutes it reboots. It's within the time you are about to put the APN or after you've already done it. Earlier I was moving quick and started the root.bat after I did the APN and it rebooted luckily it was when it was removing possible remaining remnants of flashfire, super su etc so it didn't effect anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
No definitely not, it's was completely solid and running perfect outside of my network issues. Even the fingerprint sensor worked. I did let it sit for a few min between flashing stock and running root.bat. I'm gonna run through it again right now though.

Could anyone give me a bit of clarity on the apns settings though? I'm not confident I had this setting "N.ispsn" in the correct place.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] THA-REAPER:
Maybe something is just not disabled.

Here its taken from the G935U thread below this one.

It appears in the APN list. Not rooted or patched. I have no idea what all of these are btw.

https://i.imgur.com/JR2aLdK.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
Ok on round 2 with the new eng boot loader i did get a random reboot after flashing it,but only one an i have lte but no texts and calls still say my phone is not activated, anycpue why? Side note have not run root yet, just pack disabled and eng bootloader.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Have you tried switching from Automatic band in mobile network to LTE/CDMA and restarting. Its a user issue for i have done this many times. Try click activate device in system menu.

Google Play Services needs to be updated if its not.

The engineer boot is going to reset device until SuperSu is planted. It is not meant for everyday use and doesn't tangle well. If this isn't working disable Auto Update in Developer Options. I honestly don't know how to help other than changing automatic/lte, activate device option, or reset to default APNs and reenter/reset device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] THA-REAPER:
Maybe it's from not updating the play services then. I usually turn automatic updates off for Google play and Galaxy apps until I configure the phone to a ready to go state. Activation is something I tried as well and it would say writing to device but when it finished it would give some kind or error that it cannot be done at this time. So I will try that after I make a backup of everything. I already reinstalled all my apps etc. I'll report back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
Hey man, firstly thank s for the thread and your time ?

Secondly I did try activate this device and it seemed to get stuck on "writing to device". I'm gonna try again later and see if switching auto off does anything and if not the hands free activation again an just let it sit. I'll let you guys know.

Sorry about the issues, it's def something I'm doing so don't let my result discourage anyone from trying it. Thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] wrathious:
Help

How do i run the PDP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] THA-REAPER:
You install Package Disabler Pro

Install the plug-in https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mlsplit.samsungservice

Run Package Disabler Pro

Authorize

Then just follow the rest of the post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] wrathious:
Thanks

Thank you so much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Eddieray313:
i got my network fixed.

i used build.prop editor and changed.

ro.build.characteristics and ro.cdma.defult_alpha to sprint.

change ro.cdma.defult.numeric from 310000 to 310120

then restart the phone.

go to package disabler

enable Samsung dm phone interface and samsung dm service and once again restart your phone.

and when it boots up again then disable them and run the phone activation it should now be activated fully. send a text,phone call and check your internet. also restart your phone again and make sure it sticks. i hope this helps someone since i was close to factory restoring my phone until i discovered this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
Hey thanks man! Didn't get a chance to reroot last night but I will today that KS for everyone's gelp

ok so after redoing everything, i tried switching from auto to cdma/lte, but that didnt work, still LTE only. running activation ends with it saying it ran into a system error. i tried the buildprop edit, but those 2 packages were already enabled, so i diabled/reboot/renabled/reboot then tried the activation again with the same error.

the old method worked fine for calls and data, would it be possible to run that method, but use the newer supersu root.bat?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Sabre8073:
Seems like the .xml and supersu links are dead.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
i actually just noticed that i have a bunch of new apns in my settings now after deleting the other 2 and doing the edits. i can no longer edit anything in the aon menu. are they supposed to be there?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] tinthemiddle:
Couldn't squire root

Ill try to be clear here as i may have made a stupid mistake and was unable to get root so here we go. Followed instructions to the T (I think). But when I ran root.bat it seemed normal but after it ran the unroot, it ran the root super fast then nothing. The phone didn't reboot, it didn't say complete, finished or whatever. But i dont know if it's supposed to reboot and so forth. When checked with root checker...no root. Ran root.bat several times, no dice. Plus I lost my data. But here's the silly mistakes I may have made. For 1, i used that 15 second fastboot. I do not have adb installed system wide. (It appeared as if it wasn't flashing properly when I ran root.bat.) The other thing I just realized is before I ran root checker, i didn't look and activate supersu! That would be the issue, correct? I know probably a stupid question but that's what some of you are here for right? Thanks. By the way, im stock again and prepared to start again, if theres any advice or you just want to make fun of me for not running SU, that's cool to. At least I can verify. Thanks people.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
LOL ya you can check adb by running "adb devices" from cmd. If it comes back with a device number you're gtg.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] tinthemiddle:
That's cool. I checked and im good on my adb, so I'll retry here in a few. But what about my data? I followed the instructions as far as i could tell, however i noticed a few blanks like a port setting and a couple others but assumed i leave those alone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] blakeb1606:
My software version doesn't match the pictures in guide :/

My software version doesn't match the pictures in the guide here, do i still follow THIS guide? Or do i wait for a new one? I'm seeing that my last update was in may and that this thread was posted in may which makes me wonder if my software was updated since this thread?? HOWEVER my software version ends with QE1 and that really throws me off given the thread title LOL anyways here's what I see in my "about device " section

SOFTWARE : G935PVPS4BQE1

HARDWARE: REV0.7

Device Name : Samsung Galaxy

MODEL no. SM-G935P

Android Version: 7.0

Security Patch: May 1, 2017

Baseband versiom: G935PVPS4BQE1

ETC ETC......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Reread the thread
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] tinthemiddle:
You have the right guide if your on qe1. I kust rooted and its ok
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
I was editing files. But gj!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Sabre8073:
Followed the new method and it works flawlessly but I have a couple questions. I now have a nagging voicemail notification that pops up saying I have 26 voicemails in which I do not, I have checked and cleaned inbox. Also, do we still need to use speed up swap and govtuner with this new method? Thx and keep up the great work godpowerrr
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] blakeb1606:
Helppp

Im sorry for the completely n00bile comment I wish I knew enough about this stuff to get help without almost sounding insulting with my lack of knowledge, but just so I start in the right place (im not an idiot I just have never rooted anything....ever...) I took your advice and read the thread all the way through page 14 and I read a lot of people facing issues with wifi passwords vanishing with reboot and Bluetooth being completely FUBAR. Also a lot of ppl needlessly flashing WIFI calling files, but I didn't see anything involving my question.......which brought me to the conclusion that I must sound like a moron because the answer must be blatently obvious so im going to make a guess here and ask if my version doesn't matter because before I do anything I should be doing a flash of stock nougat firmware which will change my software version before rooting anyway??? Is that the answer??

sRY I KNOW you must be exhausted with answering questions that are legitimate let alone some noob who doesn't even know how to root the easier methods.....

But do you even root brah???

;)

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Does that make sense?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
All that stuff is old there have been many updates.. being that I'm on a different firmware I don't always have the immediate information. You may need to edit APN, under type change it to default,supl,mms,dun,fota.

Also if rooted download Build.Prop editor from play store and Grant access from SuperSU.

Change the following strings

ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha=Sprint

ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric=310000

ro.cdma.default_alpha=Chameleon

ro.telephony.default_network=10

ro.ril.def.preferred.network=10

ro.com.android.dataroaming=true

ro.build.characteristics=chameleon

ro.carrier=unknown

Restart phone. Let me know how that goes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Sabre8073:
Still looking for a fix for the voicemail thing. Says I have a crazy amount of voicemails in inbox when I have checked and I do not. This was not an issue until I did the new root method. Also do we still need to use govtuner and speed swap with this new method? Thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
hello, figured id give this another shot with the new info but still no calls and texts. i was unable to find all of the specified strings in the buildprop though. and some of them seemed to be the same but were had slighty different names. tried a few different buldprop settings but nothings working still. anyway def me/my phone, total user error , but i wanted to chime in. thanks again op and everyone else
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Hey buddy sorry.. been workin on three firmwares.. I am updating thread now...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
Absolutely zero apologies necessary my dude, I super appreciate the time you savages put into this stuff so amateur enthusiasts such as my self can enjoy root access. If I can help in anyway man also please feel free, happy to pull logs/screens what ever.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Im an amateur myself, I just took it upon myself to spread my knowledge of how i accessed root. I sent you a PM i really need you to respond to update the thread. I have used up all my data for my plan lol and i have no way of verifying if data works. I have voice and mms working. Phone number is valid in about device... just need a verification from you or anyone..also i dont use this firmware, so i need to hop off of it after I know its working for SM-G935P.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] walkman33:
I'm out grabbing food but I can flash again in like 30