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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Bigmar75:
Hey guys, been following this thread and decided to take the leap. All is well except for the few known bugs. I had completed the root process when I saw the work around for wifi not sticking. Went back in to build prop and changed the 310120 back to 310000, did the double save, then save and exit. Powered down phone and powered back on. I was at that point able to create and save an APN with the specified fields filled in. Powered off and powered on, changed build prop back to the 310120 and repeated the process of the power cycle. Still loose wifi password with reboot. But, when I leave my house and come back it Auto connects no problem. Also tried the blue tooth work around and got nothing. Would really love to get this bt problem figured it out. I use it a lot for music. Other than that, this is a nice root..also, first root attempt I was already on nougat, factory reset and cleared caches and followed ops instructions. The other two times I used Odin and flashed stock nougat tar. Never connected to a wifi network during set up..thank you for your work [MENTION=7523343]godpowerrr[/MENTION]..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] nukesecurity:
WiFi and Bluetooth issues

YAY!!! I finally got everything to work. I used the BL, AP, CP, and CSC Home for the original restore from Samfirm. After initial setup, to include wifi and bluetooth, I went through and disbaled everything as normal and flashed the engineer boot image and after reboot wifi and bluetooth were still there. Completed the root.bat, busybox and build.prop edits and again rebooted with everything sticking. Next is where I found the issue. Before continuing I used the Smart Switch app to create a backup. Afterwards I used flashfire to flash the VVM_Volte_Wifi_Calling.zip and right after that is when I lost bluetooth and wifi password. Soooo, I restored from Smart Switch and everything was back to gravy. I am not sure if there is a way to extract the code needed to fix wifi calling from the stock build and us it to edit the build.prop that way or not but I can live without wifi calling.

Hope this helps someone and thanks for the pm to use the CSC home. [MENTION=4740234]izzibew26[/MENTION] :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
It can be done to work correctly, in the pic you'll see I'm rooted and on WiFi calling.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
If anyone is getting ready to do this root can you try it without flashing anything with flashfire. And check your WiFi Bluetooth and WiFi calling. I think that may be where the culprit is. Just a thought

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Bigmar75:
Maybe someone that is rooted that has not flashed the vvm zip can pull the imsservice folder and post. It is worth a shot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Kama45:
I cannot download the AP file and get the MD5 file to check. Every other file works. I have tried to redownload 3 times now, and it still doesn't work. Is there anywhere else to download the AP file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
Did you use Sam firm from the op?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Kama45:
Yes, I tried unzipping with 7zip and Windows extractor. Each extraction leads to the same error. Odin likes the other files from the extract.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzHkVOp4HMdVZ0tGYXo0YjYxSmM

Here are the Apk n odex. I haven't gotten apart the zips and looked at all the changes but if this is enough have at it

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---------- Post added at 05:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:42 PM ----------

Use the decrypt button on the program window in samfirm when the dl is complete, it'll do the work for you

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Kama45:
Thanks. I should have mentioned I decrypted on every attempt, and that is where the error would pop up. 7zip left the AP file despite the error message. I tried loading it in Odin to see what would happen, but it said the file did not match md5 as expected. I also redownloaded the sam program and redownlaoded the files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=71343092

Stock nougat dl thread

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Bigmar75:
Opened the zip and replaced the files, rezipped and flashed. Wipes caches of involved applications first, flashed, went into recover after reboot and wiped caches again. Rebooted, still bt turns on, does nothing and turns off. Wifi password not sticking either. This thing is running pretty dam well other than that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
Figured there was more to it. I'd say leave it until you can't deal anymore, then reflash stock with the home csc,turn on and check the WiFi and Bluetooth and leave them on for the rest of the root process(disabling apps n running root.bat.) then don't flash the zips and see where you land.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Kama45:
For those who have the same issue as me, I finally got a clean decrypt after deleting everything from the last two days and doing the process over. Now, if only I could get data.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] frankrendon:
yup...my bluetooth also stopped working right after the VVM_Volte_Wifi_Calling.zip. if its not needed, im just going to redo everything and not flash that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] jtash01:
Here is a screenshot of the AnTuTu benchmark performance after root and my mods posted earlier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] bodyshop:
Will this method work on the g930p with is correct firmware of course?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Euronymous88:
Some of the settings in L Speed that you said to tweak were not there for me in any of the options. Such as: Other Tweaks Menu:

Better In Call audio - enable

Improve image quality - enable

MISC Tweaks - disabled

Fast Dormancy - Enabled

WiFi Sleeper - disabled (you preference)

Any idea as to why?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Kama45:
I keep losing voice and text after flashing S7edge_Qualcomm.tar. I am able to root fine, and data and wifi work fine. I make the buildprop changes and flash VVM_Volte_Wifi_Calling.zip, but that doesn't help either. Anyone know where I am going wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] jtash01:
Lspeed version changed since psouza originally posted his settings for the app
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] bodyshop:
I too had the same results on the G930P. I didn't flash the VVM_Volte_Wifi_Calling.zip. Ended up starting from scratch and going back down to MM PL6 to root again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Bigmar75:
[MENTION=7523343]godpowerrr[/MENTION], thank you for the new method. Wifi and Bluetooth are sticky as he'll right now..applied lspeed and govtuner..gonna run this thing and see how battery life is..nice job!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Euronymous88:
I went through the new method for rooting...Wifi and bluetooth work like they are supposed to. I even did this on a fresh install. So, there isn't any apps besides system apps and SuperSu. And then I go through GovTuner, L speed and all that. But, no matter what I seem to do...I continuously lose out on ram. I go all the way down to 1.3GB of ram and the most is 1.6GB of ram. And that's just with the apps that come preloaded and SuperSu and all that. Before root I could get about 1.7 to 2.1. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DJEzack:
Hi there, I'm following your guide word per word, but when trying to flash the firmware from Odin to my phone (using the provided tools you gave and the decrypted firmware downloaded via SamFirm) it stays stuck on Setup connection and after a while eventually fails.

Any suggestions as for what to do to fix this?

Edit: Never mind, figured out that I needed to be in download mode. Problem solved!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
It's outdated but just use the ones that are there. I didn't make the tutorial but it does speed up your phone and saves battery.

You're supposed to lose data when you flash. The BuildProp Editor strings is what fixes that. Don't flash VVM_Volte_Wifi_Calling.zip and everything will be alright. I said to flash it previously because it worked for me and others. But a lot of people seem to not have WiFi stick or BT work so don't flash it for that reason.

Sorry didn't work for you but if you need help let me know. I've repeated this process over and over and it's working.

Thank you buddy :)

Its normal because you have RAM to be used for caching and hibernating apps. Unused RAM is useless and i know the engineer boot seems to eat a lot of RAM though i optimize a lot using the maintenance widget. I also force background processes to only 4 in Developer Options..and this helps stabilize an average around 1.5, 1.6. Disabling some apps will help you gain RAM and not having a lot open constantly.

Good job, let me know if you get rooted.

So i flashed S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes_V15.zip with flashfire after i tuned everything and i noticed my performance was 10x faster. My data, BT, and WiFI still work and I am a happy man. If you want to try i would recommend you do so. Now I'm just waiting for twrp or cwm :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] lvpre:
Check out this guide for root fixes without root.

https://xdaforums.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/nougat-root-guide-tips-tricks-root-t3573195

Nougat Non-Root Guide Tips/Tricks...That Root Functionality Without the Root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DJEzack:
So I ended up rooting my phone (yay!) and everything was working fine (using the updated guide you made yesterday) until I flashed GovTuner 3.8, and that's when the Bluetooth stopped working on my phone. Any idea what it could be? Should I try flashing the S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes_V15 zip using Flashfire? WiFi works (although it still forgets connections every time I reset my phone) and I really want Bluetooth to work so I can use my controller that just arrived in the mail to play some emulators and stream PC games with Moonlight.

Any help is much appreciated!

Edit: Forgot to mention, the only difference in your guide and my steps was I changed both values associated with Chameleon to Sprint, and I changed the value for storage from True to False, so I'm not sure if that had any effect on the process. If so and I have to restart, just end me. That would be like the 6th time I'll have flashed Stock 7.0 onto my phone.

Edit 2: Upon further testing (and redoing the process a **** ton of times), it seems that setting storage to false was what caused Bluetooth to stop working, as after setting it to true again and rebooting my phone let Bluetooth work again. Hope this helps and you can add this info to your guide or something
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Dude i've flashed like 30 40 times seeing everything i could disable, not disable.. etc for the best root. And it turns out that unless you're using WiFi-Calling, then flashing VVM_Volte_Wifi_Calling.zip is pointless. But for the method involving BT or WiFi problems, i stated only to change Chameleon to Sprint and cdma string to 310120, not storage string. It's funny that you say BT stopped working with that string opposition because it is not related to BT what so ever.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DJEzack:
Dude I feel you on the flashing over and over bit. And yeah, I can't seem to understand why, but I tried several times setting storage to true and false, and every time without fail, when I rebooted with storage set to false, Bluetooth wouldn't work. No idea why though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
I never had any issues with wifi calling. It's worked from root day 1 with no issue. I also never flashed that zip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
With the tutorial i flashed it and it worked since day 1 lol but with those members having difficulty i had to add steps. But i did some reading and I am an idiot and apologize for extra time i may have caused you. VM_Volte_Wifi_Calling.zip needs to be mounted to /system when using flashfire, and thats probably the reason WiFI or BT wasn't sticking for the majority. I find it odd that despite having same model and carrier, errors are indefinite.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
I think this thread is running pretty smooth considering it's a more alien method of rooting for most who are used to just flashing a recovery and zip, and then being done with it. That makes the amount of user error skyrocket but you don't realize it was user error until the problem gets fixed. I think the detailed write up took care of a lot of would-be issues and questions. Just look at all the issues that plagued the original root thread for MM. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Your feedback is essential to me, thanks for the motivation. It feels surreal to provide a vital contribution for a mass community. I guess I wasn't fully content since the first root method, even though it worked personally..but the validity now is undebateable. Lol what's marshmallow :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Sabre8073:
I get stuck on the blackbox part of the root, reflashed original Nougat twice and still get an error when trying to install blackbox to "any" folders to include the ones specified by the OP. Any help in this matter would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Is your SuperSU version 2.79? If not this would definitely be the reason. Busybox won't install unless SuperSU grants permission. Try closing BusyBox and changing default access back to Default in SuperSU app. Now when you open BusyBox a prompt should appear from SuperSU, grant and try installing to /system/xbin with Enable Smart Install, Replace All (Symlinks All), and Clean mode being checked. Do the same for installing to /system/bin. BusyBox won't override /su/ directory because SuperSU is written and useless to try. If not working still try running root.bat once more.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Sabre8073:
Still a no go. I uninstalled SuperSU. Reinstalled SuperSU via root.bat opened it to make sure binary did not need updating, while leaving everything at default. I then went into BusyBox Pro, got the permission message from SuperSU and tried to install per directions in both folders and got the message both times "It looks like the installation of BusyBox was not successful. Try installing to a different location that may resolve the issue." Then BusyBox Pro autocloses when I close the message.

I have checked root with root checker and it stats I have root but Busybox seems to be my problem at the moment.

Thanks for trying to work with me to find a solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
Try a different installer, I personally use jrummy's busybox for android in the playstore. Just press install once it's granted su permissions. should install to /xbin automatically
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Download BusyBox on Rails from play store and Try clean up then cleanup and install. If not try rerooting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Sabre8073:
I fixed it and will tell you the process in-case you run into a similar situation from another user.

I downloaded BusyBox from the playstore by the author meefik and under the settings tab installed busybox into the folders specified in the guide. Then I went into BusyBox Pro and used pro to install per the guide instructions which removed the old busybox and in turn successfully install BusyBox with Pro.

Again thx for the feedback it was greatly appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
:good::cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] BlackMeat420:
I can't get my Wifi or BT to stick at all, I followed the steps in the updated post and it still won't stick.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] frankrendon:
Anyone settings for cpu speed not sticking in kernel tool kit not sticking? Change them to the way described but after a while they are changed to something else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Its normal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Mdoza89:
How do you get hotspot to work after a successful root. Even with the Wifi tether router app still no go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] izzibew26:
https://xdaforums.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-nougat-ok-t3563446

https://xdaforums.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-rooted-nougat-msl-t3572692
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DJEzack:
I rooted my phone successfully following your guide, and now I'm wondering, is it possible to put a custom firmware onto my phone? I havent found any that support this specific version (G935P QAA) yet, and I guess that's probably because this method literally just came out, but just want to know if it's possible to have custom ROM yet (like the SuperMan ROM).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Unfortunately no. The bootloader has yet to be unlocked. CWM Recovery and TWRP need this unlocked to execute their own system so you can flash custom roms. I've tried just about everything to get those two established or atleast somewhat responsive. But no luck. It sucks because our device is capable of achieving this but not our model. I don't think firmware had anything to do with bypassing though I may be wrong. It won't be long before some mastermind figures how to break it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] JoJester:
Hey guys, how's it going?

Firstly, thanks for the root method. :)

Secondly, I hit a bit of a snag when flashing the S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes archive. Everything was smooth before doing so (aside from bluetooth but that's not needed now). However, when I flash the Fixes, I get a IMS Service error about every split second after it reboots; making the phone practically unusable. I had to restart from scratch lol.

If anyone can help me out that'll be cool.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DJEzack:
If you read the updated version of his guide (on page 11 I believe), OP states to NOT flash anything using Flashfire (other than the stuff to speed up the phone), so you might need to redo the entire process (starting with flashing stock 7.0 using Odin). Maybe OP has a solution though, so just wait, but mostly likely that is what you will need to do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Thanks for the compliment :) Thats a weird string to pop up for that particular flash zip(S7 edge fix). I think you might of disabled an app on accident to cause such a drastic malfunction. Don't mean to be rude but are you sure it was the S7 zip and not the VM one, need to make sure. Did you mount the system when flashing zip because that will tend to tear drives if used improperly. Can you give me more details please. Does restart from scratch mean you're lost or which step do you need help? Where are you now? Most likely you might want to follow the method again because it seems you hit a speed-bump big time. What was wrong with Bluetooth? Not searching devices, being visible? These details help a lot for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] JoJester:
Thanks for pointing that out, DJEzack. Much appreciated.

Hey Godpowerr

Actually I believe flashing both the VM and the S7edge fixes was indeed the culprit. I followed your other guide, however, with the speed tweaks and got my Bluetooth working by "force stop"-ing and re-enabling it. Everything is now working flawlessly. Thanks a lot buddy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] Euronymous88:
Everything was working perfectly for me...thank you for the root method. But, I ended up starting over. I was not able to send an mms...it would just keep saying sending or it would fail altogether.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Correct indeed being the culprit for certain members. Also S7edge fixes isn't a problem at all. The VM zip is the issue for you folks who haven't maintained a proper installation. For me the complete opposite. I posted these ways of rooting because they worked for me and never went sideways. Maybe it was confidence from previous root methods for users to not veer off from their experience in gaining root. Honestly if you tell me your problem I am going to know what to do to fix it since I've either had exactly the same problem re-rooting for the community or bouncing off of misfires. I hope this make sense and I don't blabber about what could be. All I am asking is for you to follow steps

precisely

or you might end up hating me for errors that occur despite a now flawless execution. These steps aren't supposed to be mixed around and i believe the majority of resolutions is fixed for this reason. But man you have been vital to this thread and I am just expressing myself. (:

It is things like this that make me wiser when it comes to attempting before others. I don't understand that concept and if first try was successful.. why outreach? Do what you've learned before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] DAE51D:
This looks like the thread I've been waiting since October for! I got two of these phones in a buy-one-get-one deal from Sprint and gave one to my g.f. for Xmas. The other has sat in its box for FIVE months now (while I drool over her's and keep using my trusty rooted Note 4). I plan to give this a go tomorrow night.

But just to be clear, what firmware should I start from? Do I take the OTA "G935PVPU4BQAA" 7.0 update FIRST? Or do I flash it directly using Odin? I have purposely kept the phone off and it's sitting back at some hella old PK1 or something. I know around Xmas time, I had to run through like 3 or so updates on my g.f.s phone (and again, purposely did NOT do any OTAs on my S7 Edge in case I found a root that worked but required an older FW).

Also, I love the **** out of my Moto 360.2 watch, so BT will be critical for me. I saw there were some gotchas, so hopefully I don't hit them as per the updated threads that seem to resolve this. Obviously I'll keep you all posted of my outcome either way. [MENTION=7523343]godpowerrr[/MENTION] if I get this phone working solid, I want to buy you a pizza man! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Disc] godpowerrr:
Your safest bet would be Settings>System Updates and Update through there repeatedly til you reached Nougat [QAA]. Downloads will still occur obviously but you're not worrying about boot loops possibly happening skipping all the way to Nougat by flashing. I honestly don't know if it's going to work that way nor do i have a way of testing..so try it and if fail then flash stock firmware you originally had and you know theres not much options but to update through your device or the next firmware in line. BT won't be an issue if you follow second tutorial passing up first detailed. Though you will need to tab back and forth to get some info from first. You should have a breeze installing if you did your note and have common knowledge. Thanks lol i like jalapenos on my pizza :laugh: