yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] InfernalBoyi:
Use this phone in Germany

hey, i would like to install this to my s7 verizon, but i 've got some questions. Would be awesome if somebody could answer!

First off all, i live in Germany... so at this Moment i use a StockFW for SM-G930U for getting all LTE Frequenzys..., do i still have all Frequenzys with this rom?

second question is:

i need to use an German an App called "Vodafon Wallet". This a Only works on unrooted devices and for full functional i would need a German S7, i don't got this ;( so i hope it's is enough when i change in build.prob everything, like baseband and so on, that the app is thinking i use a German phone. For this it would be awesome to change the build.prob before flashing ( is this possible) or i need to root, change the build.prob and unroot, is this possible on this rom with this tutorial https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/how-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039?

Would be awesome if somebody could help me!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] matt1285:
So I'm still wondering if getting 1x data on phone calls is normal...when I had straight talk firmware I would maintain lte connection on phone calls but I don't anymore since I flashed this rom...could it be the firmware I was on prior to flashing this rom...i flashed QA4 verizon firmware before I flashed this rom...what if I flashed a later firmware...is there anybody that has this Rom installed that still maintains lte connection while on phone calls...thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] rmickey:
Can someone please confirm if they have had success installing over the latest Verizon QK4 image (i.e. should we expect success) when trying to install the Verizon Flat image (I think I saw QF2 in post 808 - not sure if there is a newer one)?? I ran from the original QA4 and it was good ... wondering if the QF2 was better or worse than QA4.. Any/all feedback welcome!

--Rob
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] matt1285:
I can't answer your question but do you happen to know if it is normal to have 1x data on phone cslls...i thought volte was suppose to be working
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] matt1285:
So what if I Odin the qk4 latest nougat firmware and then try to install this rom...would I be able to...if I Odin the latest firmware will I lose ability to Odin or root...i ask because I'm kind of hung up on not being able to have volte to go onto the internet while on phone calls...on my friends verizon s7 he still gets lte while on the phone but he's also on the latest firmware...hes on stock firmware but I'm curious what would happen if I Odin that firmware and install the Rom...when I flashed to verizon i used the q4a firmware and when I installed this Rom my baseband is still q4a...so maybe that's what it is...if there's anybody with some insight on this can you please shed some light...is it just me having this problem...am I missing something...i mean losing volte is kind of a big deal...ppl are always telling me to go online and look something up while I'm on the phone with me...basically I just need to know, am I the only one experiencing this issue or am I missing something or what...is it like this with everybody? I mean no point in going through all this if it's not gonna work so I just want to know...thanx in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] matt1285:
OK so this is for anybody with a straight talk s7 who ends up in a situation like I was in...while on nougat I lost advancedata calling and could not get WiFi to work after I converted to Verizon to flash this rom...that means I lost LTE while on phone calls...it would drop to 1x data...so if you want that back you have to flash back to either ph1 or pi3 on marshmallow since they are on the same bootloader as nougat...once I flashed back to ph1 viola...working WiFi calling and advanced calling...hope this helps someone else who was in a similar situation...happy flashing :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] stonypass:
Does this ROM allow PdaNet, to function in WiFi Direct Mode?

If not, is downgrading to v6.0.1 the only way to get it to work on an S7?

I'm on the new Unlimited VZW plan.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] jrkruse:
Ok so I have been away for awhile but have been helping [MENTION=4840281]stang5litre[/MENTION] on his rom and together we have come up with a pretty great rom. This has all his Rom Control Mods from his other roms and has a new little feature added. The ability to root and unroot rom as you see fit. The unroot feature is achieved by simply flashing a zip in flashfire and you are automatically unrooted and will pass safetynet check and samsung pay will work and all most all custom features of rom will also work. Now to reroot all you simply must do is flash engboot.img in odin thats it no adb root bat or nothing else and as soon as you unroot again safetynet and samsung pay will work again. Wifi and Volte is also working for Tmobile ATT and Verizon sorry no sprint support for volte or wificalling yet. Also I have figured a way to have system root or the modified systemless root you are all using now. You choose on install what you want. This rom is for S7e and S7 users. [MENTION=4840281]stang5litre[/MENTION] has his own site and the rom is available there. Here is the link

stang5litre-roms.proboards.com
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] maratop2:
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what i need to do? for flash G930U(QC1, or oldQb1?)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx:
Hi everyone I finally got out of bootloop by re-flashing the eng bootloader (during the boot loop I went into the fastboot screen and in odin reflashed the eng bootloader)!! Hope it helps!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
... So you are having us flash the tmobile CSC to ensure the dm-verity exploit works?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] gunz.jones:
I imagine flashing this new version with the samsung apps intact will clear the issue up without having to go through the dumping and installing inidividual apk's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
Hmmm. The phone did not reboot into recovery and throw any errors during step1. It came up to the tmobile logo and sat there doing nothing for a good ten minutes. Once I unplugged the USB cable it continued to boot normally, and eventually took me to the inital start screen of the tmobile stock rom. I went ahead and shut the phone down and reflashed the CSC_TMB file anyway.

Also, I noticed that the build.prop still had the QA2 info in it. I went ahead and reinjected the file with G935 replaced with G930 ... Hopefully this does not break anything...

EDIT: I backed out of the build.prop edits... I got worried about line 40, where it talks about fingerprint and user keys. I am thinking it may check some hash or something that does not exist if I change the path... It is cosmetic anyway...

EDIT: In Step 2, I was unable to copy things to my SD card until I signed into my google account via wifi on the first boot of the stock tmobile rom ...

EDIT: I had to download my own flashfire apk (eu.chainfire.flash_0.55.1-551_minAPI17(armeabi-v7a,x86)(nodpi)_apkmirror.com.apk), as I did not see one in your provided downloads...

EDIT: hmmm. It seems that the AP file cannot be copied to the SD card because it is likely FAT32. I believe FAT32 has a 4gb (2gb?) filesize limit. I am not sure how this works on Android. I know I formatted the card with the s7 while it was on MM... Not sure what format it is in honestly ... Ah. There it goes. I was able to copy it to internal storage without any problems... Obviously I am updating this post as I run through the process...

EDIT: Okay, here goes ... flashfire is running ... This sure is a roundabout way to flash a rom without TWRP or CWM!!! I am glad you guys figured this out! Anyway, I am going to let it run while I drive home... HMMM. I was hoping for a little more granularity in the Aroma install. I appreciate that JKruse added the ability to remove the hosts file blocking, but I am going to have to do this again if I want to use the samsung camera. I still want playstore, but I am going to have to edit it so it leaves samsung camera alone. I do use google camera for photospheres, but anyway. Time to get home!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] bb12489:
I've tried multiple times to get this to work here, and I'm always getting stuck in a boot loop after Flashfire runs through it's install of the .zip file. I've pretty much given up on this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] thefirst__noel:
Problems rooting

I started from the newest OTA verizon update. I followed the OPs instructions to the T and flashed initial firmware in odin. However, I did not have it error out in recovery. I went back and flashed the csc file again and then continued on. I flashed the root kernel and then rebooted. USB debugging was already enabled so i continued trying to root. When running the batch file, it fails as shown in the screenshot attached. My thought is that the eng/root kernel is not flashing correctly. Any thoughts here?

EDIT: I forgot windows 10 is a pita when trying to root. Needed to run cmd from the directory of my root batch file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] gunz.jones:
Flashed the way op stated they got everything to hold settings and data. Pogo started fine so i assume safety net is good to go
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] bbshopper:
Make sure you go into Settings on FlashFire and allow bootloaders. I missed this the first time and got the bootloop. Rereading the OP and following EVERY step fixed it....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] thefirst__noel:
However, the step of allowing bootloaders is not in the updated instructions which is probably what is causing confusion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] mzup:
I have your first iteration installed and working perfectly. In order to get this latest, will I be basically starting over and losing all the settings I just set up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] gunz.jones:
Follow the instructions with using home csc on both flashes and choose not to wipe data in aroma. You will keep all settings and it'll all work fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
We are not flashing bootloaders, so that setting is not needed. The more likely cause would be forgetting to uncheck EverRoot in FlashFire. If this is the case, then flashing the root kernel will allow the phone to boot, then you can start the process over from step 4.

See the notes section at the bottom of the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
I believe the phone rebooting into recovery and throwing errors is only if the CSC_HOME file is flashed. The build.prop was not changed from jrkruse G935 version and it hasn't caused any issues, so I didn't see a reason to go through and change anything. It may say the phone is an Edge, but I haven't found anything that has conflicted with this.

I initially had the FlashFire.apk linked in the OP, but I must have deleted it. Let me go back through the OP and re-link it.

You are correct about the SD card thing. I didn't realize the size of the AP file was that massive. From this, you can assume I used Internal Storage in the process lol.

Since you've had a little time to run the ROM since you flashed it, what are your thoughts on performance?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] thefirst__noel:
I have tried flashing the zip multiple times, however i run into a bootloop every time. I have double and triple checked that I have followed the steps exactly as they are layed out by you. I have also made sure that the inject root is unchecked. Any ideas? I have been flashing roms since the original droid and am fairly familiar with the process.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
You mounted system with FlashFire, yes?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] thefirst__noel:
Sure did. I tried flashing 4 times last night and boot looped all of them. Finally flashed back to QA4 and figured I would start fresh today and see what happens. Every time I did bootloop I was able to flash the eng kernel and the phone would boot and I could root and flash again. I'm redownloading all the files and will try the whole process again if I get time at work. All of your efforts on the rom are greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
Who is having issues booting after flashing this? I've seen that some have success, but some are posting that they are running into issues. If enough people are having issues, I'll wipe my phone and go through it again. I've been flashing for years, so sometimes I do things that I assume everyone else already knows, and it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case. Perhaps a small step needs clarification that I'm not seeing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
Do me a favor, this time around Odin flash the HOME_CSC instead. It will error when booting into recovery, but reboot into download mode and Odin flash HOME_CSC again. Tell me if this works. I'm wondering if the TMB file is causing the issue. This exploit is possible by not flashing the CSC, but I thought it was limited to flashing the CSC after root, not before it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] mzup:
Ugh Sorry, missed that.

thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] thefirst__noel:
That was the golden ticket! Currently booting up after successfully flashing. Flashing the HOME_CSC gave me the initial error, and after re-flashing, it booted right up. Rooted, and flashed w/ flashfire and it appears to be good to go! Thanks for the suggestion!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
Unfortunately, I am getting bootloops and have not been able to flash this. Currently, my recovery says:

No Support SINGLE-SKU

Supported API: 3

dm-verity error ...

Again, I only see this at the bottom of the recovery screen when MANUALLY booting into recovery...

Bootloops here! I have now been through it all several times as per your instructions. Everything followed exactly as you describe, except for the flashfire.apk. I did not see any flashfire.apk's in your downloads, so I tried the latest versions, both from the playstore and from apkmirror ... Both resulted in bootloops.

I was also thinking of trying JKruse's instructions...

I flashed the HOME_CSC file on a bootlooping phone. The first time I flashed it, it does reboot into recovery with the dm-verity error string at the bottom. I chose to reboot to bootloader to get back into download mode and flashed HOME_CSC a second time, which again resulted in a reboot to recovery, again with the dv-verity error. Choosing the normal reboot results in the same bootloop with the custom unlocked padlock icon...

... I will now go through your entire process, this time flashing the HOME_CSC file instead of the CSC_TMO variant... I will let you know if this works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
Sorry guys!! I really screwed up this time. I borked the instructions by saying to use the full CSC instead of HOME_CSC. I went away from my tried and true method of doing a complete wipe when testing ROMs by taking a shortcut this time. It turns out that it's not possible to make this work without the shortcut(flashing HOME_CSC). I'm going to update the instructions.

I checked jrkruse method before posting mine, and he is using a modified firmware file that I don't have for the S7 Flat, so I modified my instructions to make it work for us. You'll have to go through the process from the beginning using HOME_CSC instead. I apologize for the inconvenience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
The OP has been edited to include the correct CSC file to flash with Odin, the FlashFire.apk has been added to the download section, and copying the AP file to Internal Storage as it will not transfer to SD. All instructions should be completely correct at this time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
Okay, so I am currently going through the process with the HOME_CSC instead. It just finished flashing everything, and it did not go into recovery ... It went straight away into the TMobile ROM. I am now continuing with your instructions, minus the second flash of the CSC... Is this going to be okay? Not flashing the HOME_CSC a second time?

Also, when going into the TMobile ROM, I am an error stating "An unauthorized attempt has been made to reset your device to factory default settings. Connect to a WiFi or mobile network to verify your identity" ... So it seems I need to sign into google anyway. It will not let me look into the contents of the device from Windows until I sign in.

I would like to verify that using playstore or apkmirror version of flashfire is okay? I do not see any flashfire.apk in your supplied downloads...

I have removed my sd card, just in case that was causing issues...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
The second CSC flash probably wasn't needed since you were already on the latest firmware from the previously botched attempt with the full CSC(my fault). The identity error is probably due to the same issue pertaining to the full CSC. The PlayStore version or apkmirror version would be fine, but I linked the FlashFire.apk in the OP about an hour ago. I stopped using my SD card completely when flashing some time ago. I was always paranoid that I was going to accidentally wipe it while flashing something, so I figured I can't accidentally wipe it if it isn't installed lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
Cool. Well here goes. I have reached the flashfire part... Another thing to note, I have consistently had to close flashfire and reopen it after the first run. It gets hung on aquiring root unless I first run supersu and tell it to disable knox...

... As a side note, this time around I have left the phone plugged into the computer this entire time. I did unplug it to get back into download mode during step 3 though. It has remained plugged in since.

... Okay, here goes AROMA. This time, I chose NOT to go with the manual debloat, and opted for no bs. Also different this time is I am choosing NOT to save logs. I wanted to save a log before so I could see what the manual debloat does.

... Aaaand finish.

... Aaaaaaaaand .... BOOTLOOP. Dammit.

I am out of ideas...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
That might be your issue. I never disable KNOX. I always hit cancel if I open SuperSU first. This root method is a bit unorthodox and FlashFire can take forever to acquire root access, but it will eventually acquire it.

Anybody else that is running into bootloops, did you disable KNOX as well?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
How long did you let it boot? It might take awhile before it boots into Android the first time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
I only did the knox disabling one time several attempts ago. This time around I did not. It sits and bootloops infinitely. Galaxy s7 screen with the unlocked padlock icon, then black screen, then back up, then black, then back up ... The unlocked padlock screen sits there for about 10 seconds, then it goes black for about 5 seconds, ad infinitum. It never reaches the animated boot logo where it fills in the samsung logo, then sits there for a while building the system. It just loops forever.

As you suggested, flashing the engboot kernel brings it back to life so I can try again from step 4. Flashing engboot by itself (not rooting afterwards) seems to produce a functioning, lag free phone, but I would worry about stability ... I don't care about samsung pay or any type of virtual wallet features...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
I'm going to think about this one and hopefully come up with a solution. I hate to be a broken record by asking this, but you didn't forget to uncheck EverRoot, right?

Also, in Aroma, what data choice did you make?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] gunz.jones:
I disabled knox and did not install knox apps on the manual debloat. No bootloops or other issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
Thanks. There are so many conflicting results. For every possible theory I come up with to cause issues, there is someone who didn't have issues. There has to be a minute detail somewhere that was overlooked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] gunz.jones:
Seems to be the case as the only way that i could flash the first time was with the csc in that zip on either phone running this setup and flashing the home csc the second time went through without a hitch. I haven't updated the second phone yet, so i could hit issues when i do going by the current results.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
Yeah, everroot (inject SuperSU, right?) disabled as well as wipe all in aroma.

I am going to try again this afternoon with all defaults in aroma...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
I'd like to hear what you come up with, as I think you are the last one to have issues. I haven't gotten anymore PMs about it lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] joebro84:
My phone must be special because the AP file went fine onto my sd card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] CVertigo1:
It's not the phone that's special. It's the formatting of the SD card. Depending on how it was formatted, it might restrict file size. Mine works as well. I have multiple SD cards and forgot how my current one was formatted. I've run into issues with large files on SD cards, so I re-format them accordingly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] gunz.jones:
Ntfs and exfat both allow over 4 gb.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] appye:
... So I tried running JUST the HYBRID zip (I may be modifying this to better suit me... I don't like having the verizon junk, and a few other apps installed... even with playstore or no bs variants... I still need to play with the manual debloater feature cooked into it already to decide...) from the engBoot kerneled playstore rom. This was a shot in the dark, thinking it might get me back to a standard kernel. I am guessing that therein lies the problem... With the standard kernel, it is somehow still detecting a modified system partition and refuses to boot.

BOOTLOOPS...

In a couple hours I will go through the entire process (your instructions) again, accepting 100% defaults and see what happens.

Can anyone tell me what disadvantages I may run into by running this with the engboot kernel, but without actually running root? I am able to get this running with that, and battery life and snappiness seem pretty normal. Definitely not as laggy as it is when I actually root it, which is horrid... Again, I could care less about these virtual wallet features... Samsung pay, Android wallet, all that stuff... Call me a luddite...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoverie] bbshopper:
Near as I can tell, there are NONE. The idea here is to get the benefits of tweaks and debloating WITHOUT root. You have to use the root once to get flashfire running and the scripts to execute, and during that time, the phone is UNROOTED again, and debloated, and all is well in Samsung Pay land. I love my new s7: Fast, smooth, not laggy and doesn't eat battery. Yes you can root it, but you still can't add a custom recovery, so who needs it??