[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kevin71246:
Models: SM-G930_, SM-G935_ (Flat & Edge, all Snapdragon variants, NOT Exynos)

Developer thread only!

Work in Progress!

DONT flash anything on your phone unless you either a)Dont care of the result or b)Know what you're doing! I will take NO RESPONSIBILITY for you breaking your phone! Know the risks!

Research & Development Thread for Unlocking S7 bootloader

What is this thread?

This is a thread with all information (research) I can find regarding the locked bootloader for the S7 Snapdragon (Exynos has been unlocked so this thread will NOT cover that.) There are a lot of great seasoned Devs out there, but it seems all have given up, or remained in the dark. Flagships like the S7 we all bought because they're amazing phones, but it appears the future is locked bootloaders; if you're here then you're interested in custom ROMs. If we give up and can't 'crack this', then I'm afraid amazing phones like this will never get custom ROMs, ie, that will be a thing of the past.

In other words, there doesn't appear to be any development anymore on trying to unlock the bootloader. Hope is lost... or is it? Therefore, we need new talent. We need a new generation of developers walking into the game knowing that what they're trying to do is almost impossible. I'm hoping this thread will quickly bring any developer up to speed so we can get some "unlocking Dev rookies". We are recruiting! Come here and ask questions regarding this so hopefully you can figure this out!

I'm going to update from time to time the first few posts with critical info, links to info, etc. My goal with this thread is to put all of the great information from the community in one place. I don't way people to have to search this entire thread, rather get the info quick so they can begin developing quick, so we can get an unlocked bootloader, QUICK!

Remember, there were previous locked bootloaders, but many of them have been cracked so let's take away the 'impossibility factor'!

Who is this thread for?

Anyone that wants to quickly be brought up to speed on the S7 locked bootload status, all the hurdles, etc

Developers that want to be part of the future of locked bootloaders and something great!

Who can post and what posts are allowed?

Anyone with PRODUCTIVE comments towards unlocking the bootloader or efforts already completed (regarding of fail or success)

Developers working on this initiative

Developers with questions for other developers regarding this

Wanna-be developers with questions (There is no shame, and you never know if YOU just might be the rookie dev we're looking for to unlock this! If you're willing to try something to potentially brick your device, then you can play here :) Or maybe you might throw out an idea that might spark an idea with someone else that leads to an unlock.)

Links to things that have been attempted

Information you think people should know regarding this, that's not already listed. Or information you think should be in the original post so people can easily see it. (I don't want great info hidden deep in the thread, rather on the first page)

Keep me honest!

If I post nonsense or inaccurate information, WE NEED you to correct me! Last thing I want to do is steer anyone in the wrong direction!

What NOT to post:

"+1"

"Thanks"

Petitions

Bounties

ANYTHING NEGATIVE! Negative Nancy, PLEASE go away!!

Etc. In other words, DONT waste thread space with nonsense. (Don't let that comment confuse you however with the 'very welcoming' questions from developers; This SHOULD be a collaborative thread. Productive input certainly welcome.) The idea is to QUICKLY allow someone to read this and get ALL the info to start trying to crack this. Going through pages and pages of irrelevant or useless comments will only make the goal more difficult, or prevent our new rookies from coming up to speed and trying to unlock this bootloader.

Who am I and what am I trying to get out of this?

I'm an application engineer and developer that bought an S7 from Tmobile and found out the hard way it had no way to get a custom rom, despite TMobiles past of typically allowing this. I'm frustrated like you all & want my phone unlocked, pure and simple! Besides, this is a community, and what better of an agenda than to try and conquer what others have said, "that's impossible"!

Other Notes:

MANY, many thanks to all the contributors out there!!! I got most of this information from other forums on XDA!

Following few posts will have resources and additional links. This thread is new so I'll find a good organization method in time.

PLEASE subscribe if you are (or want to be) a contributing developer, or have anything to add - or if you can answer others questions. I think a lot of this knowledge will expand to other devices, and not just Samsung, but future devices as well.

Please let me know of anything to fix with this thread, like tags, thread description, etc.

Make sure to send the link to this thread to people you think might be interested (but don't spam them!) Or post a link to this thread in other seemingly dead threads on unlocking this bootloader. Alone it just may be impossible to do this...but as a community, sharing all of our knowledge...we can do this!

Still not motivated to do this? Try this: https://www.google.com/webhp?source...=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=s7+bootloader+bounties&*

If you found this thread useful hit "Thanks"!

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