yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiomAop:
I successfully unlocked HTC one M9 using HTCdev and install TWRP 2.8.7.0 (TWRP 3.x don't work), but S-on is still there.

I want to install LineageOS 14.1 from TWRP but getting following error: "Error executing updater binary in zip".

I'm doing following steps:

1. Factory Reset

2. Try to install LOS 14.1.

but still getting the same error
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Flash again, do not wipe.

Beamed in by telepathy.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiomAop:
Same error :(
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flippy498:
Your phone's firmware is probably outdated. Otherwise you would be able to use the latest TWRP, as well. If your phone is S-ON you need to get back to stock (guides can be found e.g. in the ReadMe thread) and to install all available OTAs. If it's S-OFF you can head to Sneakyghost's thread in the Development section and flash the latest firmware pack for your SKU.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WrathChild08:
Hello there, I have some questions regarding the FireTV

I bought one some day ago, I already have an AndroidTV box but it's sh*t and don't play 4k video so that's why I took the FireTV, unfortunately I didn't know that you can't put a NTFS disk on it.

So I have some questions, which can seems noob for you experts but I need to know, how can I read my HDDE (Seagate Expansion 3To) with the AmazonTV

knowing that USB can't power it on

, I guess the USB don't deliver enough power..

Also I'd like to root but I can't because I'm on 5.2.4.1 I tried the unbrick method provided here (I don't care if it bricks the FireTV anyway) but I'm stuck at "Reading 000000200 : 0%", I tried on W10, W7 it's the same problem. On Ubuntu I can't make the software working (Permission denied, tried with sudo & sudo su etc without forgeting the chmod -x...) I guess that's because preloader aren't the same anymore and can't read it. :confused:

Sorry for my english, and thanks for reading/helping.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michajin:
Use Kodi and play with videos through network, I play UHD on external drive through my router with Kodi. I connect with SMB in Kodi. At least this works for me....
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WrathChild08:
This is what I was doing before I bought the HDDE.. The problem is that I can't let my computer ON every night (I sleep with the TV yeah, bad habits :D ), It's been almost 1 year that my computer runs 24/24..
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michajin:
I use a wireless router that I plug a external hard drive into. I use it as a network drive, all my fire tv's and computers have access to it. Can you plug it into your router?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhoenixMark:
Unfortunately you don't have root, so looks like streaming content may be your only option. Personally I hate streaming and don't want to clog up my network so I use a rooted Fire TV with an external NTFS hard drive.

To answer the first half of your question you need to use a powered hub. The Fire TV can't power an external HDD, only thumb drives. Plug your external HDD into the hub, then the hub into the Fire TV. Works like a charm. I have a 4 TB HDD that I use for Kodi.

For those who do have root and want to use an external NTFS formatted hard drive (for those big HD files that go over 4 GB) I have a tutorial here: https://tinyurl.com/mgzvy52

You are wasting your time trying to root 5.2.4.1 on an unrooted device. The only method available is the one where you have to break out the soldering iron.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WrathChild08:
I do not have wireless router, also 4k movies would be laggy I guess. But thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can do something with it.

Thanks a lot PhoenixMark, that's what I saw on another thread, you can not root unless you dissasemble the FireTV.

Thanks for the tutorial, really appreciate.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] 2010ngojo:
As the title states, my phone is having issues with Samsung Pay and the Gear S3. Something about not working with rooted phones, but I'm on stock everything. Even passed SafetyNet check. My Axon 7 current Android version is 7.1.1, build A2017UV1.1.0B19. I reinstalled the Gear and SPay app, reset and restore the watch, etc. I don't think the issue is with the watches, because both of them shows the same result and SPay worked before. Started around the time after 7.1.1 update and around the time with the Play-store problems started to occur. So beginning of April? Anyone know how to resolve this?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] freeza:
Working great hereView attachment 4130931
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] borijess:
You have to have a Samsung gear for Samsung pay to work on axon 7?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] srussell1979:
How did you make it work?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] pcg500:
Did you unlock the bootloader? Not really sure if this is the trigger.

I'm on the same boat. Using B19 non-rooted Bad Boyz as well as stock 7.1.1 with the same result.. My bootloader is unlocked. It was OK (even rooted back then) until the last new update in April that forced me to give up root but still no go.. Looking forward to see if anyone has a solution.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] VeNuMuS:
You stay having a cluttered status bar bro. Lol
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] 2010ngojo:
What's with the question mark? Are you asking or telling me this? Yes I do have a Samsung Gear, hence why have issues in the first place.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] 2010ngojo:
Isn't the bootloader already unlocked from the factory? My phone is full stock, no rooting or anything.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] pcg500:
The phone is SIM unlocked by factory default. The bootloader, on the other hand, is NOT the same thing and it is locked by default. Based on your answer it seems that you did not unlock the bootloader which is even more puzzling why Samsung Pay is not working..
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] 2010ngojo:
I know the phone is unlocked. But I thought the boot loader was also unlocked from the get go.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] nosmohtac:
I'm having the same problem. Samsung pay works great. I use it every day, but I cant open Samsung pay from the gear app on my phone. This started after Samsung updated Spay in the gear app. Spay in the gear app never had Samsung rewards or promos in the previous version of the app, but you can see they are now part of the app when you open and get the rooted warning. The icons are below the popup.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] sananth:
I have the exact same problem. I called Samsung Pay, and they opened a support case for me, but no response from them. Do you think ZTE could help us out here?

All this started happening after the Samsung Pay update. I am completely on stock, not rooted, bootloader locked.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] nosmohtac:
I called Samsung Pay and they wouldn't start a trouble ticket. They kept insisting that the problem was ZTE's. I called ZTE about a week ago and they started a ticket and escalated it to their tech team. They said someone would get back to me but it hasn't happened yet.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] 风君子:
I will do the same thing to both of them...Good luck both of us ...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] sananth:
FYI, after the most recent "Value Pack" update for my Gear S3 frontier, Samsung Pay has started to work again on my US ZTE Axon 7! Looks like Samsung heard us!

If you haven't updated your Gear S3 (and the Samsung Pay app on it), I would highly recommend doing so right now!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] pcg500:
It was working great for me (using the old 1.2.5202 apk) on my rooted B25 until I updated the "Value Pack" The new "Value Pack" update seems to recognize the old version of Samsung Pay and would not go further until I update the latest Samsung Pay on the phone of which deems unusable after detecting root. Would appreciate if anyone knows how to resolve this issue. So used to using Samsung Pay...
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] ntuxas95:
Has a method for rooting the zc551kl been made available?

Why is it taking so long? Is it because there is no bootloader unlock available yet? I've tried kingroot, TWRP, SRSroot, damn I think I've tried them all. Can someone help me?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] sensi277:
No BL unlock, no root. It's that simple.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Armdfx:
Custom rom for Asus Zenfone 3 Laser

How about custom rom for Asus Zenfone 3 laser (zc551kl) ? Is there anyone can make pre rooted custom rom ?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] sensi277:
No BL unlock, no custom ROMs. It's that simple.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Jordi_rgv:
Hi!, ASUS just released the Bootloader unlock tool app. It can be downloaded from the tech support web page (can´t post links jet, sorry).
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] atf2m4:
I successfully unlocked the bootloader on firmware Android N. waiting for TWRP port and root.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
Hi, the official bootloader unlocking tool is out, and there is an option to flash TWRP and root ZenFone 3 Laser. Let me know if you're still interested. I'm using ZC551KL rooted with TWRP Android 7.1.1 stock.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] Copper1983:
How?

Hello bro how i can do that? I have an asus zenfone 3 laser with the bootloader unlocked... now what? You cam tell us the next step please

..asap

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By the way I am using stock Asus firmware N 7.1.1 for me is fine but I needed root access
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] SnakeByte:
And here is the thread for How to download and install Xposed Framework. Must read as there's a different solutions for everyone. Works for my device. All thanks to [MENTION=4470081]topjohnwu[/MENTION] , [MENTION=4419114]rovo89[/MENTION] , [MENTION=3562083]wanam[/MENTION] : https://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-systemless-xposed-t3388268
[Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers] sintoo:
(sorry. )
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
Hello guys,

I bought a soft bricked S7 Edge with a dm-verity error because I thought I could easily fix the issue myself. The previous owner said he went to update the samsung software via android and this happened. But it doesn't seem too easy to fix. I've tried a bunch of different solutions I found on the interwebs but none have worked so far. I would appreciate some help because I don't seem to be making any progress.

EDIT: I've read that some people have reported losing their IMEI after an OTA update. Maybe that is what happened?

NOTE: I do NOT get the "failed to mount /efs" error

When I got the phone, it would boot directly into Android Recovery with a dm-verity error on the bottom. So here is what I tried:

1 . First I did the obvious, facotry reset and wipe partition. No change.

2. Downloaded the firmware with SamFirm (SM-G935F Regin ZTO) and flashed with Odin. It then booted into a screen with a hazard sign and a DRK error. Then returned to Android Recovery. Observation: When I extracted the firmware, I got a strange corrupted error. I downloaded it again, same corruption error. Is that normal? Also, I am not certain the region is ZTO, maybe this phone is from some other region. Does it matter?

3. I flashed the same firmware again. This time the phone booted up to a Samsung error that said to use SmartSwitch's Emergency recovery. I tried but it asks for a recovery code and I don't have one.

4. I tried to flash CF-autoroot but it gave an error in Odin and failed. EDIT: failed because "Blocked by FRP Lock" but I can't unlock the OEM like everyone else because I can't boot normally into android. Any workaround?

5. I downloaded firmware from a different region (UK). I got a DRK error and it booted into Android recovery. The bottom of the phone reads:

No Support SINGLE-SKU​

Supported API: 3​

dm-verity error...​

failed code : 0x02​

6. I flashed the combination file and was able to boot into Factory Binary. I went into Settings to unlock OEM but there isn't that option in the Developer Settings! :(

That's where I am now. Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Pet1981:
Are you sure that it is an original 935F?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
On the back of the phone, its has the model number written like this SM-G935F SAMSUNG YATELEY GU46 6GG UK. Is there someway for this to be wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] X1ras:
Samsung Yateley is Samsung's official UK QA facility, they only receive official products direct from the factories and those sent back for repair and refurbishment. I know this because it's literally just down the road from my house and a couple of friends have worked there over the years.

However, "SAMSUNG YATELEY GU46 6GG UK" has been on literally millions of devices worldwide for years.

It's not a reliable Indication of a genuine product or in fact an indication of anything other than the fact that Samsung have a facility in Yateley.

If the device is a refurb or even a fake it's entirely possible that it only says "SM-G935F SAMSUNG YATELEY GU46 6GG UK" because that's what it's supposed to say.

I'm sorry that I can't be of any more help but, I hope I've helped by stopping you from embarking on a wild goose chase.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
I flashed the combination software and in the Factory Binary, it says MODEL: SM-G935F [SS]. Is the information reliable? Is there a possibility that the phone is fake? If so, is there a way to tell for sure?

EDIT: I checked the IMEI I got from the Factory Binary at IMEI.info and it seems to be valid.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mashardpro:
I don't know

THIS

can help you or not
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gAracUh:
Try to use z3x box i read some function of z3x box but i'm not sure if it will fix your phone. Just go to gsm-forum for more details.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] speedyjay:
I thought this error message you're getting is because you flashed something on your phone intended for another model. I got the same error when I first got my S7 Edge because I stupidly thought I had the snapdragon variant when in fact the G935F is the Exynos variant. I got exactly the same error message. Have you tried reflashing stock firmware via Odin? Have you checked the Knox trip counter to see if the phone had been tampered with prior to you buying it? I live a stone's throw away from Yateley (5 mins maximum) if you want me to pop in and enquire?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
Sorry for the delayed response. I left my phone with some technicians with a ZX3 and Octopus Box and they were unable to fix the phone. But they didn't seem very interested either so maybe they just blew me off. Not sure. I'll try to find someone else soon.

This may be the problem. I have tried flashing the stock firmware with Odin but maybe I'm flashing the snapdragon variant instead of the exynos. How can I tell the difference?

My warranty is 1 (0x0500). That means that Knox was tripped right?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
I've tried this guide and it didn't solve the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
I tried flashing a Snapdragon firmware and it failed. So I assume a Exynos firmware is the correct one.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] EasyAndroidPro:
G935F is exynos yes

Have you tried OEM unlock via adb if possible?

Then flash twrp and https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.0.zip ?

Sorry if it's not possible just brainstorming ..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
No, I haven't tried that yet. How do I access the S7 via adb again? Is it in download mode or in the recovery? Samsungs don't have "fastboot" right?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Rymcbc:
I'm in the exact same situation, it's FRP locked to me but I can't get passed the DM-Verity to unlock nor root to pass DM-Verity. Hard to believe this could be bricked from a software issue.

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Did you ever find a solution?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dleeII:
Hey, I was able to unbrick the phone. But I had to take it to a technician that used a very interesting technique to reset the phone. Apparently, someone had tried to flash another IMEI on the phone. To reset the device, he switched out one of the memories (there are 3 or 4 slots). Then when you boot up the phone, it is tricked into thinking you are booting up for the first time. At leas that is what I understood. Maybe someone more familiar with phone hardware could explain the solution better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] vmollz:
Did you ever find a solution?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] CrazyGamerJR:
You tried smart switch if identify the device and instal stock rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] baabuansar1:
bricked S7 Edge with a dm-verity error

I Also Have this problem with Samsung SM-G935F

I Solved This Problem With Small Trick

1. Flash Phone With Official Firmware

2. Flash Twrp Recovery

3. Wipe All Data Leave System

4. Reboot

Now I got My device back Alive

You Can Try May Be Its Works For You
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] D-r-e-a-m-e-r:
I tried the same and my fone booted but its very unstable with crashing apps and random restarts...

With smart switch it ends into dm varity verification hash tree error or dm-varity error

Any solutions...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] MoBluey:
Please check my answer for the S8+ I believe it should be the same process.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75342726&postcount=10

Good Luck :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] guilhermealflen:
@guilhermealflen Mod edit - translated by https://www.deepl.com/translator:

Friend is very easy. enter the web (siteautoroot.chainfire.eu) download the version of your device and install ... hehe

*******************************

Amigo é bem fácil. entre no web (siteautoroot.chainfire.eu) baixe a versão de seu aparelho e instale... hehe :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Bootload٠:
Your problem

Your problem caused by OTA same here. I tried everything possible. Fail!

Please tell me the workaround if you fixed your problem 3 years ago
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cicciocant:
How can I setting the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color\baseHue|\] value of default theme?

In my ROM i set "BaseHue"=dword:0000018D, buyt if I change theme and afther I return to default theme I've "BaseHue"=dword:00B0D57B, that is the value of default theme of wm6.

How Can i Change this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tmknight:
search for ThemeGenCEE
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skanndelus:
themegence, without the second e, must have been a typo
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BenThon:
Have a look here for BaseHue explanations :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1630766#post1630766

and here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1703026#post1703026
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cicciocant:
Thnk's for you reply but don'r understand what I've to change.

In my cooked Rom afther hard reset, with default theme I've

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color]
"BaseHue"=dword:[b]0000018D[/b]
"SHColor"=hex:\
FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,DD,DD,DD,00,FF,FF,CC,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
15,AF,BC,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00,14,9C,A7,00,\
14,9C,A7,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,37,C7,D3,00,\
37,C7,D3,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,B7,C9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
84,84,C3,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,2E,44,4F,00,00,14,3C,00,00,F0,FF,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00
"DefSHColor"=hex:\
FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,DD,DD,DD,00,FF,FF,CC,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
15,AF,BC,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00,14,9C,A7,00,\
14,9C,A7,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,37,C7,D3,00,\
37,C7,D3,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,B7,C9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
84,84,C3,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,2E,44,4F,00,00,14,3C,00,00,F0,FF,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00
"Restriction"=dword:00000002

If I select a tsk theme and afther I return to default theme I've

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Color]
"BaseHue"=dword:[b]00B0D57B[/b]
"SHColor"=hex:\
FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,DD,DD,DD,00,FF,FF,CC,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
15,AF,BC,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00,14,9C,A7,00,\
14,9C,A7,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,37,C7,D3,00,\
37,C7,D3,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,B7,C9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
84,84,C3,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,2E,44,4F,00,00,14,3C,00,00,F0,FF,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00
"DefSHColor"=hex:\
FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,DD,DD,DD,00,FF,FF,CC,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
15,AF,BC,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00,14,9C,A7,00,\
14,9C,A7,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,37,C7,D3,00,\
37,C7,D3,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,B7,C9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,15,AF,BC,00,\
84,84,C3,00,15,AF,BC,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,2E,44,4F,00,00,14,3C,00,00,F0,FF,00,\
FF,FF,FF,00,C9,E7,E9,00,14,9C,A7,00,FF,FF,FF,00,14,9C,A7,00
"Restriction"=dword:00000002

Why Does Basehue not return to his original value?

Sorry for my bad english
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BenThon:
Sorry for my poor english ! Italian translator of ThemeGenCE is my friend Bigix1 .

Microsoft algorithm for define BaseHue is a great mystery !!! I think that BaseHue is defined by looking for hue dominant in the image.

The BaseHue you have in your "cooked Rom" is forced ! But if you isolate the default TSK from your Rom, what is the value of BaseHue ? Is it defined ?

But in fact the 2 BaseHue values are quite the same. You have to take the modulo 512 for getting the hue.

In your ROM : 18D in hexadecimal (397 in decimal).

After changing theme : 00B0D57Bwhich gives modulo 512 => 17B in hexadecimal (379 in decimal)

If you have a friend at Microsoft, i am impatient to know their algorithm !;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
It's a mystery alright, but after some trials, I conjured up something that works almost right (It works correctly for almost 99% of the themes I have tested it on). ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] opieum:
Trying to migrate some of my more critical data from my HTC 10 to my S8+, used Helium but it's a bit crash happy right now, and what it did migrate is virtually useless. Is there a manual method I can follow? I have done an ADB backup as well but it seems rather small @ 3gb even though I have 11gb in app data.

Because I've always had root, TiBu was my goto tool. If there are any advanced methods using ADB or something else (I've done alot of searching) to backup and restore data to a phone without root, I'm all ears. Hopefully it can help others besides myself as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] JeffATL:
Hi Opieum, Unfortunately I am not here to answer your question but to second it...

Based on my research I can't transfer app data from my s7, apps transferred, even sideloaded apps using SmartSwitch, but bluetooth, wifi, accounts and other app data would not switch . I even used cable method.

Helium which is supposedly a great app that does not require root unfortunately also fails to restore app data on the s8 as other users have reported on here and on Reddit

I have an s7 and before I trade it in I want to make sure all my app data is transferred, at least a full backup on my pc. I do not trust SmartSwitch to backup everything