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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] novasource:
I recently discovered the hard way that S7s have version fuses. These prevent you from installing certain older firmwares. This is convenient for Sprint as it prevents you from switching your SM-G930P to another carrier.

If you look at a Samsung firmware's release ID, such as G930UUEU4BQJ5, look at the 5th place from the right, in this case a 4. That is what I'm calling the firmware version.

I am on Sprint, and that carrier incremented its firmware version to 5 starting with QJ3 (Nov. 12, 2017). See https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930P/SPR/ for a firmware list.

A few weeks after that, I tried changing my phone from the Sprint SM-G930P to the unlocked SM-G930U. If you check https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s7/SM-G930U/, you'll see that all variants of the U were and still are on firmware version 4. Also, T-Mobile is on 4, Verizon is on 4, and AT&T is on 4. (Why is AT&T's SM-G930A not on sammobile.com?)

Anyway, I got this error during the SM-G930U firmware install: SW REV CHECK FAIL : [ABOOT]FUSED 5 > BINARY 4.

Not appreciating what this meant at the time, I managed to get the CP (modem software) from the SM-G930U on my phone as I tried the four files one at a time. It turns out you can put some older software on the phone. However, you need to have your current firmware around so that you can put things back if they don't work. Unfortunately for me, the firmware download for SM-G930P (Sprint) QJ3 didn't become available for about a week after I did this. I couldn't use a prior Sprint firmware because all before QJ3 had a lower firmware number. While the phone worked fine with this version mismatch, I had to endure repeated Knox security warning messages.

I since put the phone back on the SM-G930P firmware (once QJ3 became available for download!), and everything's happy now. No warranty fuse issues or anything, and I'm two OTA releases newer now than QJ3.

A more detailed write-up is here: https://www.arencambre.com/blog/2018/01/01/fused-firmware-version-locks-samsung-s7/

I may not be searching on the right keywords, but I can't find anyone else reporting this. As mentioned at top, it's really convenient for Sprint that it incremented its firmware version. This lock out Sprint S7 owners from switching to another carrier. I can assure that you really need to change firmware to do that: I switched to T-Mobile for one month over the summer but kept the Sprint firmware on the (unlocked!) Sprint phone. Several bands were missing until I switched to the T-Mobile firmware. For now, Sprint S7 owners cannot do that unless there is some way to increment the firmware version number, but even then, I'd guess we'd have trouble installing the other carrier's OTA updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
All US model S7s (Snapdragon) have locked bootloaders, this is why you cannot downgrade to older firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] novasource:
Is that version number (5 digit from right on version string) really for the bootloader version?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
Not sure what the numbers / letters mean in firmware versions

But that's the reason you can't downgrade
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PGHammer:
Still, you typically don't downgrade to switch carriers (I didn't going from VZW to T-Mobile, for example)

(I was avoiding a network lock due to shens of the previous owner of the handset -hence the move to the UnCarrier from BigRed) - I also gained VoLTE and wi-fi calling; neither of which I could have kept on BigRed for some rather odd reason).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] novasource:
You are generally correct when it comes to Android software version (occasionally, you may need to jump back a minor Android release or two if the carrier you're going to isn't as up to date on releases as the carrier you're coming from).

However, Android software is just one of four files in a firmware package. The problem is the version number embedded in the firmware package itself, which might correspond to the bootloader version. This number prevents Sprint S7 owners from going to any other firmware: at this point as it appears that Sprint is the only one whose firmware (or bootloader?) version is at 5. All others appear to be 4 or lower.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brianmagoon:
The 4 and the 5 is the binary correct? I'm assuming that because that's where Odin always has the problem when I was pointlessly trying to root my SM-G935P on QL1 firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] novasource:
The 4 and 5 are numbers I see in the firmware version strings that may correspond to the bootloader version. Regardless, if you've installed a firmware with a 5 in that version digit, then you cannot install any firmware with a lower version. So if you are on a Sprint-branded S7 and up to date, then you cannot install any other firmware until they also have a 5 in the firmware version string.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brianmagoon:
Yeah that sucks. I was really looking forward to rooting this beast. Looks like that won't be happening any time soon :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sins07:
Nobody incremented their bootloader revision except Sprint.

Everyone is still on bootloader 4 (VZW/ATT/TMO)

Sprint is now on bootloader 5

Also, none of this is a downgrade, they released identical versions with different bootloader revision

Example

Latest Sprint software

G930PVPU5BQL1

Latest OEM software

G930UUES4BQL1

They are basically identical softwares

This was done intentionally to stop unbranded G930U flashing which also results in European LTE bands 3/7/20 to be enabled

Sprint does not want these items to leave the United States.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] novasource:
Confirms my suspicion, if you are sure the binaries are functionally the same.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Williamordoyne1:
Sadly I just picked up a sprint 7 edge last night with oct 1 2017 patch ..I neglected to do my homework on this device and of course its on 5b ..does anyone know the possibility or likeliness that other carriers would feel the need to go to 5B

Sincerely,

A screwed buyer
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] viper126:
So question.. how did you manage to get the image for the S7 930P? I tried two different 930U images and now left with a cycling device. I can't seem to download the 930P image using sammobile. I've tried 4 different sites. Some say free downloads for 2gb or less and the image size is 2.3gb. Any working link would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ogrillion:
Hey Guys, I have the tmobile version and went through this when the phone first came out. I am rather certain that number does correspond to the bootloader version. At the time I wanted to install the U firmware on my stock tmobile phone and couldn't because tmobile version had a higher bootloader version. At the time tmobile was the only one with the higher bootloader iirc. Eventually all the carriers, including U, caught up to tmobile and I was able to downgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tonysak:
Hey, would you gents mind helping me out. I had a failed root attempt, and ****s been a little crazy with my 930p. Currently I get this while trying to get back to anything which will make my phone work. I understand about the SW versions, and F sprint for that. However, would any of you be so kind as to simply tell me which files I need to get this thing to not be in a constant state of boot loading either in recovery or anything else. I get this on the download screen SW REV CHECK FAIL : [ABOOT]FUSED 5 > BINARY 4 while Odin says this:

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> emmc_appsboot.mbn

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> lksecapp.mbn

<ID:0/004> xbl.elf

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jessemcstew:
Had the same issue. After much trial and error (and a few boot loops and soft bricks) I was able to get the phone back to factory with firmware G930PVPU5BQL1 from another site (not sure if I'm allowed to link, but it has the words Samsung and firmware in the address, and it's a .org). Make sure you factory reset and wipe cache afterwards in recovery (hold power, home, volume up), and I'd recommend flashing the CSC rather than HOME_CSC to avoid duplicates in the settings menu. I unchecked auto reboot in Odin to make it easier to get to recovery without having to watch the whole install like a hawk. Also, don't sweat it if you get "Installing system update" and then "No command" when you boot into recovery mode. Just wait for a few minutes and it'll take you to the recovery menu. After the factory reset and cache partition wipe, you should be able to reboot and be have a squeaky clean install. YMMV but it worked for me. Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] schmism:
Wanted to say thanks. I've been struggling with this issue for a couple of weeks on and off as I play with this S7. Really frustrating to be on my like 8th firmware download and still running into issues prior to the above.

Now that I have the phone back up and running, anyone know how to move to stock non-sprint android given the issues with the sprint bootloader? My preference would be to debloat and de-gaps but from all the reading in the past week or so it doesn't sound likely.

My hope was that given the rollout of oreo now that someone would have a v5 bootloader for sm-930U (generic S7 - non carrier version)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] quasihellfish:
Your hopes are likely dashed.

1. Every US carrier has updated to Oreo and none of them have updated the bootloader to v5, except for Sprint. So if you have the latest Sprint firmware, you can't switch to anything else.

2. As of this writing, the US unlocked version (SM-930U) still has not been updated to Oreo. There is no announcement when it will be released. And there is no reason to think it will be v5.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] borispavlov:
Friends, until there is an upgrade to the bootloader of the G930U Firmware, i believe it is not possible to convert the sprint device with binary 5 to G930U

At the moment, what seems to work is doing it via flashfire. There is a tutorial posted on the youtube link here
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gh05tly:
No Samsung Apps

Yes, but you will see on their linked site that Samsung Apps will not run on this version. Probably should wait if you care about this.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] borispavlov:
there is already an update to the U firmware with bootloader version 8, so you can just flash that one directly instead of rooting. Samsung apps will also work
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jackphillips:
u firmware upgrade

are we now able to flash u firmware to sprint g935p phone with bootloader 8 my rom is G935PVPES8CRK2 wii u rom now work
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] uwapalwa:
yes it works. Even bootloader 9
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jackphillips:
my sprint G935P rom is G935PVPES8CRK2 do i download the same U firmware version i have now or_G930UUEU9CSA3 will work when i try to flash it say fail athu what version of odin do i need

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] uwapalwa:
U9 can work too. Use patched odin 3.13.1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby2478:
I have a Sprint S7 (G930P) and am looking to switch to Consumer Cellular (using T-mobile SIM, eventually switch to T-mobile). Looking at most recent software version it would appear both Sprint and T-mobile S7's are on bootloader version 9, is this correct? If so, will I have any issues flashing the T-mobile firmware on it (once it's unlocked) so that I can fully use T-mobile's network (including Wifi Calling and VOLTE)? Most of the online threads about Sprint S7's not working on T-mobile are from back when T-mobile was running v4 of the bootloader so it wouldn't allow you to flash an "older" rom because Sprint was on a higher version.

Also for those who have switched/activated a Sprint S7 on T-mobile recently, will the Sprint S7 still work on T-mobile's network if running the latest Sprint firmware? I can't definitively tell if it's only Wifi Calling and VOLTE that won't work unless you flash T-mobile firmware, or if it has broader network compatibility issues that make it largely unusable unless you flash T-mobile firmware. If everything worked except Wifi Calling and VOLTE then I could probably deal with that (it's for my dad and I don't want to have to mess with having him get his firmware updated/flashed). If it won't work in general then I either need to get his firmware updated or else try and find a different phone (like S8 which doesn't have any of these problems).

Also curious if a Sprint S7 on T-mobile will continue to get monthly security updates OTA or not, and if this is dependent on which firmware you are running or if regardless of firmware if a Sprint S7 has to have a Sprint SIM in order to receive OTA updates?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby2478:
Follow up question: Now that firmware versions appear to have the same bootloader versions, does this mean I can flash TMOBILE firmware onto a stock SPRINT S7 without rooting?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] borispavlov:
Yes you can flash tmo firmware to the sprint device without rooting, as long as the bootloader version is the same.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mister-gwada97one:
Hey all!

I want that some1 give me a list of the better freewares to make my touch like an iPhone plz.

Thanks for your answers!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mchapman007:
Do a search for itask. Hence the word search......
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Super EmericAn:
NONONO

Search iFonz best app to date.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] extraducksauce:
i personally like grumps iPhone. see my sig for all programs.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mister-gwada97one:
Thanks for you.

It's so good, I prefer iFonz, It look very good.

Anymore softwares?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mugglesquop:
why make your phone look like a IPhone??? come up with something original! Windows Mobile is very customisable.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] N1c0_ds:
Try PoorlyDuck's Vista skins, they are just as beatiful, twice as original and just plain awesome.

It includes a skin for the dialer, calculator, WMP, HTC Audio Manager, a theme and some more I don't remember.

It's on major freeware websites, but a simple google search will show you the gold.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] KamaL:
Just buy an iphone... Htc's screen are smaller, so u can't feel the real thing
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mugglesquop:
the HTC Touch Cruise has a similar feel to the iPhone...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mister-gwada97one:
Thanks every body!

Your are very nice!

I will try all that you give me!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mikhe69:
I don't like iphone specs (they are really a joke).

But in terms of touch feeling, there is nothing compared to iphone!!!

Have you already try one??? It's great to "touch":D

But as I said in terms of specs, it's a joke!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mirkixeddu:
Hi, yesterday i've reboot my phone to recovery for flash a new version of magisk, but when I restarted, I have this window that ask me a code for unlock the network. And my phone don't receive a network but only wifi. I buy the phone 2 years ago of Amazon. Why I have that now? How unlock the phone?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] davidbejar:
A few weeks ago I decided to use h.265 in every device at home, I managed to reduce videos from 1 GB to 300 MB without sacrificing quality.

So I´m curious if the HTC 10 or HTC U11 are capable of video record with h.265 codec. I know Snapdragon 810, 820, 835 are capable of using H.265 codec.

As far as I know camera takes the video and audio information from media_profiles.xml file. Is it just as simple to copy a preset video and audio config from any other devices as OnePlus 3/3T?, as I see some of forums from OnePlus changing video configuration to use 60FPS with the ported ZSL Google Camera.
[Android Apps and Games] UnicornDK:
Title: My Jelly Bear Valerka: World of jelly bears

Version: 1.5.0 (30/12/17)

Category: tamagotchi / simulator

Author/developer/game-designer: UnicornDK

Description

Love the jelly bears? We too! Get your own in phone! Bathe him, feed, paint, play with him, buy new clothes and many more. Your jelly bear is waiting for you ^-^
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uwcck:
Hi, I just bought a new car which supports android auto. I want to put my old S5 with broken display permantly connected in the car. For some automation issues I want to use tasker and have to root the phone to fully realize my plans. Has someone experiences whether or not android auto works with a rooted sgs5? The unrooted SGS5 works fine in my case. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I'm not sure myself but, your best bet is to post this question within the following thread for a more broad consensus.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2700073

Good Luck!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uwcck:
Thanks. I've posted my question there and meanwhile I can give the following update which might be useful for others:

I've rooted the phone using CF-Auto-Root and android auto still works fine in my car via USB-cable-connection. SGS5 SM-G900F (International Qualcomm) with stock ROM (android 6.0.1).
[Android General] sersaber:
Hello.

I have downloaded and compiled AOSP sources with the idea of running a custom Android image in the emulator to better undestand the internals of this Operating System. These are the steps I have followed:

> repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-8.1.0_r1
> repo sync
> source build/envsetup.sh
> lunch aosp_x86_64-eng
> make
> emulator

I can start the emulator and only get a couple of warnings:

emulator: WARNING: system partition size adjusted to match image file (2562 MB > 200 MB)

warning: host doesn't support requested feature: CPUID.80000001H:ECX.sse4a [bit 6]
warning: host doesn't support requested feature: CPUID.80000001H:ECX.sse4a [bit 6]
Your emulator is out of date, please update by launching Android Studio:
- Start Android Studio
- Select menu "Tools > Android > SDK Manager"
- Click "SDK Tools" tab
- Check "Android Emulator" checkbox
- Click "OK"

I can open all the applications, but always I try to open "settings" into the Android system I get an error message "Settings has stopped. Open app again". Has anyone seen this error before? Any idea to debug the problem?

My system is Kubuntu 16.04.

A couple of questions related to this topic:

- Is better the emulator performance using aosp_x86_64 compared to aosp_x86?

- I have different "emulator" executables (prebuilt, out, sdk...). Are there important differences between them?

Thanks.
[Android General] wxd0301:
I have the same questions with you.do you figure it out?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp811:
Hi all,

I think I broke my Runbo X5(android 4.04). I hope some can help me out. That is what happened and what I did so far

- my phone was unable to install apps as internal storage was full although the storage menu said that only 140mb of 500mb were used

- I installed an terminal emulator and busybox all in root mode

- First I deleted the files in '/data/dalvik-cache'

rm /data/dalvik-cache/*

- the phone was lagging for some minutes and then the dalvik-cache was rebuild and the phone was working normally

- but the dalvik-cache still used most of '/data', although it was a about 20mb less then before

- next I symlinked '/data/dalvik-cache' to my internal sdcard (did this before with '/data/local' and it worked before)

cp /data/dalvik-cache /mnt/sdcard/data/dalvik-cache && rm /data/dalvik-cache && ln -s /mnt/sdcard/data/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache

- worked as before (folder was copied, symlink was there from '/data' to '/mnt/sdcard/data', phone also worked normally)

- however the /data partition was still full as it was before

- then I tried to force an update of the system by deleting files in the dalvik-cache on the sdcard as before

rm /mnt/sdcard/data/dalvik-cache/*

- the folder on the sdcard was cleared but the phone didn't lagged as before and the dalvik-cache did not rebuild

- I think then the big mistake was to reboot the phone. as after this the phone is now stuck in the loading logo screen

- I was able to boot into stock recovery mode, but no recovery menu appeared. only the recovery logo

- in recovery mode I was able to connect the phone with usb/adb to my computer. but was only able to make pull and push commands, it said all folders like sdcard and data were empty

>adb pull /sdcard/.
pull: building file list...
0 files pulled. 0 files skipped.

- creating '/data/dalvik-cache' by

adb push foobar /data/dalvik-cache/foobar

created the folder but didn't affected booting and was also gone after that

-shell does not seem to work in stock recovery.

>adb shell
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) nRet(-1) -

- backup asked for a confirmation on the phone. but also no menu appeared

>adb backup –all -apk -shared –f backup.ab
Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation.

- fastboot also didn't worked. the phone screen stays black and no device is found

>adb reboot bootloader
>fastboot devices

>adb reboot-bootloader
>fastboot devices

I am out of ideas. I would like to get an adb shell to replace the symlink. And if possible rebuild the dalvik-cache. Or if nothing helps, to get a backup of the user data.

Can someone help?

sven
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
You will now have to find an unbrick tool for your device if there is one. My advice would be get a better device. The 500mb is not even remotely enough to run apps and you can't move them to sdcard with an OS older the 7.0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foto-AG:
Had the same Problem on my LG weeks ago but is solved now..

I tried this Workaround on YouTube and worked for me..

Here´s the Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs4zcryNt5Y

Good Luck...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fp811:
thanks for the tip, but I cant see how to install aps nor can I use the phone screen (attached pics of the phone screens). all I have for now is a usb/adb connection from my pc.

I also already look for a new phone with more internal storage, but I would like to get some user data from the old one.

I think next step would be to get a working adb shell on the recovery partition, and try manually mounting the problematic data partition there.

Does someone know how to do this?

[IMG="normal boot"]https://i.imgur.com/ucRaHOX.png[/IMG]

[IMG="recovery mode"]https://i.imgur.com/b8i1PIH.png[/IMG]
[HTC U11+ Questions & Answers] johninsf:
Is Bluetooth battery indication working for anyone on the U11+?

This works on my Pixel XL (Oreo) and Huawei MediaPad M3 tablet (Nougat).

Thoughts?
[HTC U11+ Questions & Answers] Galactus:
Nope unfortunately. Been getting used to seeing it when using my Mate 10 Pro
[HTC U11+ Questions & Answers] johninsf:
Bummer. This is strange and I wonder why HTC would not activate this?

Thanks for the response.
[HTC U11+ Questions & Answers] Galactus:
I imagine it won't be there until HTC pushes 8.1 to the phone. As to why? I don't know. They also one of the few manufacturers who still let incoming phone calls take up the entire screen, when everyone else lets you use the phone whilst incoming call is happening, so who knows.