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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] mario6714:
Thx

Can i update from SS-G930AUCS4BRA1-to-U4CRC1-UP to G930AATT4BRA1_to_G930AATT4CRC5?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] MastahMatt:
I've tried to dirty flash but it didn't work for me... The quickest and safest way is to backup everything (sms, app, background, etc.), revert back to BRA1, and then flash CRC5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] mario6714:
Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] danielzink:
Please bear with me...I'm a bit of a worrier and I like to have everything mapped out before I embark on something like this.

I'm on Verizon.....

So...If I'm reading right...my plan of attack should be:

- Download latest ATT firmware (BRA1)

- Use Prince Comsy to apply BRA1

- Put BRA1 to 4CRC5.zip on an SD and boot into recovery and apply it.

- Put update.zip (Oreo) on an SD and boot into recovery and apply it

- Reboot and enjoy Oreo...?

- I've heard rumor that I should pull my Version SIM at some point...would that be before applying the ATT firmware in the first step ?

- What happens when the "real" Oreo update comes through Verizon some time this summer ?

Thanks, Dan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
I'm not sure about the sim card, but your steps are correct but I would flash the D1 update that is the newest one. This will factory reset your data so I would backup anything important. And once the update is officially released you should just be able to flash it using Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] danielzink:
EDITED 4-8-18 for myself and anyone else....

---------- Post added at 11:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 AM ----------

* Ran Prince Comsy Odin and applied the BRA1 update..

* Upon reboot I got a "glowing multi colored circle" saying "erasing"

* I let it go until finally the "circle" went away and a dead android with an exclamation point over his chest showed up and under him "no command"

* I left the phone alone for quite a few minutes until finally recovery came back.

* At that point I had inserted my SD card with the BRA1 to 4CRC5 update on it and went down to "apply update from SD card"

* Tried to apply BRA1 to 4CRC5 update....no luck after quite a few minutes..."failed".....

* Said the heck with it and tried to apply the Oreo update...again...fail...

* Phone went back to dead android symbol with "no command under it"

* Takes a good 3 or 4 minutes of sitting like that until stock recovery comes back..

I need to find the stock firmware and try to flash that back and see if I can get my phone working again...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
Try reflashing the bra1 update with Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] danielzink:
I did what you said...

Results:

After Odin - phone rebooted directly into recovery (much better than last time when I had the dead Android symbol)

* I tried to power off from recovery - phone rebooted

* Glowing circle "installing system update"

* Phone booted directly back into recovery

* I put the BRA1 to CRC5 update by itself on an SD and inserted it.

* From recovery I keyed down to "apply update from SD"

* Got a message "update from storage disabled"

* Tried to "reboot" from recovery

* Glowing circle "erasing"

* Phone booted itself right back to recovery again....notes at the bottom of the screen:

"no support single-sku"

"supported API:3"

"dm-verity error"

EDIT:

While typing this post I let phone sit...(it was in recovery)...

I decided to "reboot phone from recovery"

Got the ATT logo (even though I'm on Verizon)....phone booted and began setup...

So now the phone is booting into Nougat with the ATT firmware ?

I shut it down (no keyboard would show up during the initial setup screens) and booted into recovery....still can't update from SD card... "update from storage disabled"

* Can -not- power off from recovery...it just reboots back into recovery after showing the glowing circle "installing system update" then right back to recovery..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] danielzink:
Downloaded the stock firmware for Verizon (newest update G930VVRU4BRC2)

Flashed 2x..

Still no luck. Phone boots to Blue screen "erasing"

Then back to recovery...

Reboot from recovery - Blue screen "installing system update"....

Back to recovery....

Any reboot from recovery results in one of those two screens..

At this point...I've gone all day without my phone...if I could just get back to stock I'd be happy...

I realize this was my fault for attempting...but any suggestions to get my phone back would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] danielzink:
3 flashes of the stock firmware and countless reboots....I'm finally back to stock Nougat.

Will wait for the OTA Oreo....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Loire17:
Is there a fix for verizon sim issue. Odin Comey VZW > U > ATT > SD load Oreo, but the phone cant get a signal due to verizon sim. Is there a solution to this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] slnit:
This is the newest rom RB9 for s7 flat.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a45cYZJPASPpZcRsu7gVBJ4oIfBqAGGM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] creep138:
Once you're in recovery, you hit "update from SD card" and choose the update zip. Mine olnly works with external SD card so might wanna transfer it to that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
New update CRD6 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1x_si51aVVipoc9YdPcOohYzsrnP1bBJn
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] amirali7:
i have Galaxy S7 Verizon (G930V) and live in iran

Can i Flash this Update ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] danielzink:
From post #75 above
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] andrewcmd:
Sd card upgrade disabled

You must do factory reset

---------- Post added at 09:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:44 PM ----------

Hi, what's new in CRD6? How to update - also from BRA1? Now i am on the CRC5 and i'm very satisfied (even battery drain)

P.S. I'm 7 days on CRD6 and i want to say This is the most perfect update:

- my phone doesn't restarting more by itself;

- battery consumption has been considerably reduced compared to the previous version (2% per night consumption in normal mode with wi-fi and cell data activated);

- no more heating phone;

- high operational efficiency;

- just the accuweather widget is missing ))

So, I recommend this update! Thx to developer...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] creep138:
Try a different SD card then, cause the one your trying to use could be cheap and slow. I'm not saying you're a cheapskate, but if you had it a while it's probably to slow to be read from. SD cards don't last forever
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
hi, im in the lastest Nougat update for Verizon S7 SM-G930V, do I need root to flash this update? Can I update without losing all my stuff? i want oreo right now!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
No you do not need root, but you do need to be on the newest att Firmware(Bra1). There is instructions on how to bypass the factory reset in the pastebin link at the bottom of the main post. It may not boot without a factory reset so try it at your own risk.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
so, If I want to fail-safe flash this rom I need to factory reset? if so, what are the instructions?

factory reset

flash att firmware

flash ota

oreo everywgere?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
Yup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
sorry if im asking too much, but in case anything goes wrong, I can go back easily? like, just flashing the verizon firmware? and anything else I need to know about this oreo ported update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
Ya you can just use Odin to revert back to android 7.0.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] iBolski:
With the official Oreo coming out supposedly after mid-May, I'm making the personal decision to wait. Don't want to brick my main device. I haven't rooted or flashed custom ROMs in over 2+ years since my LG G3. Just haven't had the need to. I do miss TiBu (Titanium Backup) but I love using my Samsung Pay as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
Yeah...think I will wait too, s7 seems very easy to brick. But it's already may 16th and I don't have oficial Verizon Oreo update...I hate this update thing on android, I will go back to iOS as soon as there is a cheaper iPhone x or something similar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] SirDoogieHouserMD.Esq2000:
s7 has a locked bootloader, its damn near unbrickable. Ive never heard of someone not being able to boot into download mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
https://www.google.com.do/amp/s/www...rily-halts-rollout-galaxy-s7-oreo-update/amp/

So, I think I will flash anyway lol, Samsung is pure garbage, I don't even know why I bought this ****ty device man, I will definitively go back to iPhone ASAP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] aarongotgame:
Blah, I rather choose from tens of thousands of Android devices than be stuck buying the same phone year after year.

They've continued rollout like 3 days ago..

---------- Post added at 03:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:51 AM ----------

MESSAGE TO OTHERS:

So I'm currently on U4BRD1. Do I have to revert back to BRA1 or can I just flash att firmware from here. This was a Verizon phone but it is an unlocked phone with U firmware and I have TMobile sim. I've read all ten pages of this thread.

Clarification on steps. Can I flash att firmware right now with Odin from BRD1? Or do I have to go back to BRA1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
honestly, im tired of being worried about updates, all these android phones has the same problem, they release an update and it should pass throught carrier bloatmachine and stuff before it start rolling slowly to all the phones in the world...with iphone I dont have any worry, I get all the updates, the beta, the alpha, developer preview, most of the new shiny features from ios. again, no worries whatsoever.

and yes, I know the update has continued rollingout a few days ago, but again, its for unlocked devices in the UK. now, we need to wait for international rollout, we need to wait for the update to be bloated and ****t*d on verizon, then just then we can try to force the update to get it as faast as possible...i dont think we will get it this month. maybe at the end of next month.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] aarongotgame:
It's not so much a "worry". Android phones are fun to root and customize. Locked bootloader on us S7 is the only cripple of this phone. Some people have only one phone. Some have multiple devices and enjoy different roms and tinkering with stuff. It's not all about worrying about updates which is why a lot of people won't flash and mess around with their main device. Some people want to be future devs and tinkering with Androids is a learning experience for them. There is no better feeling than rooting a phone and knowing you can flash different roms or Android versions. You can even put iOS on Android and vise versa. For some it is fun not just a need to have whatever new shiny Android version comes out in the world. iOS is cool, Android is cool, I prefer my Androids over my iPhones especially considering Android was doing some things on bigger devices when iPhones were the size of an iPod. iOS vs Android is personal preference, it's not even a real "war" or "battle". All of that is marketing scheme. A lot of American movies n tv shows will market iPhone, a lot of Korean movies n tv shows will market Samsung's. This phone been out two years, what's waiting another month
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
rooting was fun 3 years ago, now its just a waste of time. there inst much to do with it, most of the MODs dont even works with the lastest android version, xposed framework is mostly dead same for most its modules. ROOMs are also mostly the same all, same features, all based on cyanogen or lineageOS...Paranoid was the last rom with really new features and its also mostly dead(and retrased, I think theyre still on nougat with very few features wich are mostly reskin of old ones). I think samsung skin is the best right now because it has all the core feature you can dream with. but iOS is the ultimate OS, atleast on iphone x, the new gestures are like a dream, super fluid and intuitive(unlike android P...), the blur/frosted glass effect make you feel like you device is trully powerfull, not like the flat/halftranslucent interface of android wich feel weak. iOS is very easy to maintain, you dont need custom rom for proper functinality, you dont need custom kernels or anything, and if you're desperate for new feature, the beta program is open for everyone. yeeeeees i know its fun to make mods and things, but at the poin im now, its just too tiresome(specially on bootloader-locked devices). I have a s7 just because it has a good camera and display and right now its really cheap, and needed to replace my iphone 6 before I can't get enough $$$ from it(got 200$ from it, good thing about iphones ;) ).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] aarongotgame:
Just because you are over the excitement of android doesn't make it garbage tho lol there are still people who have a fundamental or educational reason for messing with android phones. It's not like one day, iPhone is going to surpass Android to the point that people stop buying it or Android stops updating. It's a flagship mainstream internationally used operating system. I'm speaking from the perspective of people who enjoy electronics, not from an Android vs iPhone perspective.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
If you want to flash Oreo you need to be on the att bra1 firmware, if you don't have the att bra1 firmware it will give you an error when you try and update. You should just be able to flash the att bra1 firmware with Odin. Make sure you use the prince comsy version of Odin if your phone is not already on an att firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
This is NOT an Android vs iOS thread if you do not have anything GOOD to say about the galaxy s7 than don't say it try and stay on topic. I don't care if the galaxy s7 is a s***** device this thread is to help people upgrade it to Oreo, so if you don't have anything to say about upgrading to Oreo than please don't say it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] aarongotgame:
So I've downloaded everything and I just want to clarify one more time on the steps I should take.

Flash BQE1 in Odin just to be safe since people have problems flashing BRA1 apparently

Then use sd card to put:

- BQE1-to-BQF3

- BQF3-to-BQG1

- BQG1-to-BQH1

- BQH1-to-BQJ2

- BQJ2-to-BQK2

- BQK2-to-BQL1

- BQL1-to-BRA1

Then from BRA1 I should put U4CRD6 (latest oreo update?) on sd card and flash in recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] aarongotgame:
Im currently doing this and Im doing the first update from zip from bqe1 to bqf3 and it seems to be stuck on patching system files... did anyone else have this problem and did yall have to wait forever for it to finish?

update: as im typing this it literally continued the process lol i figured it was a waiting game thats why im working out while I do all these processes.

Final update: everything is working fine. I just disabled and uninstalled everything I didn't need and restored most of my apps using Samsung cloud. Oreo is definitely better than nougat. It has a lot of stuff I previously had to use a third-party app for.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] SamGuy2020:
There are Odin flashable ATT_BRA1 four files on here which I flashed over U-firmware then I flashed via sdcard the current CRE2 oreo

https://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/firmware-g930a-bra1-android-7-0-odin-t3759827

https://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/leaked-oreo-builds-t3780026
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] aarongotgame:
Ok thanks. Unless any major differences are coming with cre2 then I might as well stay on crd6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
Has someone else notice how the update app no longer says "we're planning an Oreo update for you device" instea it says "you devie is update, it doenst need to update at this time" on Verizon S7? we have been forgotten?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] landshark68:
Not sure why yours is saying that. This is what my phone showed when I just checked

Sent from the Shark Tank using Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kouta77:
Just checked, and I have this new message, let's hope "coming soon" doesn't mean a whole year,lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] mattg8194:
question brothers

ok i just got the official ota verizon oreo update when it dropped can i still get mine rooted using your method? ive rooted a few phones before so its nothin new just wanted to see if stock oreo verizon can be rooted like this? thanks guys nice write up too bro
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] turnert:
No Oreo cant be rooted on this phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] DMon04:
Wondering if [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] knew if this article was fake or not.

https://gadgetstwist.com/root-verizon-s7-sm-g930v-oreo-firmware/

Says how to root 8.0 on Verizon 930V with 8.0. Wonder if same process would work for 935V. I doubt it but maybe have him check I out first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] jrkruse:
I dont know what that guys smoking in that article but what ever. I guess he forgot about the little important factor of unlocking the bootloader to install TWRP recovery and a modified boot.img
[Fire TV General] rockon999:
I thought I'd share my relatively less dangerous methods to turn a Fire TV Stick 2 into an Android TV clone.

First up follow my GApps/Google Services installation guide. This will provide the necessary backbone to install every other application.

You can either install Backdrop as below or ignore those instructions and use my newly ported Android TV settings app to select your screensaver! (no root required!).

Get it here: https://github.com/rockon999/TvSettingsOnFire/releases

Note this settings app requires addition permissions that must be granted via adb. They are listed on the releases page.

First let's install Backdrop (this provides a chromecast-like screen saver for your Fire TV).

Here is the APK link.

adb connect [IP of FTV]

adb install [APK PATH]

adb shell

settings put secure screensaver_components com.google.android.backdrop/.Backdrop

Now you have the Android TV screensaver! Look here for how to configure the timing of the screensaver/sleep.

Now let's install the Leanback launcher. Unfortunately the only Leanback launcher that will load on the Fire TV (without root) is one circa ~2015 and it is *buggy*. To aid this guide (and my sanity) I've taken the decompiled sources of LeanbackLauncher, stripped them of Google services, added features, improved stability, and added Fire TV specific features. You can find that here.

Now let's install Google's TV search app. I've found a working 2.x series version that is better looking, more stable, and

much

faster. You can get the APK here. Unfortunately the latest version is incompatible but an older version works surprisingly well. I've found version 1.0.6.2108324 to be the most stable. You can download the APK here.

UPDATE: I've figured out how to get Google's voice search working! (this only works w/ voice remotes not apps)

Running this command will disable global Alexa and allow Google to work (if you're on an old enough firmware): adb uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.vizzini

And there you go! Your Fire TV Stick is an almost-Android TV stick. :)

Stay tuned because this guide and Leanback on Fire is being continuously updated!
[Fire TV General] rainman74:
Very good work! ;)
[Fire TV General] velayo:
Thank you, this is what I've been looking for.
[Fire TV General] rainman74:
Could you also include that activities in your launcher-mod ?

com.amazon.tv.settings/.tv.applications.ApplicationsActivity

And for a rooted version of your launcher (just as an idea):

com.android.tv.settings/.MainSettings

For com.android.tv.settings/.MainSettings you need to simply install TvSettings.apk with root and you will get almost all functions of the standard Android TV settings menu!

adb push TvSettings.apk /sdcard/
adb shell su -c mkdir /system/priv-app/TvSettings
adb shell su -c chmod 755 /system/priv-app/TvSettings
adb shell su -c cp /sdcard/TvSettings.apk /system/priv-app/TvSettings/TvSettings.apk
adb shell su -c chmod 644 /system/priv-app/TvSettings/TvSettings.apk
adb shell su -c chown root:root /system/priv-app/TvSettings/TvSettings.apk
adb shell su -c rm /sdcard/TvSettings.apk
[Fire TV General] rockon999:
For the first suggestion app settings are accessible by pressing menu while on a specific application and selecting "App Settings". I think that's what you're after, but if not correct me. The issue with launching the settings activity itself is that it will crash (at least on my FTV Stick 2). I have solved crashes before, though, so I'll look into it. As for your second suggestion I can simply look into re-adding the default ATV settings code (which should interface with this app well). Unfortunately, I'll have no way to test this (I only have an un-rootable FTV sticks) so it may take longer.
[Fire TV General] rainman74:
No, I actually meant the global app menu. With me this doesn't crash when I start it directly via adb, but via Confireator I get a crash.

So it works without crash:

adb shell at the start -n com. amazon. tv. settings/. tv. applications. ApplicationsActivity

That would be great!
[Fire TV General] Pix12:
I tried the microphone. I held the microphone button on my remote and talked. it worked. I don't think you intended it to work at all. So you should probably update about that. And it feels good to have leanback. :) Also is the recommendations thing impossible?
[Fire TV General] rockon999:
The normal leanback recommendations system will either 1) crash or 2) display recommendations w/o their images (neither of those things are particularly pleasant). Together they mean you end up with a bunch of giant grey blocks (that never update) on your screen. So, essentially, the best way forward (I think) is to attempt to completely rewrite the recommendations code from scratch so that it can function in the user space. There is maybe a 50/50 chance that it will actually work though as recommendations operate over the notifications system and with Amazon's notification systems and Google's recommendations setup on the same machine they don't like to get along.

Side note, I'm surprised the microphone worked as Amazon coded it to always go to Alexa. I have some questions :)

1) Have you debloated? If so, what?

2) Are you rooted?

3) Any special mods?

Thanks!
[Fire TV General] Pix12:
I debloated the FireTV, it's not rooted and I used Launcher Hijacker 3 to use as home screen. It might've been me using the

adb shell pm grant com.google.android.katniss android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO

command for the Google app to allow the microphone.
[Fire TV General] rockon999:
I'm guessing it's because your debloat removed the package that forces Alexa. Similar to how removing the launcher allows other launchers to work without modification apps. I'll poke around and see if I can replicate/find the package.
[Fire TV General] Pix12:
Yeah, I removed really everything Amazon. It showed the launcher menu.
[Fire TV General] rainman74:
which is the package that forces Alexa?
[Fire TV General] rainman74:
is a new version of LeanbackLauncher coming soon?